What Is a Music Video?

     A music video is a short film which integrates a song and imagery and is usually produced to promote a song, artist or band. Music videos became popular in the 1980s, primarily by MTV who aired the first music video on television. This was 'Video killed The Radio Star' and was the beginning of an era of 24/7 music videos on television.
     Nowadays, most music videos are based on either a narrative, performance or concept format, although there is often a blending of these in recent years.
     For our A-Level Media Studies coursework, we have been set the task of producing a music video. After choosing a song, we will have to plan, film and edit our coursework piece. Along side our music video, we are required to create 2 of the following:

• a website homepage for the band
• a cover for its release as part of a digipack
• a magazine advertisement for the digipack

     We will be blogging our progress along the way. Here goes!