Music Videos
A music video is a short film or video that
accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song.
Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing
device intended to promote the sale of music recordings.
Although the origins of music videos go back much further, they
came into their own in the 1980s, when MTV's format was based
around them. The term "music video" first came into popular
usage in the early 1980s. Prior to then, such clips were
described by various terms including "promotional films" or
"promotional clips".
Music videos are often called promo videos, as they are usually
used as promotional devices by record labels. In the 1980s, the
term "rock video" was often used to describe this form of
entertainment, although the term has fallen into disuse. Music
videos use a range of styles of filmmaking, including animation,
live action filming, documentaries, and non-narrative approaches
such as abstract film. Some music videos blend different styles,
such as animation and live action. This is a collection of
the more unique music videos Maniac World has collected over the
years:
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