The arrival of sound films in 1926 made way for musical short films which could have been interpreted as music videos, but not as we know them today.
In the early 1930's, cartoons often featured a live performance from a artist. Walt Disneys' early animated films were based heavily around music. Disney programmes still known today such as 'Looney tunes' often included music from upcoming Disney productions.
When the Panoram (visual dukebox) was invented in the 1940's, 'promortional clips' were common which was also a early form of music video. These were short musical films, promoting mostly Jazz artists, comedians and dancers.
The first official music video was released in 1894, when sheet music publishers were still in charge of the music busisness. Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern were the first to use images to help promote sales of t
heir song 'The Little Lost Child'. They used still images mereged with a live performance, which became known as a form of entertainment called the illustrated song.
Hollywood musical films, have served as a format, regularly imitated in music videos even today. For example Madonna's 1985 video for 'Material' girl was reminicent of 'Diamonds are a girls best friend' took from the film 'Gentlemen prefer blondes'. Many of Michael Jackson's videos were heavily influenced by choreography from musicals; including 'Thriller' directed by John Landis, and 'Bad' directed by Martin Scorcese which was influenced by the fight scenes in 'West Side Story'.
In the early 1930's, cartoons often featured a live performance from a artist. Walt Disneys' early animated films were based heavily around music. Disney programmes still known today such as 'Looney tunes' often included music from upcoming Disney productions.
When the Panoram (visual dukebox) was invented in the 1940's, 'promortional clips' were common which was also a early form of music video. These were short musical films, promoting mostly Jazz artists, comedians and dancers.
The first official music video was released in 1894, when sheet music publishers were still in charge of the music busisness. Edward B. Marks and Joe Stern were the first to use images to help promote sales of t
heir song 'The Little Lost Child'. They used still images mereged with a live performance, which became known as a form of entertainment called the illustrated song.Hollywood musical films, have served as a format, regularly imitated in music videos even today. For example Madonna's 1985 video for 'Material' girl was reminicent of 'Diamonds are a girls best friend' took from the film 'Gentlemen prefer blondes'. Many of Michael Jackson's videos were heavily influenced by choreography from musicals; including 'Thriller' directed by John Landis, and 'Bad' directed by Martin Scorcese which was influenced by the fight scenes in 'West Side Story'.
MTV was launched in America, in 1981, this revoloutionised music, and visual accompaniment to music in the form of a video became a neccessity to all Artists to promote their songs.
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