Minutes of his feet moving just below frame and a big gap above his head: was the director clueless or is this video badly trimmed?
The medium shot follows the Rule of Thirds.
Iām more impressed by how many of these moves he already had 10 years earlier (eg, in Dance Machine).
Apparently, Marvin Gaye was in the audience. I wonder what his reaction was.
Was thinking the same thing. But seems like the standing / dancing audience messed up the camera angle. Mr cameraman had the choices 1. filming Michael Jacksonās feet and the back of peopleās head or to miss the feet. He went for option two.
I remember as a youth being suckered into it once with the promise of Adam Ant ācoming up soonā.
James Jamerson, the bassist who played on most of Motownās hit records during their āgolden ageā in the 60s, had to buy a ticket from a scalper just to sit in the audience.
This is just badly trimmed. My old copy of the performance is 4:3 and shows everything.
p.s. Iād love to see John Landis release a remastered wide-screen version of āThrillerā. I wonder if he got that on film or on video (or if that would make a difference - Iām assuming film would be better for a good hi-def outcome)?
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