While thinking about the music video project I thought it would be worthwhile to look at the origins of this format of entertainment, in order to help my understanding. The information I used to help me with this was obtained through Wikipedia as well as the March 2008 copy of VIBE magazine
1929 – Bessie Smith’s ‘Saint Louis Blues’
Perhaps the first music video, ‘Saint Louis Blues’ is a 16 minute film where Bessie smith appears and sings her song of the same name. This still very much is of the classical Hollywood style.
1936 – Show Boat
Paul Robeson sings ‘Ol Man River’ in the film ‘ShowBoat’. The reason why I believe that the clip seems important is due to the use of the pan around Robeson, which seems unusual for films of the time, and is a concept that is used in many music videos now.
1959 – Radio DJ J.P. Richardson allegedly comes up with the phrase ‘Music Video’
1961 – Ricky Nelson’s ‘Travelin Man’
The Official first music video as the video does not just focus on the performance, but some images are cut inbetween of the world (thus relating to the title of the song)
1981 – MTV is Launched
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