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Some History Facts on Videos
Music videos represent an important part of the music industry. Artists owe their careers to music videos as they are being given the risk of impressing the public not just using their vocal talent, but additionally with their looks or moves.
pandora - 30 years ago, music video used to be less important then it's nowadays. MTV (Music Television) was the phenomenon that gave a great deal power and importance towards the music video. MTV started broadcasting almost 30 years ago in the USA and it marked the beginning of the music video's ruling on the music industry. The first video ever played on MTV was 'Video Killed the air Star' by The Buggles. As MTV was broadcasting 24-hour-a-day music, videos were needed to be produced. Consequently, music video started to play an important role in artists' careers. It's considered that even Madonna's career may be greatly influenced by her videos that presented an attractive, appealing look of the artist. Some specialists say that Madonna has been inspired from the image that the actress Greta Garbo has used in her silent movies. MTV may be highly controversial: some saw as the beginning of an amazing, new, fresh era in music, others considered it to mark the end of true musical talent, as artists have been become more appreciated for looks instead of their vocal abilities.
mtv - Nowadays, the background music video is as important as the song itself, frequently even deciding the success of an audio lesson or artist. Collections of videos are being sold on tapes or DVDs. Music video's greatest fans are apparently watching them muted just to enjoy their artistic value, as they consider it to be a new kind of art. They take into consideration that a music video ought to be assessed based on its visual qualities and never on the song quality. It would appear that the music 'gurus', corporate managers, have realised the potential for using female sex-appeal in music videos, therefore this feature is being used excessively since it is more popular for the public.
playlist - The birth of the music video has established a new type of directors: video directors. MTV started even listing directors with video credits and also this profession has become ever more popular. But it seems that most video directors don't specialise in this particular art form, they view it as being just a step on the way to directing a movie. Many start directing videos or commercials, hoping to get the recognition to build an identity and to direct a movie. It seems that even video directors admit the fact a music video is secondary towards the song itself.
In conclusion, although music video's fans have attempted to elevate this form of entertainment to the title of an talent, the music video is eventually only a work of commerce, going to sell a product: the song.
