After watching the documentary by the director Spike Lee about the process of how Michael Jackson made his popular album 'BAD' it also educated me about a lot of roles in the filming/video industry and how people's thought processes result in a finished product.
I am going to be talking about a few people such Bruce Swedien, Will Vinton and Joe Pytka. Each had different roles in helping publicise or produce Michael Jackson's album. I have previously posted about some Michael Jackson songs and videos but here I have been a bit more specific about different roles that can be taken in an industry. These roles may be slightly different now but still, there is a lot I learned from here.
Bruce Swedien, Recording Engineer
A five-time Grammy winner. I decided to talk about what I learned about this man, he always tried to come up with different ideas in making Michael's songs sound better according to the emotion the song presented. There was a scene where he stated that placing a drum set on a wooden platform would reduce 'secondary pickup' which is where the other microphones in the room pickup on that noise, he then suggested that Michael sing on the wooden platform to enhance the quality of his voice. I found this interesting because Bruce was thinking of a way to make the recording quality better without having to tweak Michael's voice.
Will Vinton, Animator
He created the animated characters, 'The California Raisins' and the M&Ms 'Red' and 'Yellow'. He worked with Michael Jackson's music video for ''Speed Demon' by compositing and blending stop motion into the video.
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Joe Pytka, Commercial Director
He filmed the music videos for Michael Jackson 'The Way You Make Me Feel', 'Dirty Diana' and 'Heal The World'. Each of these music videos help emphasise the message of the songs and the different settings and use of props is what I found interesting.
He stated that there was loads of problem solving and different ideas thrown around before they figured out how each video was going to pan out.
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