In modern times a music video can decide the success of the artist as they are used not only to open the viewer’s eyes to the band but also allows the viewer to enjoy music in a whole new way. It shows not only the bands style but also the performance.
In the late 19th century a series of still pictures were played with live music playing at the same time; however it may have been popular but was not seen as a hit until 60 years later. In the 1960’s the Beatles filmed a major motion picture, ‘A Hard Days Night’ which included musical element that resemble today’s music videos.
In 1974 the Australian’s aired a television program called Countdown which showed promotional videos to fans to increase record sales.
The biggest music video’s in time would probably be Thriller by Michael Jackson this music video was nominated for six awards at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, winning three out of six of the nominations MTV also listed it as being the "Greatest Music Video Ever Made and is the most successful and influential music video of all time, and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is also regarded to be a major influence in modern day music videos, even though it is considered to be a low budget production. These are two completely different styles of video but both impacted the music video industry exponentially. The first music video to have been shown on MTV was ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles in 1981 the irony of this is that this video started the music video revolution, and it is where music videos started to make an impression on the music industry. Muse’s music videos aren’t as revolutionary as some older ones however they are filmed in a very distinct manner.
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