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Storyboard page for Scream music video

1995

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A facsimile of a storyboard page from the development of the music video for the Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song "Scream." The page features a single panel illustration in black and white. Panel depicts Michael Jackson in a racquetball-type court, with high-backed chairs in the foreground and a line of vases against the far wall. Jackson appears at center in middle of circle on the floor, bent over as if to serve a ball. Handwriting underneath panel at bottom right reads [(illegible) 4- -95 / JACKSON VIDEO SCREAM] and is part of the facsimile. Sheet is folded vertically through center. There are no marks on the back.

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Catalog reference: 2021.28.5.21

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