Nine frame music video analysis

In the video farewell to the fairground the first important shot that we are shown is a long shot of a car driving down a empty icy road. This shot is important as it is something which in similar form is shown throughout the video. We see then see another long shot of another clip of a deserted town which another one of these similar shots we see throughout. When the singing starts we are shown a medium close up of the singer as he starts singing. During this we also see that he is walking along this is then followed by a medium shot of the singer still walking along but in this shot we can see the background which looks deserted and cold. When we are shown this shot we also hear the lyrics "it's a dream that's growing cold" which his surroundings emphasize on. Whilst he is walking we see a long shot of the singer still walking along but passing the car which we had seen previous. During the beginning of this video we see that these are the only two objects and people in the town. After the car has past we hear the lyrics 'goodbye to this dead town' where the previous shot shows how dead the town is. A medium shot of a stage which is set up is shown throughout this video along with many close up and medium close ups of the band members. Which is something usually shown in videos of bands but yet has nothing to do with the video. Between these shots we are shown a range of different shots of a man exercising. We are also shown many shots of the room which looks empty apart from exercise equipment and the one man. This is another indication that the town is dead and no one is really around. Towards the middle of the video we hear the repeated words 'keep on running, keep on running there's no place like home' where we first see a medium shot of the singer walking along. As he keeps repeating this we then see a medium close up shot of his face as he starts to run along a deserted road. This could show that he is running to get home as he says 'there's no place like home'. As we see him running along we see many different shots of previous places we have already seen throughout the video. Such as the man who is exercising, the band playing on stage and previous shots we have been shown of the deserted town. One shot that we see is a medium close up of two children standing and jumping on cars showing they have no respect for there town and we also see that no one is around to stop them as the town is deserted. At the end of the video the singer is still shown walking along the deserted town alone which doesn't allow us to know where he was going or if he got home.