History of the music video

Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody:



Released in the UK in 1975
Is considered the first music video
Made because the band where away on tour when they were asked to perform on Top Of The Pops, so recorded the video to be played in thier absense.



The buggles' vedio killed the radio star



Released in 1979
First music video shown on MTV



A-ha's Take on me



Released in 1984
Produced by Alan Tarney
Used a pencil-sketch animation/live action combination called rotoscoping. The live action footage was traced-over frame by frame to give the characters realistic movements.
Rotoscoping first appeared in music videos in 1976 and Take on me was the fourth video to use it.





TLC'S waterfalls

Released in 1995
The song and video of waterfalls tackles the issues of drug dealing and HIV, relevant topics to the time of release



Michael Jackson's they don't really care about us



Released in 1996
Directed by Spike Lee
One of the first music videos to expose poverty and human rights abuse, which lead to many filming difficulties
Filmed in Rio de Janeiro and includes footage of inhabitants




Röyksopp's Remind Me



Released in 2002
Directed by Ludovic Houplan
Uses animation to examine everything from modern life and the world economy to how a toilet flushes and cereal. All through infographics, illustrating a isometric visual style



Yeah Yeah Yeahs' maps



released in 2003
Directed by Patrick Daughters
A simple video that used light filters to change the colour of the room


Vitalic's birds



Released in 2006
Directed by Pheix



The battles' atlas



Released in 2007
Directed by Tim Saccenti

Nicki Minaj's moment 4 life



Released in 2010
includes a prolog
Directed by Chris Robinson

Music Videos

FAT BOY SLIM - Praise you



Praise you is a unique video as it is a video of a real event at a shopping mall. The videos visual style helps reflect the upbeat, happy tone of the song as the video is funny and makes you want to get up and dance, just like the song does.




DOLLY PARTON - Travelin' thru

Travelin' thru is unique and different from other music videos, because the visuals are a mixture of the artist in a recording studio singing the song and clips from the film Transamerica, which the song was written for. I think this music video stands out from ther music videos in how it represents the content of the song because of its use of the clips from the film and the artist using hand signals to signify what the contents of the sng is about. For example, when the artist sings about god she raises her hands up intot he air.





RAM JAM - Black Betty

Black Betty is a unique video because it does not really tell a story, it shows the band members performing the song in the garden of the house. The band members facial expressions in the video make the video quite funny, which I think makes the video stand out from other videos which need a lot of work to make them funny.

Music and its appeal

CHASE BLACK STONE - Never New

http://www.unsigned.com/chaseblackstone

Never New is a laid back, easy listening song so may appeal to people who live that kind of life style, such as people who are retired. I would say that it appeals mainly to white people because, stereotypical, this kind of music appeals to white people.

JEWEL GORDEN - Baby

Baby would appeal to a younger audience, properly people around the ages of 16-24, as it sounds like a song that would be played at clubs, which are usually aimed to attract young audiences.

10 EYES STARE - Believer and deceiver

http://www.unsigned.com/10eyesstare

Believer and deceiver fits into the metal genre of music and would most likely appeal to young, white men. This is because the songs vocals and base are similar to bands, such as Converge, which appeal to this audience.