History Of Pop Music Videos

  • 1960's

    1960's
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo_NS5uaDfI&safe=active This 1960's classic has not got an official music video. The reason for this is because in the 60's the technology was not easily accessible and available for artist to use. It was rare for artist who managed to have a music video in the 60's as they would have been rather expensive to produce.
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    History Of Pop Music Videos

  • 1970's

    1970's
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc In the 1970's bands such as ABBA and Bee Gees started to have rather simplistic videos to go along with there music. Videos in the 70's where filmed in rather low quality, in remote locations that run throughout the video.
  • 1980's

    1980's
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlGXDy5xFlw&safe=active In the 80's more props started to be introduced into the production of a music video which started to give them much more structure and meaning. The videos started to become a lot more creative with additional actors being added in who did not sing the song, which helped the audience to in turn engage further with the song.
  • 1990's

    1990's
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI-5uv4wryI&safe=active
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UsFjXF0GJg&safe=active In the 90's it was all most imperative that all artists and bands had a successful music video that matched there songs that were going to be successful in the charts. The video's where now being filmed in a much better quality and resolution as technology was vastly being improved. The range of effects and transitions meant that now artists could be much more creative.
  • 2000's

    2000's
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA&safe=active In the 2000's technology has came on leaps and bounds as music videos have incorporated the use of animations, green screens, animations and special effects. To also go along with this music videos are being captured in HD and in some cases 4K technology.