What is a music video?
- Have a look at St Louis Blues - Bessie Smith 1929 what could be considered one of the first videos. Textually analyse it.
- Jump to the 50s/60s and Elvis Presley and Beatles films that would promote their songs and films simultaneously. Pick one example and analyse.
- 70s Abba, Queen, David Bowie Devo - most were videos of performances
- 80s MTV US first airing - what were the top stars then? Pick a couple and analyse. Some groundbreaking videos at that time were Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer, AHA's Take on Me, MJ's Thriller - Still largely white musicians
- 90s, 00s ? over to you - any groundbreaking videos? show me
- Today - How important are music videos today? How, when does your age group watch them? How many music video channels are there?
- Issues such as adding age certificates and saucy, rude,sexist videos are worth a mention as last slide.
Have fun!