A few years ago my friends and I created a remake of the Thriller music video by Michael Jackson in Newfoundland. It was just for fun. We didn’t have a budget or time to rehearse (most of us were students). We did it as a gift for our friends who annually hosted an amazing Halloween party.
Every year before Halloween I like to post a reminder of that video. Check it out if you have not already.
The video was broken into two halves because of YouTube limitations at the time. Here is part one:
And part two:
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A few years ago now my friends and I created a shot-by-shot remake of the entire Thriller video by Michael Jackson.
Now that Halloween is fast approaching I noticed that there are a lot of people searching for this Thriller video.
I thought I’d put it front and center.
Check out our Thriller Remake Video in St. John’s Newfoundland.
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SPARK Marketing, in conjunction with Connie Parsons School of Dance, Empire Theatres Studio 12 St. John’s and BIGTIMEsmalltime.com put off a flash mob dance of Thriller in the Avalon Mall to raise awareness for UNICEF.
It is especially interesting because this year my friends and I launched our Thriller dedication video where we reshot the Thriller video shot for shot for fun.
UNICEF has always been known for their campaign pushes during Halloween. Surely people remember those Halloween Trick of Treat boxes.
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Last year my friends Phil and Ashley approached me about starring in their Thriller video redux. When they told me their plan I loved it. When they told me they wanted me to be Michael Jackson, I loved it even more.
The idea was to present it as a gift for our friends at “The House” who host an incredible democratically-themed Halloween Party every year that is like no other. They decorate their entire house at great expense and there is a spooky dance floor.
For an entire month we planned, choreographed, and filmed this video without any of our friends at the house having an inkling of our project. They got the greatest suprise of their… umm, Halloween I guess.
I would like to thank everyone that was involved, especially those who took time away from their exams (when others more appropriately prioritized) and helped us out with this film.
Enjoy.
Part I
Part II
Directed by Phil Hogan
Produced by Ashley Kieley
Starring:
Greg Pike as Michael Jackson
Nikki Janes as the girlfriend
Megan Murphy
Christopher “Grubbie” Penney
Theresa Murphy
Craig Stoyles
Garrett Flight
Denise Hennebury
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As many of you know last Halloween a few of us put together a shot-by-shot recreation of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video shot here in St. John’s. Many of you have been requesting it to be put online.
Well now it is.
The story and video are located on the Product of Newfoundland blog (Thriller: St. John’s Style).
The video is temporarily only available on Facebook, but as soon as we have it on YouTube I will feed the video on GregPike.ca.
Additional information (Product of Newfoundland): Thriller: St. John’s Style
Additional information (dot dot dot): Thriller, in St. John’s
Additional information (Signal): Thriller was here. In St. John’s, I mean
UPDATE: The video is now available on GregPike.ca!
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I know everyone is expecting me to write something regarding this topic as if I was Michael’s best friend. For those of you who do not know last year my friends and I recreated the Thriller video shot-for-shot in St. John’s with me as Michael Jackson.
I’m not sure what is the best way to show respect for this amazing entertainer, but I’ll write a little about the last day.
News of the story exploded on Twitter last night. Unfortunately I was not on the Internet at the time and was unable to cover the story but word is that Michael Jackson, for a while, dominated all 10 Trending Topics, which is no small feat. According to this graph provided by Mashable nearly 1 in ever 4 tweets was contained the words “Michael Jackson”.
Online news websites got swamped with visitors last night. Website availability for the top news websites fell from 100% to 86% as visitors flooded in to learn more about the incident. The average load time for every page doubled from 4.2 seconds to load to 8.9 seconds to load. Only one in every ten visitors was able to access ABCNews.com as they were floored with visitor requests.
I have no doubt there is a great deal of sadness amoung among his thousands of obsessed fans and the millions more who love his music (and how can I neglect to say dance moves). MJ’s family has requested that they be left alone to pay their respects and love to Michael. I doubt they will get any kind of peace given the power of these circumstances, but I respect their wishes and send my condolences.
In light of this tragedy I think I will upload our version of Thriller online despite my intention to save it for Halloween. I can imagine no better way for me to show my respect for this pop legend than to publicize an imitation of his great work, one of my favorite videos, Thriller. I will publish the video here when it is ready.
Good buy Michael. RIP.
From Mashable: Michael Jackson Dies: Twitter Tributes Now 30% of Tweets
From CNet News: News sites swamped following Michael Jackson’s death
From BNO News: Request from Michael’s family
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