Music Promotion Lesson 2

• Resits.• Open Evening.

The Brief

Who am I?

Elvis Presley

Miley Cyrus

Dizzee Rascal

Who am I?

Rihanna

Mick Jagger(The Rolling Stones)

Tupac Shakur

In this lesson we will…

• Make sure we all understand the production brief.

• Respond to the brief.

• Begin to research the history of music videos.

The brief…

• You will create a promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

– A website homepage for the band;– A digipak for the album’s release;– A magazine advertisement for the digipak.

When was the first music vide?

In this lesson you will…

• Begin to look at the history of music videos.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDLykurJIMA• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXGgDIj5KvA• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-dgkiUHj4• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8r-tXRLazs

The History of Music Videos

• How old are music videos?• What was the first ever music video?• What is the oldest example of a music video you

can find online?• How have music videos developed over time?• What have been the main developments that have

changed music videos?• How has technology changed music videos?• How are music videos different now to how they

were?

And to finish…

• Get blogging!

• Using your research questions, write a brief (500-750 words) history of the music video research.