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A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music/song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a [marketing] device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. The term "music video" first came into popular usage in the early 1980s. Prior to that time, these works were described by various terms including "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional (promo) clip" or "film clip". In Chinese entertainment, music videos are simply known as MTVs because the network was responsible for bringing music videos to popularity in that country.
Music videos use a wide range of styles of film making techniques, 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. Many music videos do not interpret images from the song's lyrics, making it less literal than expected.
The long-running British TV show Top of the Pops began playing music videos in the late 1970s, although the BBC placed strict limits on the number of 'outsourced' videos TOTP could use. In 1980, David Bowie scored his first UK number one in nearly a decade thanks to director David Mallet's eye catching promo for "Ashes to Ashes".
The first video to be banned by MTV was Queen's 1982 hit "Body Language." The video for "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran, which featured topless women mud wrestling and other depictions of sexual fetishes, was banned by the BBC.

The First Music Videos aired on MTV:

1. "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles - MTV Video
2. "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar - MTV Video
3. "She Won't Dance With Me" by Rod Stewart - MTV Video
4. "You Better You Bet" by The Who - MTV Video
5. "Little Suzi's on the Up" by Ph.D. - MTV Video

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For the whole questionnaire i tried to get an equal amount of male and females to answear but i wanted to make the questionnaire a bit more random so i sent out a couple of emails to friends to fill it in, and when I had exactly twenty replies back I then worked with the feed back and answears they gave me.




Question 1

Are You Male Or Female?

12 Males/8 Females.


Question 2

Do You Enjoy Watching Music Videos?

19 Yes/ 1 No

Question 3

When watching Music Videos how do you watch them?

3 Television/ 10 Internet/ 7 Both

Question 4

Which Website/TV Channel do you watch most of your music videos on?

• 14 Youtube.com
• 2 Kerrang
• 2 Kiss
• 1 Mtv
• 1 Skuzz
  

Question 5

Out of the following genres which do you most listion to?

• 3 Rock
• 2 Metal
• 7 Pop
• 1 Hip-hop
• 2 Pop
• 2 R&B
• 0 Rap
• 3 Drum and Bass
• 0 Classical
• 0 Country

Question 6

When Buying music do you buy it online (such as iTunes) or go to a shop (Such as HMV)?

3 Online/ 11 Shop/ 6 Both

Question 7

How Often do you buy music?

• 0 Never
• 4 Very Rarely
• 10 Once a Month
• 2 Every Other Week
• 3 Weekly
• 1 Daily

Question 8

Out of these CD covers Which would you pick up to look at within store?