User blog:Cms13ca/What Is a Music Video?

According to Wikipedia, a music video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. To understand what constitutes a music video rather than a video clip with music, you have to look its history.

The first music videos were either peformance videos, such as Elvis Presley performing "Hound Dog" for a television show or shoot videos which would either be done on a soundstage like Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" or outside such as Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues". In 1970s, plot videos were developed for artists like the Rolling Stones and David Bowie.

When MTV debuted, music videos incorporated recording and editting equipment and visual effects. Directors began mixing film and video and adding a storyline or plot their music videos such as adding animation, addressing social and political issues or choreographed dance. Lyric videos, which incorporates the lyrics of the song with visuals, have become more popular now.

Unofficial videos are fan-made videos, which should not be included in this wiki. Nor should videos that are from a movie, television or video game such as "Scrooge". I would not include the clip intro for the Muppet Show, however I would include the updated version.