Introduction to music videos
1) What are the key conventions of music video? editing, mise-en-scene 2) What is intertextuality? conventions of one genre seen in another 3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? early 1980s 4) What launched in 1981 and why were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV launched, a 24-hour cable music video channel and MVs became an essential marketing tool for artists. 5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? social media and youtube.