Michael Jackson - ''Scream''

''Scream'' is another track which features in Michael Jackson's album HIStory: Past, Present and Future. In the video Michael sings with his younger sister Janet Jackson which they dance on one of Michael Jackson's most expensive sets used as the mise en scene. The video shows an extreme long shot of a space-craft at the beginning of the video which implies Michael and Janet are living outside the earth. We also see close-up shots of both of their faces showing negative expressions of anger and hate towards the tabloid responsible for damaging their reputation. A medium shot shows Janet holding her body whilst in a bikini, symbolising her pain alongside Michael who stares at the camera. Also a low angle shot shows Janet Jackson impersonating a male urinating whilst other low angle shots and high angle shots show Michael Jackson dancing, such as a backwards motion of the side-slide, and other dance moves throughout the video. In our video, we intend to use some of the same camera work to emphasize dance moves, and to create some of the same illusion created from the dances in the video. Several angled shots are edited which emphasizes the space and gravity elements in the video, as the illusion of the camera work and editing makes Michael and Janet look like they're walking on walls. In the lyrics of the song, Michael tells his fans and the media 'I'm tired of injustice. I'm tired of this scheme. You're lies are disgusting. What does it mean?'. Like his other songs aimed towards the media 'They Don't Care About Us', 'Leave Me Alone', and 'Tabloid Junkie', Michael Jackson screams out to the media in defence of his recent child abuse allegations in this video 'I'm tired of you telling, the story your way. It's causing confusion. They think it's okay'. Michael also directs lyrics to his father Joseph Jackson, with reference to the abuse he received as a child 'You find your pleasure scandalising every lie, oh father please have mercy cause I just can't take this'. Most of the lyrics talk about how the media abuse Michael, and how he feels victimised by the press 'With such confusion don't it make you wanna scream. You're bash abusing victimise within the scheme. You try to cope with every lie they scrutinise'.