Music Video Analysis (Song 1)

With making a music video I want to analyse 3 different genres of music videos. By doing this it will help me to pick up different codes and conventions on how different specific genres of music are to others. I will then be able to pick up varied ideas and incorporate them into my music video.

Music Video 1 - Michael Jackson: Thriller (Cut Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkjtctcuQ9Q

This music video was released on December 2nd 1983 and is regarded as the greatest music video of all time. Since its release it has sold 9 million units.To date this song is seen as the greatest song Michael Jackson sung in his amazing career. Due to the clip I've chosen being the cut version it starts with a long-shot of a full moon with the cloud drifting away from it, the sound in the background is a sort of movie sound which is building up the tension. It then cuts to Michael Jackson in a medium close-up turning into a Wolf as the full moon appears with the music getting more and more tense. It then shows 8 rapid shots one after the other changing from his girlfriend screaming as he's turning into a Wolf then back to Michael looking more and more like a Wolf. With each shot the shots are getting more close-up as the tension builds and builds