Analysis of music video - Ghost town - The Specials.

The specials are a moderately well known band from Coventry. The single that i will be analysing is 'Ghost Town'. 

The video focuses on the band all driving in one car, around an empty city, which fits with the title of the song. And we get a lot of shots looking at the band in the car, singing along to the lyrics of the song. In 'the specials' other music videos, they aim to promote themselves via live performance videos. I think this is primarily the aim with the ghost town music video, even though it is not live performance. 

There is a clear message the music video sends out. 'Ghost Town' (The title of the song), usally means empty town. This may be to convey the themes of urban decay, unemployment and violence in the inner cities.The music video also allows the audience to view it in a voyeuristic way as the band are viweing the ghost town in a car. 

the music and visuals have a clear link. The black and white interface of the video conveys the theme of emptyness and depression. The cuts of the camera shots occur when the beat to the music drops or changes, this directly links to the music and visuals.

The music video goes by the 'normal' music video conventions. The promotional factor in the music video is done well, there are constant close ups of the artists as the song is being played. The outfits the the band are wearing are typical to that of the people during the 80's. The music video suggests that the 80's was the time period.