Episode 4 – Michael Jackson and Monochromatic Cinematography
Abstract: In this episode Elizabeth and Karin talk about the function of black and white (monochrome/chiaroscuro) cinematography in the short films, Bad (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1987) and Stranger in Moscow (dir. Nicholas Brandt, 1996). Taking their academic essays on two of Jackson's most monochromatic short films as source material, they consider how Jackson used cinema language to communicate with his audience in a way that was both subtle and resonant. REFERENCE AS: Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 4 - Michael Jackson and Monochromatic Cinematography." Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 2 (2016). Published electronically 1/03/16. http://sya.rqu.mybluehost.me/website_94cbf058/the-dream-lives-on-4-black-and-white-in-bad-and-stranger-in-moscow/. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies asks that you acknowledge The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies as the source of our Content; if you use material from The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies online, we request that you link directly to the stable URL provided. If you use our content offline, we ask that you credit the source as follows: “Courtesy of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies.” Episode 4 - Michael Jackson and Monochromatic Cinematography By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu 'This is a big contrast to the celebrated Michael Jackson, and musician, and the one who was condemned because of false allegations at that time... vilified and humiliated... I think it's a very underestimated song and short film.' - Karin Merx Stranger in Moscow: https://youtu.be/pEEMi2j6lYE Bad (Long Version): http://dai.ly/xvdho All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them 1. Karin Merx, “From Throne to Wilderness: Michael Jackson’s ‘Stranger in Moscow’ and the Foucauldian Outlaw.” The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 4 (2015). 2. Elizabeth Amisu, "Bad(1987)." The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 2 (2014). 3. Jeremy Gilbert, "The Real Abstraction of Michael Jackson." In The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson, edited by Mark Fisher, 137-49: Zero Books, 2009. 4. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011. 5. Michael Jackson, Moonwalk. (London: Heinemann, 1988). 6. Richard Donner, "Superman." Dovemead/Film Export A.G./International Film Productions, 1978. 7. Spike Lee, "Bad 25." Optimum Productions, 2013. 8. Elizabeth Amisu, Willa Stillwater, Lisha McDuff, and Karin Merx. "