LO1: Michael Jackson - Thriller analysis

Analysis – Michael Jackson – Thriller.

Purpose and form: 
The purpose of this is to entertain with the main object which is clearly the music as well as the video which is mainly a short film. The Music video is also a short film, which putting together the costumes and make up of the people in the video would have taken a lot of time, but the costumes and make-up are advanced for the time it was filmed, as they look life like. During the music video there is a few quotes from Michael Jackson himself they add a personal feel to the video. The form of the video is a music video, this is so it keeps people interested in watching. 

Content and meaning: 

During the content you are introduced to the storyline is as a horror story which for the video they us Michael Jackson himself and a woman, with the facts that they have one story of what is being shown on the screen, and the actual story shows that you know these two stories are going to be linked somehow meaning this is a quite well thought about storyline, as well as it been well structured to fit both together. As the music video starts it starts of as a happy couple but as they walk out the cinema and you see the name ‘the thriller’ which is the movie the music start to play which could connote the fact that they the atmosphere is about to change. The focus on the couple as they walk out the cinema is a extreme wide shot which zooms in to a wide shot to show the two people in more detail and to focus the audiences attention on the couple.  There is a long shot used after they have s small argument they had outside the shop which influences the viewer to think about the way she is looking at Michael showing she isn’t listening to him and how she wants him to know it.During the music video there are numerous signs of iconography one of which was when there was a wide shot of ‘Vincent Price’ was write on top of the theatre. This is to show where the theatre is. From the low key lighting in the video you can tell the video is going to be mysterious, and with key colours in the video such as red this can represent love, anger and or blood, this suits the different situations going on in the vide at the time.The location also has anchorage on the video as with the title of ‘thriller’ the typical locations fro the video would be somewhere spooky and creepy like a graveyard or haunted house.The gestures, facial expressions used in the video show the emotions of the people in the video, this helps as they are not able to be verbally told by the characters how they feel about the situation so there actions help the audience understand the emotions of the characters. 

Genre and audience: The genre of this a a pop/ R&B music, this is mainly because of the style of music as this aims at the audience of people that are interested in this sort of genre of music.  The video is aimed audience of people who at interested in pop and R&B music, as well as it not been been more aimed at men or women so its quite equal in the fact that it is aimed at both men and women.