The 1980's part 2

This is the second part of my 1980's post.

By the 80's music video's became a prioroty for artist if they wanted to get heard, it brought a movie like feeling to music.

Micheal Jackson's 'Thriller' was the forerunner for the pop music culture and also led the way for music videos. The music video was quite long compared to the ones these days, this is because it packed in a story behind the actual music video, therefore it was 13 minutes and 43 seconds long. it was directed by John Landis.



This music video was soo influential it was called the watershed for the music industry. The video came out in 1983 and sold massively along with the backstage videos of the making of thriller in total 9 million units. It's been calculated that it had been watched by 4 billion people worldwide.


What this music video brought new to the industry was :

• Used a lot of actors to give it a hollywood look
• Used a wide variety of shots and cut shots too make it look more fast paced
• The quality of the video was better than others of its time

Whilst making 'Thriller' a behind the scene's videos was made to show the process of creating the music video. This was included when people bought the music video. These days you cant make as much money from music videos on a whole, this is because people can download the video or watch on TV or Youtube.