History of Music Videos

Timeline

Black and whiteLive performance

1958

1965

Still black and white

1979

Colour pictureNot a performanceSurreal music video –

Making the most of development of technology

1987

Colour pictureMixture of danceand narrative

1995

Used retro conventions - black and whiteGrunge era

2002

Higher video quality Dancing – period of ‘the boy bands’

2003

Higher definition picture

2008

Higher definition picturePhotoshop

2010

Retro again

Narrative