ghost town CSP media

• establishing shots


  help to set the scene as being London
• empty streets

  create enigma for audiences and make the town seem desolate and sad
• diverse mix of people in the car

  represents the band as being integrated and multicultural which was fairly unusual in the early 1980s
• cramming In the car

  suggest they are close friends
• serious facial expressions


  reflect the serious social and political issues behind the song
• thatcher Britain


  huge amounts of poverty and deprivation, violence in the streets, rioting,protests
• young men angry about what

  the lack of jobs and support in thatcher Britain
• period of what in 1981

  marches, protests and riots with people angry about the government decisions to privatise and close many industries
• what does the video reflect?

  the way in which young males felt at the time
• mainstream media e.g newspapers did what?


  placed the blame for crime, poverty and unemployment on immigrants
• political party on the rise at the time of mv

  the national front
• instead of representing racial tension and division, the video does what?

  shows racial harmony and diversity
• mixture of white and black musicians in the band


  very unusual at the time
• what the specials tried to do was create something that was more integrated'


  Jerry Dammers
• the specials genre of music

  alternative. mixed together cultures and genres e.g British punk and Jamaican ska
• fast paced editing, canted angles, hand held shots and crazed expressions


  make them seem wild and rebellious
• car swerving all over the place


  resembles the political turbulence of thatcher Britain
• fast paced scenes


  create a dangerous,thrilling and potentially exciting tone for audiences who might identify with wanting to break the rules
• upbeat dancing sector


  the 'dancing' creates a dark comic vibe
• the colour grading creates what?


  binary opposites between the once joyful cheery past to the now desolated and melancholy city
• cold blue low lighting with long shadows


  make streets appear dangerous and eerie
• tracking shots past vandalised cars


  reflect the crimes and riots that were happening in Britain at the time
• continued use of shadows act as what?


  semantic code to suggest that Britain is a shadow of its former self
• excited look om their faces as they fall around in the car


  signifies that they arent afraid, and instead are so tired of the dismal state of the country that they enjoy even the dangerous thrills
• use of moving reflections connotes what?


  the idea that the specials' lives are passing them by and they feel powerless
• throwing stones in river thames

  adds to the idea that they are bored and feel nothing impactful is going on in their lives. perhaps a nod to the faults of the thatcher government
• siren-like whistling noise


  makes the town feel empty and abandoned but also might remind people of police sirens and add to the anti-establishment theme
• racial murder of who during time of release

  satnam singh gill- 20 year old black boy in Coventry
• too much fighting on the dancefloor'


  ref to fighting in clubs
• directed by who?

  artist barney bubbles rather than actual music video director