Huh, that's interesting. Kind of sad here:
"But despite Jacksonâ??s awe of his predecessor, he never learned the two rules that Astaire, as soon as he gained power over the filming, insisted on: (1) donâ??t interrupt the dance with reaction shots or any other extraneous shots, and (2) favor a full-body shot over a closeup. To Astaire, the dance was primaryâ??his main storyâ??and he had it filmed accordingly. In Jacksonâ??s videos, the dance is tertiary, even quaternary (after the song and the story and the filming). The camera repeatedly cuts away, and, when it comes back, it often limits itself to the upper body. Jackson didnâ??t value his dancing enough."