Analysis 1
The first video which I will be analysing is Michael Jackson’s Thriller, one of the worlds most well known music videos. The typical conventions which are viewed in this video are quite straightforward:
Use of costume, make up & hair – this makes a huge difference to how the video would look, as this helps to show what they are meant to be.
Use of costume, make up & hair – this makes a huge difference to how the video would look, as this helps to show what they are meant to be.
Close ups of the singer – Most of the video is shot with Michael in the main frame, this is to not only show his importance, but to show his image and style.
Styled to fit the Genre – The video is meant to be like a horror film, this is shown through noticeable conventions such as darkness, somewhat old-fashioned, with lots of dull colours, the only bright colour we see is Michael and that is because the producer would have wanted him to stand out.
Storyline – often in a music video there is a story which matches the song. In some cases the story can only be a couple of minutes long but in this case the video is up to 13 minutes long which is basically a short story.
Pauses – during some videos there are often parts where the music is stopped to explain the story. These pauses are often edited out for radio or album purposes and are only used for the music video itself.
Dancing – More common in old videos, there are sometimes dance routines which are specifically choreographed for the song, this presents more visual entertainment as well as the song itself.
Each of the pictures shown above are clips from the video itself. They show that Michael is the main focus of the video and this is shown to us by the bright red outfit he wears as apposed to all of the other characters in the video wearing dark dull colours.
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