Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was known as MJ, he was in a group with his siblings called  'Jackson Five', one of the earliest of their pop videos was for their song 'Rockin Robin' in 1971. To make this they lip synched and the basic video was to promote the song. In the video they all have a little dance routine, you can see that this video is very old and only used to promot the song.

On the 3rd of November 1979 Jackson released his song 'Rock With You' from his fifth album named 'Off the Wall', the song was originally named 'I Want To Eat You Up'. This song was Jacksons third number 1 on the Hot 100 billboard. His first two where 'Ben' and 'Dont Stop Til' You Get Enough'
 
In this video the lighting works well with his outfit, the lighting and outfit are what makes this video memorable, Jackson was known for his funky outfits and weird music videos and last but not least his outrageous dance moves.

Billie Jean was released in 1982, this song is about a girl who claimed that Jackson was the father of her child. Jackson based it on a woman who used to stalk him, writing him letters about a son she thought was his. Jackson rarely spoke about this woman, but he had a very hard time dealing with this unwanted attention, and he became more reclusive as a result. The song was his way of expressing his feelings without addressing her directly.This won the 1983 Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance and Best Rhythm & Blues Song for the writer Michael Jackson.

Jacksons 'Beat It' was released in 1983.

Jakcsons 'Beat It' had a dance sequence of people "fighting" but it a dancing motion. This is relevant because at the time there was a lot of street violence and Jackson was acknowledging the fact that it was happening.


Thriller was released in 1983, and the video was considered the most famous music video of all time, the library of congress announced this which added to the nation film registry in 2009, Thriller was the first music video in their registry. The video was a cultural milestone, because of the elaborate choreography, costume and dialouge, the concept of the long form music video made it a milestone, a mini movie was made for a song, then edited down for the short version, the long version of Thriller, runs nearly 14 minutes long but it had a remarkable longevity, easily racking up over 100 million views when it showed up on youtube, MTV usually ran the short version which ran a little under 5 minutes but it still contained about a minute of a non song content in a storyline that omits most of the movie, the couple it watching at the beginning.


The music video is considered the most famous music video of all time, at least by the Library of Congress, which added it to its National Film Registry in 2009, the first music video in their registry. The video was a cultural milestone introducing: elaborate choreography costumes and dialogue the concept of the long-form music video, where a mini-movie was made for a song, then edited down for the short version. The long version of "Thriller" runs nearly 14 minutes, but had remarkable longevity, easily racking up over 100 million views when it showed up on YouTube. MTV usually ran the short version, which ran a little under five minutes but still contained about a minute of non-song content in a storyline that omits most of the movie the couple is watching at the beginning.


Thriller cost about $500,000 to make, jackson record company had no intention of paying for it, since the album was on the downswing and they had already financed video for two of its songs. According to the director John Landis Jackson really wanted to turn into a monster so he offered to pay for the clip himself, Landis took on the project because he saw, it as a way to revive the short film genre, which he loved.

Following Thriller, Jackson was the biggest pop star in the world, his videos made the news and "Bad" was a major event shown for the first time on BBC, people wanted to see his new image and the dancing.


Similarly to Thriller, Bad has a dance routine, but the costume was more extravagant and his facial features including his skin and hair colour was different and people wanted to see the new image.