Music Videos throughout the era's

 Music Videos through the Era's

Ben Bernie - Sweet Georgia Brown (1925)

• Camera is at mid length and stays still
• No singing and the audio was muffled

Bessie Smith - St Louis Blues (1929)

• Camera is doing a panoramic shot and going around the room looking at everyone 
• Camera is fixated on the main woman.
• There was singing 
• Audio was much clearer 

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1957)

• Singing is much clearer
• Audio quality is way better 
• Choreographed dance performance 
• Singing and Dancing 
• The camera is moving into many different angles and position - creating the typical type of music video we are used to seeing today

Bob Dylan - Don't look back (1965)

• The music is sped up quickly 
• The video is simplistic 
• There isn't a dance performance, this makes it unique and individual 
• No lip syncing 
• Camera was stuck on one position and fixated on the one person   

The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1966)

• The video quality improved and colour was introduced 
• Video effects were introduced 
• Tells a story 
• Video, sound quality improved massively 

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

• Lip syncing with members 
• In the beginning the camera position is low, making them seem more menacing 
• In the beginning the lighting is low, add this with the camera position makes them seem more menacing 
• Video is quite simplistic at the start 
• The video then has brighter lighting, and the camera moves around much more than in the beginning
• Towards the middle, the video goes back to the dark lighting and low camera angles 
• The ending goes back to the live performance that is being recorded, there is an motion image of the person playing the guitar. The camera is focused on his hands playing the piano 

Devo - Jocko Homo (1978)

• There is a spoken introduction
• Music is sung really fast 
• You can barely understand what was being said 
• Video is a bit distorted 
• All about aliens 
• Glam rock 

Buggles - Video killed the radiostar (1979)

• Video has got black and white imagery mixed with colour 
• People singing come into shot as drawings 
• The camera is moving around and focusing on who's singing 
• Camera is showing a lot of the background and what is happening 
• The video effects have been further developed 
• Camera tilting

David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes (1981)

• Colour implemented everywhere 
• Different scenes for the song 
• Pictures are used to change the scene 
• His costume changes massively 
• Video is still a bit twisted and weird 

Nirvana - Heart-spaced box (1993)

• Twisted video 
• Video showing Jesus' execution
• Crows - birds of death 
• The camera zooms in on the faces when they scream/raise their voice
• Kid in KKK outfit 

Spice girls - Stop (1998)

• The video quality is high and no faults or lags 
• Make-up and costume was a big factor 
• Choreographed dancing involved 

Blink 182 - All the small things (2001)

• Making fun of other boy bands 
• Funny/ humorous
• Black and white video mixed with colour 
• Making fun of the 90's music videos (water)
• Vibrant 
• Big spending budget 

Future ft The Weekend - Low Life (2016)

• Video editing is max 
• Swearing 
• Strobe lighting 
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