The History of Music Videos

From creating this page, I have been able to look in depth at how music videos have changed over the years. Many technologies have changed since music videos began, which has caused the way we receive these videos to develop. The progression of music channels and websites like MTV, have meant that audiences can reach videos through mobile phones, laptops, TV's, apps and many more. When music videos were first released, they were only viewed by certain audiences that had access to screens that played these videos.  With the development in software like Youtube, artists and producers have a platform to upload videos for free to a wide audience gaining comments and feedback on the product they have made. This meant music videos were able to evolve with what audiences wanted by the feedback they gave.



I have also looked at two videos in depth, pointing out the similarities and differences. This task demonstrates how much can change for music videos over a decade, but also points out things that are similar. These similarities are things that will always appear in music videos because they always seem to capture the audiences attention, for example formation dancing, close ups and moving camera angles.