This is an establishing shot that ables the viewer to see the scenery. Background lighting is used to emphasise the siloate of the character. The woman is dressed in black that symbolises sexy and sophisticated . Her head is held high whilst she walks which points out the fact that she is a confident woman.

This is a wide shot that ables the audience to see a wider range of what the character’s are indulging in. The characters are eating from an Asain cusine, this has relevance to the scenes that the audience sees in the later scenes. Due to the woman who the main character (Micheal Jackson) has a crush on is of an asian hertiage. High key lighting is used in this shot to draw attention to the characters facial expression and body language.

In this frame both of the characetrs are looking at a woman that has just walked past them. The director has chosen not to show the woman walking away because they have left it up to the audience imagination to decide what body part the characters are looking at due to them looking in that specific direction. This supports the male gaze theory because I when I saw this video I automatically assumed that the charcter were looking at the females bum or waist. This makes the

Analysis of Micheal Jackson – You Rock My World.

woman appear to be an object to men and there is certain body parts that appeal to the majority of men when they are looking fo ra companion.

The screenshot above shows an extreme close up of the main character (Michael Jackson) love interest. High key lighting is used to draw attention to the female’s facial features and expressions. This shot highlights to me personally the characters eyes and lips, these features are known to attract male attention so the director has purposely done this in order to capture specially the attention of males.

In this frame the audience sees a female whom is wearing revealing clothing. The choice of the black dress with the split in the side is purposely chosen in order to attract male attention because it is known to be sexy because she is revealing her legs. The colour black also represents confidence, but on the contrary it is also used to hide someone’s insecurities. Orange background lighting is also used to symbolise attraction, fascination and stimulation. This colour complements what is occurring in the scene because the male that is stood behind the female is attracted to her because he is looking at her in a seductive manner. The low lighting also represents seduction. This shot is an example of the male gaze theory because the woman’s thighs are highlighted in this particular music video.

The frame is a wide shot that shows the silhouette of the main character. The background lighting helps to emphasise the character. The use of orange and black complement each other because the black silhouette stands out on a black background. Also what the colours symbolise accompany each other.

This shot is a 2 mid-shot which the audience sees the main male character touching the main females characters bum. This represents to the viewer that the Michael Jackson is attracted to the physical features of the woman. Low key lighting is used to emphasise the sexual attraction between the characters. This shot emphasises the male gaze theory where assets of the women are stressed, in this shot the woman’s bum is stressed which most males are attracted to women’s bums.

In this 2 mid shot high key lighting is used in order to make both of the main characters stand out. They are dressed in black and red clothing to emphasise the characters and make them both the focal point of the shot.