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This is the making of a music video timeline featuring key and important dates that were influential on music videos. Students should either start their own or continue to add things to this example. Key dates can include the start of TOTP, TOTP being axed, start of YouTube etc.

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This framework can be used to help students take notes on the similarities and differences between the first music video every made: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody and the most expensive music video every made: Michael Jackson - Scream.

The music videos are available here.

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This quiz can be given to students as a starter or plenary activity.

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Students are to think about which music videos are memorable to them and why. They should then produce a brainstorm of these music videos using the Internet to find appropriate images (preferable stills from the music video). This PowerPoint can be shown to students as an example.

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The following music videos can be watched and used for textual analysis and to illustrate various editing techniques.