She ended up with a double major in dance and theater. The dance cast worked for two weeks before learning Jackson would star in the production. She said that the production, from start to end, took six weeks to complete. She later earned a degree in Psychology, then ultimately a doctorate in that field, both from California Coast University in Anaheim. Michael's Girl Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Forrest J.
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Man in Movie Theater uncredited Kevin Brennan Zombie uncredited James Canino Zombie uncredited Greg Cannom Zombie uncredited John Command Zombie uncredited Michelle Defevre Zombie uncredited Michael DeLorenzo Zombie uncredited Tony Fields Zombie uncredited Richard Gaines It has that spirit to it that must have been contagious; it spoke to other kids. Jonze took the freedom he sensed in Thriller — and also its eccentricity and humour — and ran with it, creating some of the 90s' most famous music videos, including the Beastie Boys' Sabotage and Praise You by Fatboy Slim, which also get continually spoofed.
I just wanted to create something that would do justice to the song and I was excited about making, and I think Thriller was the same way. Perhaps that's Thriller's ultimate legacy, and it's also why Jonze has become a key influence on film-makers creating videos for YouTube. As Psy's Gangnam Style proved, films shot relatively cheaply and quickly, and which don't require pluggers, or for the artist to necessarily have an existing profile, can have a global impact comparable to Thriller. The rules have been rewritten, unleashing a new surge of creativity.
In fact, says Dave Ma — another up-and-coming film-maker who's worked with Foals and Delphic — directors now have no choice but to be as unconventional as Landis 30 years ago, because their work needs to rise above all the junk online: "The emergence of YouTube has given us a plethora of mindless throw-away 'content'.
Love it or hate it, labels are obsessed with it and it's here to stay. The flipside of all these interviews, sessions and phone footage is that it takes the heat off music videos, making the traditional performance video completely redundant. He's taking things to a whole new place. Jonze doubts Thriller has had a direct influence on the new school of music video directors, but he is nonetheless convinced it will survive — as a portrait of an artist on the mountaintop.
And all of this was exactly according to plan. It was the first time a documentary film had ever been made about a music video, and it further legitimized the work Jackson was doing.
And then, of course, there was the impact of the video, released exclusively on MTV on December 2, Jackson reported in Moonwalk that the video and its title song, released as a single in February , drove 14 million additional sales of Thriller in the first six months after their release. Ultimately, the monumental success of the album Thriller — nominated for 12 Grammys and winning a record-breaking eight — made Jackson an unstoppable force who had to be taken seriously.
Its iconic choreography, horror narrative, dazzling costumes, and effects have all been the focus of decades of pop culture writing. But here are some facts you may have missed amid all the hype, analysis, and dance-offs.
Afraid the church was going to excommunicate him, Jackson begged Landis to have the film destroyed. Instead, Branca convinced him to include a disclaimer at the beginning of the film to distance it from his own personal beliefs. Ultimately, the disclaimer just added to the hype around the video and became an accidental stroke of marketing genius, even though it was only created to assuage Jackson himself.
Jackson undergoes two memorable transformations in the film: first as a were-creature and later a zombie. In the first scene, he transforms into what most people typically assume is a werewolf.
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