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Michael Jackson Billie Jean

Michael Jackson Billie Jean 1) Billie Jean's budget was £50,000 whereas Beat It extended to £300,000 and Thriller became £2,000,000  2) As MTV played rock music and didn't play pop music or play music videos from black people which some people took as racist and offensive. 3) The videos has characteristics of a pop music video by including things such as lip-syncing, dance routines performance interwoven with narrative 4) The music video reflects the lyrics when it says "Then showed a photo of a baby crying, his eyes were like mine", referring to Billie Jean's supposed baby of Micheal Jackson 5) The close up shots used helps link to the lyrics as it states" line, ‘Then showed a photo of a baby crying, his eyes were like mine" and then there is a freeze and frame that zooms into MJ's eyes. 6) The video uses a billboard of people but also the music video itself is about when Micheal Jackson's brother's girlfriends or grou