This video for Thriller is not just one of Michael Jacksons most famous videos but it is one of the most famous videos ever! The dance routine has actually become legendary - so much so that we were taught it in PE a few years ago when learning about different types of dancing. What i think is interesting about this video is that it is one of the only ones i can think of where the narrative turns into the performance. In most videos they are seperate but here Michael Jackson is walking with his girlfirend (the narrative) and then he and the backing dancers begin to dance and sing (the performance) while the girl is still near by. It has become a completely iconic video and i think it is one of the main reasons why Michael Jackson has become known as the King of pop.
This video shows are very passionate performance from Michael Jackson which is one of the main reasons why i think it is so successful. Additionally there is a lot of special effects used which make it look very high budget and quite epic as a video as it shows sweeping landscpaes. Although we could never hope to replicate the high scale look and amazing special effects i think what this video does show me is the need for a passionate and really commited performance as this will really make or break a video - it doesnt matter how good the idea is if the performance is not too good.
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