Michael Jackson - Thriller

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In this video Michael Jackson presents a short film which turns into a music video.
The video is almost 14 minutes long which is very long for a music video, normal music video's last for about 3:30 minutes.
The video starts with the title "Michael Jacksons' Thriller" which is in big bold red writing to make the title stand out, using the colour red means danger. The video then cuts to Michael and his girlfriend in a car which runs out of petrol in a dark wooded area, this represents a horror as something like this scenario would happen in a horror movie. Michael announces that he is "different" and scary like music starts to play as the camera cuts to a full moon appearing in the sky. A full moon can be related to werewolves which then Michael turns into. Michael then chases his girlfriend as he is now a werewolf then it cuts to the cinema which turns out that Michael and his girlfriend are sat watching the film. Michael's actual song doesn't start until over 4 minutes. Michael then starts singing to his girlfriend whilst walking down a dark alleywhich is very misty which represents that something scary may happen. Michael's individuality is also presented in this video as he is wearing black trousers with white socks which Michael was well known for because it was Michael's original idea and something which he used to do all the time in his performances. Michael and his girlfriend walk past a graveyard which is full of smoke which in the real world a grave yard would not typically be surrounded by smoke, this is effective though as it makes it seem like a scary place. Graveyard's are typically seen as a scary place to be on a night time. As the zombie's crawl out of the ground it makes the video alot more scarier as the zombie's are dressed scary looking with lots of make up to make them look really old and ugly.

Also this video is well known for the dance routine as it is one of the best well known choregraphy. This video is very famous for it's dance and is included in films and programmes now even though the video was made years ago. This video is a performance of Michael as he dances for a period of time in the video but Michael also plays a character in his video as he plays somebody else and because he turns into a werewolf. This video is one of the most famous videos in the world.

This video has a very long narrative, Michael's audience would be both females and males and the age of them would be young adults and over. This video would not be suitable for young children as they may get scared by it. There is lots of medium shots throughout this video, medium shots and close ups make things seem more intense and Michael would want his audience to feel the intensity as the video is like a short horror.