“最近，巴倫在回憶他的職業生涯時，講到了拍攝邁克爾·傑克遜的《比莉·珍》（Billie Jean）錄影帶時的故事。
“他想要一些電影化的效果，他的管理團隊說他沉迷於彼得·潘（Peter Pan），能不能做帶點魔幻色彩的東西？
“我前一年就有個想法，想做一部麥德斯（Midas）點物即亮的錄影帶，於是這個一踏即亮的路面想法就這樣產生出來了。
“整個過程非常順利，我們將這個想法發給他，並出發到洛杉磯開始拍攝。
“在拍攝之前，他為另一個小場景想出一個極好的點子，人體模特蘇醒過來在他身後跳舞，我認為這個點子很棒。
“我們在《顫栗》（Thriller）發行之前開始拍攝錄影帶。大約是在《比莉·珍》發行之前5周吧，他們不給為額外的人體模型和伴舞付錢，所以我們不得不先試試這個想法了。
“很顯然，一個月後他得到了一生中想得到的一切，但那時他還沒有能力掌控自己的所需。他真是個說話溫柔可愛的傢夥。
“顯然，他對一切事物充滿的好奇，他想知道拍攝進度以及如何運作。
“然後突然……我開始掌控攝影機，他開始跳舞的那一刻，太有活力了，太令人激動了。我記得這樣令人驚訝的場景讓攝影機都發了熱。那時你知道有些特別的東西注入到了片場。這是其中一隻首次在MTV播放的黑人藝術家的音樂錄影帶。”
Billie Jean director Steve Barron remembers making the short film He'd seen the Don't You Want Me video - that's why I got the job. And he wanted something cinematic, as well, and his management said he was really into Peter Pan and could we do something that was a little magical?
I'd had an idea the previous year to do a Midas touch video with everything lighting up so the paving stone idea came from that.
- US number one (seven weeks)
- UK number one (one week)
- Jackson's second solo UK number one after 1981's One Day In Your Life
- Second single - after Paul McCartney duet The Girl Is Mine - from his sixth solo studio album Thriller
- Thriller is the best-selling album of all time and has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide
The process was pretty straightforward really; we sent the idea to him and went out to LA and shot the video.
Before we shot it, he had a really nice idea for another little scene within it where mannequins come to life and dance behind him and I thought it was a great idea.
We made the video before the album, Thriller, had come out. It was like five weeks before Billie Jean was going to come out and they wouldn't pay for the extra tailor's dummies and the dancers so we had to can that idea.
Obviously, one month later he got anything he wanted for the rest of his life, but right then he wasn't quite in a position yet to demand what he wanted.
He was a really soft-spoken, sweet guy.
Obviously, he was very curious about everything, he wanted to know what was going on with this and that and how that worked.
Then suddenly… I was operating the camera for it as well and the moment he started to dance in that little chorus, it was just so dynamic, it was breathtaking.
I remember the camera steaming up because it was pretty stunning.
You knew that something special was going to arrive on the scene.This was one of the first videos by a black artist on MTV.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11499628
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