The Progression Of Music Videos
Ben Bernie - Sweet Georgia Brown (1920)
The video was filmed in black and white but with only a single shot; long shot, so that they could see the whole band/orchestra.
Bessie Smith - St. Louis (1929)
Still black and white however there are 2 different shot types: long med
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1950)
Still in black and white, with lots of different angle shots: long shot, medium shot, eye level, low angle. Now there is movement in the camera as the camera. This song had more of a show, where there was dancing and it looks more cinematic
Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back/ Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965)
There is commentary at the start of the video. They start introducing lyrics to the music video although it only was a single medium shot where one boy has a bunch of lyrics that he shows. The music is more abstract and its more 'Bluesy'.
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1966)
There is now colour! There are lots of different angled shots, there is a lot of camera movement. It followed the art movements in the 60s.
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1970)
It is in colour, introduces zooming in live performances. Crossfade effects where different shots overlap and the previous shot fades away. Consists of low angle, medium shots, long shots, close ups and over the shoulder shot. They introduced duplication effects .
Devo - Jacko Homo (1970)
More cinematic, introduces elctronic sound effects. Has medium, close, low angle shots.
David Bowe - Ashes to Ashes - (1980)
Develops the effects of zooming and crossfading. Introduces the 'Dutch Tilt' which shows the tilting angled shot. Also introduces the colour effects.
Spice Girls - Wanna Be (1996)
Introduces the arc shot and clearly has more choreography than all the previous music videos.
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