Thriller Research

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Insitutional Information
Michael Jackson's album 'Thriller' was released on November 30th 1982, by Epic Records. The album was critically successful and one of the most praised songs from the album was the single 'Thriller'.
The music video, directed by John Landis, produced by Quincy Jones and written by Rod Temperton. The video was filmed in various locations in New York and Los Angles.

Plot
The music video is set in the 1950's, The video opens with Michael and his date running out of a movie theatre in to the mist in a dark wooded area. A full moon appears, and Michael begins convulsing in agony, transforming into a werewolf. His date runs away in terror, but the werewolf catches up to her, knocking her down and begins attacking her with his claws. The scene then cuts to a modern-day movie theatre where Michael and his date, along with a repulsed audience, are actually watching the scene in a movie called Thriller. Michael's date then scarsely leaves the theatre. They begin to walk downn a foggy road where Michael Jackson starts to sing the verse's of thriller. As they pass a graveyard zombies begin to rise corninering Michael and his date, resulting in Michael turning into a zombie.

Reception
Although the music was praised it also faced controvoursey due to its content. In 1984, the National Coalition on Television Violence classified more than half of 200 MTV music videos surveyed as "too violent", "Thriller" was listed as one of the videos on the list. Dr. Thomas Radecki, chairman of the NCTV, as saying, "It's not hard to imagine young viewers after seeing 'Thriller' saying, 'Gee, if Michael Jackson can terrorize his girlfriend, why can't I do it too?' Michael Jackson also faced opposition from his religion (johovas witnesses). They felt that the content of the song implied that Michael Jackson believed in the occult. To stop the controvousey Michael made a statement at the beginning of his video saying ''Due to my strong personal convictions , I wish to stress that this film in no way endorses a belief in the occult''
The music video was nominated for six awards at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, winning three out of six of the nominations.
The music video was listed as the "Greatest Video" on VH1's "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos" in 2001.[41] MTV listed the music video as being the "Greatest Music Video Ever Made" on their list, "MTV: 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made" in 1999.