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Introduction to Music Video: Blog tasks

 Answer the questions below to complete your introduction to the Music Video topic: 


1) What are the key conventions of music video?
Performances-by artists or people involved in the narrative of the music video 

2) What is intertextuality?
Intertextuality is when one media text references another media text – through genre, conventions, mise-en-scene or specific cultural references.

3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry?
music videos became popular with the release of mtv in 1981 and have progressed in popularity since

4) What launched in 1981 and why were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV (Music Television)

5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age?
Music videos today are most likely displayed on YouTube and on the internet

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