A music video ( also promo ) is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song.

* Online digital film screeners: These digital film screeners have the benefit of letting you send individual copies of your film or a promo to the press, sales agents, distributors etc.

In 1967, McCartney gave his 4001 a psychedelic paint job, as seen in the promo film for Hello Goodbye, and in the Magical Mystery Tour film.

Prior to the 1980s, these works were described by various terms including " illustrated song ", " filmed insert ", " promotional ( promo ) film ", " promotional clip " or " film clip ".

Many countries with local pop music industries soon copied the trend towards promo film clips.

A three-minute promo of this version was screened at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, and the film was scheduled for a Christmas 1975 release, but was moved to the summers of 1976 and later 1977, before ultimately being postponed indefinitely.

The Beatles hired Michael Lindsay-Hogg to shoot the " Hey Jude " promotional film ( he had previously directed a ' promo ' film for " Paperback Writer ") and they settled on the idea of filming with a live, albeit controlled audience.

" The promo was followed by the Eddie Murphy and Dudley Moore film Best Defense.

Inspired by the 1949 film The Third Man, the promo video for " Vienna " was directed by Russell Mulcahy, utilising cinematic techniques and became quite influential.

* David Bowie-" Absolute Beginners ", " Blue Jean ", " Day-In Day-Out ", " Tin Machine " ( 10 minute promo video shown in cinemas before the 1989 film " Lenny Live and unleashed ")

BMW is showing a 3-episode web movie promo ( filmed in Hamburg with a New York cast ) that looks almost like a film noir and feels more like a mini – TV movie or film, with the main focus on the actors and more subtle appearances of the car itself.

Many pieces are distributed as a part of a larger promotion, such as the Wolverine figure released to commemorate the film X-Men 2: X-Men United ( only available as a limited edition promotional only giveaway with advance ticket purchase for the cinema ), or the Master Chief figure, offered as a not-for-sale promo exclusive in Japan for the Halo 2 video game.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s ( decade ), The Movie Channel started running a wide variety of promos from a general movie trailer-type promo to including behind-the-scenes facts on the film.

Arthur Penn has also stated in an interview featured on a TCM promo that elements of the film were comments on American genocide depicting events " closest to The Holocaust.

Among differences seen in the promo pilot, the Ghostbusters wore the beige jumpsuits they had worn in the film instead of the color coded jumpsuits they would wear in the finished series, and the character design for Peter Venkman bore more of a resemblance to actor Bill Murray than the character design seen in the finished series.

Brunk revealed in a shoot promo and in the documentary film Forever Hardcore that in fact it was not Paul Heyman that brought him into Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) but that he was at the right place at the right time.

Although by 1966 McCartney had begun using a Rickenbacker bass in-studio, he did break out his 1961 model for the " Revolution " promo film in 1968 and for the documentary Let It Be the following year.

* Beat the Devil, the BMW promo film directed by Tony Scott and starring James Brown, Gary Oldman, and Clive Owen contains at least two references to Performance.

The last track " We Call It Love " was issued in 2003 as a promo single only.

A promo version of " Call Me Blue " for the US tour included a track labelled " Some Intense Irish Brogue " which was a short interview with the band.

* " On The Rolling Sea When Jesus Speaks to Me " on Loonie Tunes & Merrie Melodies, Loss Leaders promo series, 1972

* The film's final scene, where Eddie Jessup slams himself against a wall as he alternates between human and devolved form, has been referenced in a MTV promo, A-ha's video for " Take On Me ", and the South Park episode " Tsst ".

The song that is used in the promo commercial is " You Give Me Something " by James Morrison.

Alex Kapranos explained the many and varied influences behind the 1930s-style promo for second single " Take Me Out ": " It's kind of two dimensional in a three dimensional style if that makes any sense.

Before finding fame, Reeves appeared in the Shakin ' Stevens video promo for " What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For ".

* The Way You Punish Me ( 1996 ) – promo

( Note that, compared to the promo, this version removes " Downs " and " Whole Lotta Shaking ", and adds " You Can't Have Me " and " Big Black Car.

* " Bring Me the Head Of ..." ( radio promo ) ( 2007 )

The video also features footage from earlier Queen promo videos ( such as " Bohemian Rhapsody ", " We Are the Champions ", " Don't Stop Me Now " and " Flash ") in a photo album.

The camera was successfully used in a number of projects including " Postcards from the Future ", directed by Alan Chan and shot by Eric Adkins ; a Snickers commercial, directed by Jesse Dylan and shot by Rolf Kestermann ; a beer commercial by Curtis Clark, ASC ; a Greenpeace commercial, shot by Florian Stadler ; a Motorola commercial, shot by Byron Werner ; a short entitled " The Trident ", directed by Anurag Mehta and shot by David Stump, ASC ; " She Called Up ", a music video for the band Crowded House shot by Damian Acevedo ; a promo for ABC 7 Eyewitness News, shot by Mark Zavad ; " Reach for Me " a feature film directed by LeVar Burton and shot by Kris Kosskove ; and most recently a British short, " Drop ", directed by Gavin Toomey and shot by Tom Debenham, starring Russell Tovey.

* " Tonight You Belong To Me " ( Live )-was an unofficial promo release of " The Black Sessions 2002 ".

In 1995 he directed and designed the promo video for Edwyn Collins ' single " If You Could Love Me ".

In September 2005, " Sex Is Not the Enemy " was released to Australian radio up-front of the band's September 21 Australian tour Canberra debut show ; and on September 11 FMR released a Bleed Like Me special edition with a bonus DVD, which included the " Sex Is Not The Enemy " promo video and " making of " documentary.

On May 8, the promo video for " Bleed Like Me " was added by Fuse, and the following week by MTVU and VH1.

" Don't Keep Me Waiting " was released as a promo single in Switzerland.

However, some tracks, such as " Skin Vision ", " Simple Girl ", " Sailor " and " You Stick It In Me " ( known on the promo as " Life?

In the first extended promo leading up to the series ' premiere, voice actor Peter Cullen narrated the back story, evoking memories of Voltron's opening credits.

In 2004, Lex managed The Grey Album campaign, co-ordinating the promo on what would become the music story of the year and propel Danger Mouse into the spotlight of mainstream media, establishing him as a critically successful artist.

Also in 2005, the morning show first broke the story of the Mitch Hedberg death because he was about give a promo for an appearance at the Baltimore Improv.

This station break generally carries a promo for Talk of the Nation ( first hour ), or instructions on how to obtain tapes and transcripts of NPR programming ( second hour ), followed by music.

The pair started out feuding with Ric Flair, whom Estrada interrupted in the middle of a promo to tell how much of a fan of his he used to be, but that now he was old and needed to retire.

On the September 23, 1996 episode of Monday Night Raw, Ross delivered a worked-shoot promo during which he ran down WWF Chairman Vince McMahon ( outing him as chairman and not just a commentator for the first time in WWF storylines ) and debuted his " new " Diesel and Razor, claiming that while working in the WWF " front office " he had been the man responsible for so many people leaving the company as part of his " revenge " against the WWF for how they treated him in the past.

On June 20, Hassan and Daivari interrupted a promo by WWE Champion John Cena to complain about how Hassan was " screwed " out of the Intercontinental Title ; Bischoff took the opportunity to punish Cena by booking him against Hassan in a WWE Title defense.

After the match, Nash cut a promo on how they were better than the entire TNA locker room and challenged anyone to oppose them.