...to studying music video - the blog of resources related to the BFI event of November 14 2006 and repeated on December 6, 2006
There are more posts than just those on this page...to see the stuff on student video work and examples shown at the event, click on the archives 'October 2006' lower down the page.
Example of a scopitone. There are many more on YouTube and lots more information on the Scopitones sites. These very clearly prefigure the style and themes of many music videos post 1979.
Note how intertextuality operates in the two videos, taking recognisable elements from the original but then working in other elements, particularly around the star's image.