Charting the history of British music video Joshua Taylor

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Exploring the article  

1. The article's writer, Emily Caston says the MTV came late to Britain (6 years later than its American parent) as 'most households couldn't access cable/satellite services' however Emily mentions that British labels started to commission videos between 1975 and 1980, this is before MTV came to be, making it not very significant to the development of Britain's music video production. Britain set up a similar TV show, 'The Chart Show' on Channel 4 and later ITV that you could say was heavily inspired by MTV. Emily says 'The Chart Show' galvanized the British music video industry with the rapid growth of key production companies like 'Oil Factory' that was set up to promote Eurythmics.

2. Emily noted the music videos that the industry panel considered to be landmarks in the development of music video in the UK both technically and creatively. I think she chose her criteria well because it is impartial to change trends and popularity however there is probably a trend in good music videos and popularity. I would choose bohemian rhapsody but I'm not sure about others because I've not watched many. 

3. 'Bo-Rhap' was not put on the list because the makers would only agree to let them use it if they put it on the front of the list. The article still shows bohemian rhapsody to be a functioning advert. The article says there are other music videos that came before bohemian rhapsody like David Bowie's 'John, I'm only dancing' 

4. - Visuals
    - Concept 
    - story 
    - feelings conveyed 
    - performance 
    - camera work (like the '1917' one-shot camera work)

5. Curated music is significant today with the use of Spotify Youtube and other apps, that use AI to suggest what other music you might enjoy from the music you already listen to. Uncurated streaming music is turning curated by AI.

6. Curating your own collection 

Radiohead - Daydreaming = Every door in this song metaphorically represents each year in school and him walking through them is how fast it felt.

The Killers - The Man = How I felt in year 8. 

Tame Impala - Let it happen = How I felt before the exams.

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 
&                                        = My two go-to songs when I was oil painting in art.
Blur - Coffee and TV  














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