Elvis Presley Hound Dog(1956)
This is one of the first music videos ever made. It is a video of a live performance, there are few shot and they are mainly on Elvis, the guitarist has a close up and there is a shot of the crowd to show the excitement on their faces.
Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel(1956)
The video for Hound Dog showed Elvis' pelvic movements and the government at the time believed it was too sexual so they banned Elvis' pelvis being shown in video, hence it only showing him from the shoulder upwards.
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night(1964)
The Beatles began the narrative element to music videos with A Hard Day's Night. They brought out a feature film which included performances of their songs from the album on it. The music video now is more of an art form.
The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever(1972)
There is no performance and it is very artistic in the drug inspired imagery. It uses better production techniques and different shot type. It is safe to say that this video is very 'trippy' .
The Buggles Video Killed The Radio-Star(1979)
Part Performance and part narrative. A set has been created just to facilitate the video. The title of the record explains what it's all about, the industry now isn't as much about the music, it's more about the video and the whole package. The video is also very futuristic.
The Jackson 5 Can You Feel It?(1980)
There is lots of special effects in the video which completely changed the nature of music videos because they raised the bar in terms of sale numbers. The video, like many before it has no performance and has a narrative suggesting that The Jackson 5 can bring world peace. Also, the video contains parts in it that aren't on the single, e.g. diegetic sound and extra 'film-like' clips.
MTV was created in 1981 which showed 24 hours of music videos, this meant that anybody could watch a music video whenever, without having to purchase them.
Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal(1987)
This video focuses solely on the dancing and performance of MJ and his dancers. The beginning of formation dance in music videos started with Michael Jackson.
Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer(1986)
This video uses stop-motion, it is very much again about what is happening on screen rather than the song itself.
There is some limited evidence that have watched these videos Tom, but phrases like "very trippy" are far too generalised and colloquial for analysis at this level.
ReplyDeleteTry to make detailed comments on mise-en-scene, editing, imagery, camera shots and positioning when analysing the videos as this will secure you more marks.
Mr C