Charlie Henson

THE HISTORY OF POP VIDEOS

The fi rst ever pop video was the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen in 1975.1.

In the late 1970's Top of the Pops started to use music videos to

broadcast to viewers

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Changes in technology allowed videos to become of a better quality and more

interesting for viewers.

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There was a boom in making promo videos in the 1980's

TV stations were created to broadcast pop videos e.g. Smash Hits & MTV5.

The theme of pop videos began to be about sex, drugs, violence and money.6.

Storylines were popular among the best pop videos, as it had a meaning.7.

Scopitones were popular in the early 1960's8.

Scopitones were used as a substitute when bands were on tour9.

There was a growth in genre based channels, e.g. a channel for Rap and a

separate channel for Rock.10.