TASK 1: MAKE SOME GENERAL NOTES ON THIS MEDIA PRODUCTION: NAMES, DATES, NUMBERS, ETC

• by a band called the specials
• released in june 1981
• all three major music magazines of the time awarded ghost town the single of the year for Single of the Year for 1981

TASK 2: WHAT IS THE CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND IN WHICH THIS VIDEO WAS COMMENTING UPON?

• ghost town addresses themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation and unemployment. At the time, this was prominent in inner city areas such as London due to the steel and textiles industries being carried overseas due to cheaper labour costs
• as well as this, racial tension was growing higher and higher, causing large riots across British counties
• thatcherism

TASK 3: MAKE SOME NOTES ON THE WAY IN WHICH THIS MUSIC VIDEOS CREATES AND COMMUNICATES MEANING IE MEDIA LANGUAGE.