History of Music Video

The invention of film and cinema brought about the possibility of combining music and moving images.
Advances in technology have turned the music video into what it is today but you might be surprised at where it came from


The early years 

• Surprisingly, music videos have been around since the 1920s.
• Many Jazz musicians of the time,such as Bessie Smith, made short films to accompany popular songs.

However, the music videos of 1920s aren't the modern music videos that we know about it now.

Bob Dylan

1965: Bob Dylan Films

Subterranean Homesick Blues as a segment for D.A. Pennebakbr's film

Dont look Back-widely credited as one of the first modern music videos.

Music videos was about live performance but but Bob Dylan 1965 music video illustrates the lyrics of the song because he was into politics.