Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

      For the music video analysis I choose Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." The reason I wanted to use this video is because it utilizes all the components visually and also conceptually for a music video. The video is a narrative in the sense of MJ talking about a fling he may or may not have had with a woman, and now he supposedly has a child. There is a detective type character following him around throughout the video. Michael Jackson also arrives at the ladies window as to say nice try, but it didn't happen.
     The video is also a performance piece throughout with patented Michael Jackson dance moves and his voice. But the performance is further enhance through the stepping on to lit up sidewalk panels through the rhythm of the song.
    "Billie Jean" is also conceptual with the tying in of all these elements to convey the song it starts off with a detective looking for the superstar than MJ flips a coin into a homeless mans coin jar and it lights up and the homeless then looks like he's ready for the red carpet in a suit. This to me is is to show Michael Jackson as a good man who uplifts people around him higher than they previously were. This seems to get the view to buy into the song when he said, "Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, But the kid is not my son" the visual concepts drives the point Michael Jackson's a good guy and if he said he's not his son it has to be true.
    Visually the video almost never breaks the rule of thirds unless there are lines behind him to create depth to the shot to provide an interesting point of view so the straight on shots never get boring especially with him dancing. All the shot follow the rhythm of the song in some sense, whether it is the cat at the very beginning, or the detective creeping, or MJ himself. The color and lighting enhance the video at every segment.  This video is a perfect example of how powerful music video's can be when given the same amount of attention and effort (,and budget) as a movie.