Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Video Blogging



This video intrigues me a lot. I think having a Rorschach test as the basis of a video is ingenious. The images of the video show the mental faculties of somebody being crazy quite well. The ironic aspect of this video is that the Rorschach test is used to test the mental faculties of somebody that is rumored as being crazy. This video is very well conceived a tells the story of the song. I love how the video accentuates the song.



This is considered to be the grand daddy of all music videos. This is the complete version shot by filmmaker John Landis. I really think this may be the most influential music video ever because it changed the rules. Due to this video, we now have awards for 'long form' and 'short form' music videos. Before Michael Jackson made this video, they were all shot up to formula and were really predictable. This music video is actually shot like a short horror film. Michael Jackson had seen John Landis make the hit film "An American Werewolf in London" and thought that he could do the same with his song Thriller.

These two videos are very well done. Sit back and enjoy. Notice the disclaimer at the beginning of the song. The video was so well done that he had to put a disclaimer at the beginning, so viewers and die hard fans knew that he was not of the occult.

9 comments:

Sonia Early said...

I like that song. I've taken an online Rorschach test, and it indicated that I had poor social development, and I saw monstrous things in a lot of the images. Apparently that's bad. Whoops?

Sonia Early said...

The "Crazy" song, not michael jackson's vomit.

LumberJack Zack said...

OMG MICHEAL JACKSON EVERYONE HIDE YOUR CHILDREN!!!

LeeAnna said...

I think black Michael was awesome. He was very good in his day. Then he had to turn white.

Tayla. (: said...

All the breathing in the beginning sounds really...."queer".

Unknown said...

i watched part of the ink blot video and it looked pretty good. I did not watch the Michael Jackson video though

skater said...

ya that is a good song i really like that song and good job on it

bloodgirl101 said...

That song "thriller" is so stupid. That song crazy make me go crazy.

Sonia Early said...

The breathing should sound queer, it's Michael Jackson, for god sakes!