The video for 'Ghost Town' by The Specials is connected to the lyrics, which are politically motivated and about the economic problems and riots of the 1980s.
Many videos from the 'ska' genre use strong bright colours, but this video differs in having very dark and grim colours. The point of using the dark colours is to help represent the streets as eerie and deserted.
There is performance included in the video, where the band is shown lip-syncing to the song whilst driving through the empty streets. The performance is very simple and is purposely showing the band as bored and unpassionate as they have nothing to do. Like most ska videos, all members of the band are included in the video.
The video is shot in various (but similar) locations in London, highlighting the empty streets. There are many different shots, but the idea throughout the video stays the same.
Despite having very simple and bland colours in the video, it is quite provoking and visually appealing as not many videos use such dull colours in such a way.
The cuts between shots are fairly slow with a slow pacing, again highlighting the boredom.
Note: Unfortunatly, the only website which would allow embedding for this video was for some reason National Geographic.
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