Goodwin Michael Jackson's Thriller Anayalsis

1) The clothing that Michael Jackson wears is bright orange, this is very stereotypical and common for pop videos, this is because the music itself is very bright and therefore this is reflected in the mise en scene.

2) The lyric 'This is Thriller' creates a relationship between the lyric and the visuals because the music video is located in a graveyard as well as dark gloomy streets and Michael is surrounded by Zombies and Monsters. This is a very stereotypical environment for a thriller or horror film.

3) The clothing of Michael in this video manages to show a relationship between the visuals and the music within Michael Jackson's Thriller. This is shown when Michael transforms into a zombie. In this scenes his clothes are torn and dark which reflects on the tone on the music video its self.

4) When Michael Jackson transforms into a zombie a variety of close ups are used. The close ups of the synchronized dancing scene helps to create a Motif of the music video as well as creating a stereotype for Michael Jackson himself. The close ups of the dancing scene made the audience concentrate on the dancers this is one of the major components that made the video a worldwide success.

5) We see Michael Jackson looking like a zombie. By doing this the girl in the video is the only 'normal' person there and this empathizes her beauty and makes her stand out. We can take this as evidence that the girls role is to make the zombies seem even uglier, however her role in the music video may be to make the zombies seem more horrific and frighting as a girl is generally considered vulnerable and easily intimidated and this is displayed to us in the music video through the girls horrific screams, even when they're only watching a movie. Throughout the music video there aren't many sexual references, this may be because in the 1980's they didn't have to much sex in media. However, when she gets out of her cinema seat to walk outside we see Michael eyeing her up which could tell us that there are actually small sexual references in this clip.

6) There is a constant reference to thriller and horror films throughout Michael Jackson's thriller throughout the mise en scene and the lyrics used. Also the ending of 'Thriller' uses the 'just a dream' analogy which is very cliche and stereotypical in a majority of Thriller and horror films e.g. Shutter Island.