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