Michael Jackson - Thriller

• Already at the beginning of the video we have the codes of a horror video, blood written font style
• Cinematic conventions - tracking shot of the car (following)
• Diegetic sound of crickets - eerie atmosphere also realistic
• Night time - convention of a horror film 
• Close-up on the feet suggesting they don't know where they are walking to
• Non-diegetic music - not with the song itself turning it into a mini film 
• Music codes for eeriness and spookiness
• Series of close-ups conveying the changes of Michael from human to werewolf
• Mise-en-scene in a forest, fog, moonlight convention of a horror film
• Damzel in distress - she is screaming and costume codes for innocence
• Its a film within a film
• Michael's costume is iconic
• Establishing shots are used i.e. the cinema
• The artist is involved in the narrative - performing within the narrative
• The music video breaks conventions:
• Performance in the narrative becomes a performance of the song in the video
• Establishing sjot - haunted house which is another convention of a horror film
• Parallel music to go with the actions within the video
• There is balance between music and narrative
• Song itself is a vehicle for the video
• Short film - credits at the end