Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Week 1: Tuesday 18th June 2013

What is a music video?

A music video is a short film exposing an artists song, it is produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Many songs have been movie soundtracks which then in the music video it has clips of the actual film which also helps promote the song and film. Some music videos are purposely made to sell the song and also make you remember the song. Mainly music videos are made to entertain their audiences.

What are some early examples?

Some of the early examples are:
Madonna 'Material girl' Link to watch the full music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNSUOFgj97M
Queen  'Bohemian Rhapsody' Link to watch the full music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zl8sgV0NRU
Buggles 'Video killed the radio star' Link to watch the full music video: http://www.vevo.com/watch/the-buggles
The Beatles 'Hard Days Night' Link to watch the full music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70QfHtKdh_0

Important music videos?

One of the important videos is the Buggles 'video killed the radio star' as it was the first video that was played on MTV in the United States on the 1st of August 1981. This song was also number 1 on the singles charts in 16 countries.

What are some of your favourite videos and why?

One of my favourite music videos is Beyonce 'End of time' as it is all footage from previous tours so it is all live footage, it is full of energy and enjoyable to watch. Link to watch the full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJBfv9CHlcw

Another is Ed Sheeran 'The A Team' as the song tells a story and the music video explains what the song is about. Link to watch full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAWcs5H-qgQ

The last one is Michael Jackson 'Earth song' which is all about how people are ruining the earth and all of the devastating things that are happening worldwide so really the aim of this video was to make people think about all of the awful things that are happening and hopefully try and make a change to it. Link to watch the full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAi3VTSdTxU