Pre Production - Music video time line from 1964 to 2008.

In 1964, The Beatles starred in their first feature film A Hard Day's Night, directed by Richard Lester. Shot in black-and-white and presented as a mock documentary, - 

"Dead End Street" (1966) a miniature comic movie was made the kinks. - 

The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star" which became the first music video played on MTV in 1981. - 

1983, unmistakable influence of the dance sequences in classic Hollywood musicals, including the landmark "Thriller".

Madonna's 1985 video for "Material Girl" musical based. 

In 1986, Peter Gabriel's song "Sledgehammer" used special effects and animation techniques - 

1995 Janet and Michael Jackson's "Scream", which cost $7 million to produce - 

Feeder "Just a day" released in 2001 just involving fans recording them self singing and dancing to the song. - 

2001, Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham - "Make love and listen to the music". is an 
animation almost from a comic book showing how videos have become more 
modern - 

The 2008 video for Weezer's "Pork and Beans" also captured this trend, by including at least 20 YouTube celebrities; -