Lesson Write Up 17th Sept

• MTV
• Proliferation of hardware
• Creates iconic images - from the video
• Images created via video
• By mid 80's nearly every home had a TV
• Artists began to realise the video was more important than the music

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

• At the time when the video was first released the effects in this video were ground-breaking
• Some of the visual imagery reflects the lyrics
• It pushed the boundries of music videos as an art form
• This video shows he is a serious artist as you can see the work, time and effort which had gone into producing this music video.

Voyerism - The more we watch the more we want

In a video the artist doesn't niow who is watxhing  it, but they are part of the deal that allows them to be presented in the way that they are.

Michael Jackson - Thriller

• 12 minutes
• Director of the music video is a fim director
• It was the most expensive music video made at the time
• Music video had now become a global industry
• Music videos are better for advertising rather than the music
• This was a crossover between Hollywood films and music videos
• This created a video that was in the horror genre
• There are 3 levels of diegesis in this music video
• In the film
• Watching the film
• It was a dream

Bob Dylan

• Employs directors and actors for his music videos
• No performance element
• presented as a short film or narrative

OK Go - The Writings on the Wall

• One continuous camera shot - links back to first music videos wityh no editing
• Optical illusion

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

• Different characters
• Like changing TV channels
• Refelcts society
• The viewer is in control of what they see