Michael Jackson Music Video Analysis
Dangerous1991• Black or White
Got To Be There1972•
Off The Wall1979• ‘Rock With You’• ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til
You Get Enough
Thriller1982• Thriller • Billie Jean
Bad1987• Bad• Man in the
Mirror
Forever, Michael1975•
Music & Me1973•
Ben 1972• Ben
Michael Jackson Music Video Analysis
Michael2010
Xscape2014
Invincible2001•
HIStory1995•
‘Ben’
• Performance• Abstract costume
Music and me
Forever michael
‘Rock With You’
• Performance• Dance in sync with the music • Close up of feet
‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’
• Performance• Music in sync with dancing • Only one person in vid – establishing himself
as a solo artist.
‘Billie Jean’
‘Bad’
• Dancing follows pace of video – music slows down – dancing ceases
• Long shots to see the extent of synchronised dancing.
• Performance• More than one character - ?
‘Man In The Mirror’
‘Black Or White’