History of music videos

Music videos are short films which turns the themes and ideas displayed in the lyrics into visuals. This is not always the case as unique artists may make a diverse music video which is more present than past. A music video is used to promote the artist casuing the artists recordlabel to make more money. A music video is used to promote the artists lifestyle to the audience and so that the audience can build a stronger relationship with the artist. In 1926 alot of short music videos started to aper called 'Talkies' due to the vast growth in popularity the Talkies became more and more common. As the years went on these talkies then developed into full music videos having their own music vhannels on television. However in the 1950's Scopitone a visual jukebox was invented in france and more french artists woukd accompany their songs.  

In 1964 one of the most renwoned rock bands in history starred in their first feature film 'A Hard Days Night' which was filmed in black and white. When The Beatles starred in this film which contained musical sequances putting a normal narrative like a film into a musical sequance including songs which play along with the narrative. This then lead to some of the most famous films in history such as Mary Poppins. 

In the 1970's The orld famous british television show 'Top of the Pops' started broadcasting music videos. However the BBC placed a legislation stating that their will only be a certain amount of artists from outside the U.K to be allowed to show their music videos on this channel. As this channel was so popular it greatly increased the sales of the record labels and the artists songs making music videos increasingly popular. In 1981 was when the US made the still ever so popular music channel MTV. MTV was launched with 'Video Kileed The Radio Star' and was the very first 24 hour music channel. This started to lead to a new revolution of music where the visuals would perceive the different meanings behind the lyrics. Music videos were npow being released by the most famous mainstream artists of that time like Duran Duran and Madonna. 

In 1983 music videos hit a turning point when micheal jackson released his 14 minute long music video for his hit song 'Thriller'. The video set a high standard for other artists and cost $500,000 to produce. Another important development in the music industry surrounding music videos was the channel 4 chart show which started in 1986. This show was dedicated to all the greatest songs of that current time and will change due to new artists being in the charts. 

1999 was the start of a new era in the music industry as peer-to-peer file sharing over the internet became easier and cheaper to use. This software napster run between 1999 and 2001. In 2005 a new website called youtube was launched. This website would change the dynakics of music videos as it is creating the most easily accessed website to find possibly and music video in the world. Artists who may not have a record label would seek out fame through the use of the internet on websites such as myspace, youtube and vevo.