A music video is a type of short film or video that comes with a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos go back much further, [...]

10th Jul, 2010

The Casts on Music Videos

The stars of music videos typically include the artist who may appear on his/her own or with the other members of the group or band. There are times when the artists’ real life partners appear on the video, too. Hollywood actors and actresses and even sports celebrities make brief appearances or have “cameo roles” on [...]

10th Jun, 2010

History of Music Video

1920’s – animated films of Oscar Fischinger were supplied by orchestral background., also made short animated films to advertise Electrola Record’s new releases which people considers as the first music videos.
1929 – Russian Director Dziga Vertov, made a 40 minutes film called Man with the Movie camera. It is actually filming real, live events, backed [...]

10th May, 2010

The New Generation

Music videos used to be showcased on the TV only. If you don’t own a TV or you are in an area where TV does not exist. You will surely miss the most talked about videos. Today, music videos are seen not only on TV but on the Internet as well.
In today’s world where technology [...]

Music videos have the power to influence the preferences of the viewing public. Music videos serve as a great source of ideas and inspiration for many. They have the power to influence one’s way of thinking, beliefs and perceptions. A good example is the video of the popular Emo band My Chemical Romance. It is [...]

10th Mar, 2010

On a Budget

There are music videos that cost too much to produce. Some are worth the amount but there are those that can be made without spending too much. Here are suggestions on how to create a music video on a tight budget.
1. Shoot the music video at home or in a location that does not require [...]

Unofficial, fan-made music videos (“bootleg” tapes) are typically made by synchronizing existing footage from other sources, such as television series or movies, with the song. The first known fan video,  was created by Kandy Fong in 1975 using still images from Star Trek loaded into a slide carousel and played in conjunction with a song. [...]

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Anime is a term that refers to Japanese cartoons which are considered a part of animation. Anime is traditionally drawn by hand but in recent years like animation have become computer assisted.
Anime conventions have been gaining interest in this new aspect and even have started anime music video competitions to encourage the trend. [...]

28th Dec, 2009

Music Perception

The accurate appreciation and perception of music is a valuable skill. The reason is that our perception of music is no longer based on the real worth of the music but rather on the heavy commercial marketing manipulation and oftentimes misleading critical evaluation of the music done in print, television, radio and other media [...]

The amazing advances in technology have made it possible for certain devices to extend their capabilities beyond their original purpose or intent. Take for example the telephone which was originally designed as a form of communication has evolved to the mobile phone to hurdle the limitation posed by wired networks.
Now, the mobile phone is [...]

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