G324 - Thriller and Its Impact On The Industry

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson was one of the first music videos to place more importance on the narrative of the music video than the song itself. The video was choreographed by Michael Peters who had previously worked with Jackson for the music video "Beat It" and was directed by John Landis in 1983. The video became MTV's first world premiere video to be shown. It merged both music and filmmaking and become one of the most influential pop videos of all time. It is due to the creation of "Thriller" that music videos started to consider more explorative narratives and this also influenced many directors in terms of showing them just how far music videos could be taken.