median a2 research

1. Micheal Jackson

2. Story
• The story is that Billie Jean is a girl claiming that Michael is the
father of her child and Michael denies that. So they get into a lawful
problem with each other. If you remember the lyrics 'For 40 days
and for 40 nights law was on her side'. At the video you can see a
person that looks like a private investigator or reporter.He's
following Michael in order to take pictures of him, mostly with Billie
Jean, to prove that they are in fact lovers. Then a newspaper
appears, saying 'Billie Jean Scandal' and of course, the press never
let's scandals fade away, that's why that photographer or reporter
follows Michael. As for the floor that glows when Michael walks, I
personally believe that that is related to the fact that in the song's
story Michael was being talked around, followed and accused.
Everything he would do, someone would be there watching. So the
glowing steps symbolise the fact that he was being always spied
and watched. The song and the video are related, just think deeply
about it.

3. Budget
• $50,000. It was double the budget that I’d
ever been asked to work with before. To put
that in perspective, though, when Beat It was
shot five weeks later, the budget was
$300,000. And when they shot Thriller, it was
$2 million. So, in the space of three months,
the Billie Jean budget had become minute.'

4. Camera angles ,shots moement

5. analysis
• This video was seen as very high tech in 1990
• The camera angles focus a lot on his shoes and
foot work to tell a story with his smooth
dancing and movement to create a different
creative aspect.
• The flashing foot path was seen as very
innovative and creative in that moment and
time

7. Costume
• The swagger in Michael attire in comparison
to the secretive guy following him shows a
distinctive difference between the two main
character . Michael reddish shows

9. Grime Videos

10. Extreme close up

11. Close up

12. Group shot

13. Group medium shot

14. Close up

15. Close up

16. Cheaper
• There grimes videos are much cheaper so the
visuals are more centralized as they are more
restricted .
• Cheaper equipment
• Home based editing on this such as final cut
pro
• Film general in the day or night depending on
there mood or time schedule
• No green screen or expensive equipment