Readers,
I did some further research into music videos which included where they actually originated from.
In 1894, George Thomas projected a series of still images onto a backdrop whilst Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern performed live. This become known as an illustrated song which would later develop into a lyric video.
Vitaphone's short music videos in 1926 featured many bands, dancers and vocalists. The animation artist Max Fleischer created a series of short sing- along cartoons called 'Screen Songs' which is now similar to a karaoke machine where the lyrics are shown on screen.
Early animated films like Fantasia were built around the music in the film and were therefore classed as musical films.
'Soundies' were introduced in the 1940s, they were musical films that included dance routines which are similar to music videos now.
In 1964 The Beatles had their first feature film A Hard Day's Night, it was shot in black and white and shown as a mock documentary which showed both comic and musical elements. This was a model for the TV Series The Monkees which similarly included segments of video put to music by The Monkees.
Music videos now portray a very different message, however not all of them send out the right one. MTV banned Queen's first video Body Language, it was deemed unsuitable for television due to the lack of clothing. This would seem tame compared to the videos shown on TV now. For example, Rihanna's video for S&M shows her whipping tied-up men and taking hostages. The sexual undertones in the video resulted in it being banned in 11 different countries and viewers had to be 18+ to watch it.
Beth
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