Music Video Timeline

A Hard Day's Night:

• The third studio album released 1964, with one side containing songs from their film.
• First Beatles album to be recorded on 4-track tape, allowing for good stereo mixes.

Concert Films:

• A type of documentary film which is an extended live performance or concert by a musician or comedian.
• From 1964 onwards. 

MTV:

• An American programme launched 1981.
• Used to aim at young adults but it's not targeted at adolescents and teenagers.
• The original purpose was to play music videos guided by tv personalities know as 'video jockeys' (announcer).  

Musicals:

• Performances that combine: songs, dialogue, acting and dance.
• Other theatrical forms include opera and dance without dialogue.
• Introduced 1886, The Black Crook was considered the first musical. 

Nickeldeons:

• First indoor space dedicated to showing motion pictures.
• Simple theatres charged 5 cents for admission and flourished from 1905-1915.
• Mechanical musical instrument for example, piano or orchestra.

Scopitone:

• Type of jukebox containing 16mm film component.
• Developed during WW2, colour 16mm film clips with a magnetic soundtrack were designed and shown in a jukebox.  

Soundies:  

• 3 minute musical films.
• Often include short dance sequences.
• 1940s.
• Released on the Panoram, which is a coin-operated film jukebox.

Top Of The Pops:

• British music chart TV programme made by the BBC 1964 and 2006.
• Each weekly programme consisted of performances from popular music artists, with a rundown of that week's single chart.

Youtube: 

• During the 80s and 90s, big for music videos and directors.
• Video sharing website
• Owned by Paypal but now owned by Google (2006)
• People now use it for educational purposes, career starters and tutorials.