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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 is titled [MJ & JJ: SCREAM / I. EXT. STARSHIP (CGI)] with [(13)] at top right and features two panel illustrations in black and white. First panel is labeled [g. (1)] above and [SHIP ROTATES IN PHASE WITH CAMERA / (SO THAT PLANET IN B.G. ROTATES)] below and depicts a spaceship in front of a planet in the background with white arrows at top left and bottom right indication direction of ship's spin. Second panel is labeled [g (2)] above and [THE SHIP RISES TOWARD CAMERA......] below and depicts the spaceship larger in the frame with white arrows at top left and bottom right indicating direction of the ship's spin and a third at center indicating ship is moving toward viewer. There are no marks on the back.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2021.28.5.13

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