Media Studies A-Level
Music video
What Music video means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Music video
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Reference: AQA
A short promotional moving-image text made to accompany and market a recorded song, treated as a media form in its own right rather than as a film.
Topics that use Music video
- Subject content (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience readings
- Audience reception
- Audience targeting and reception
- Audiences and distribution in a digital age
- Distribution
- Formal and technical choices
- Funding models and public service
- Magazine industries, ownership and funding
Using Music video in the exam
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