The make-up effects were achieved through stop motion , with Billy Idol moving in slow stages during points of the filming . Stan Winston , who had previously worked on the Terminator series and Jurassic Park , supervised and created the special effects for the video . The music video for " Shock to The System " was nominated for " Best Special Effects in a Video " and " Best Editing in a Video " at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards , losing both times to Peter Gabriel 's video for " Steam "
1993 MTV Video Music Awards
1993 MTV Video Music Awards
Shock to the System (Billy Idol song)