Kasabian-Fire

This is the video for Kasabian's single 'Fire'. The concept for this video is that the band are robbing a bank in a small, practically deserted town. Along with the setting, the shots all have a slight yellow tint, which means the video feels like it is an old western movie, with the band members playing the roles of the villains.

The video and lyrics are not directly linked to one another in the sense that the lyrics tell the story of what is happening in the video but the lyrics could be interpreted as being how the singer and band are feeling before the robbery. Because parts of the song are being sung by the lead singer in the video, it means we associate the lyrics with them even more so. The lyrics give us an insight into their minds and help us understand better what is going on.

 

This is one of my favourite shots from the video. You can see the reflection of lead singer, Tom, in the window, showing that he is perhaps apprehensive about what he is about to do, which means that we still like him despite the fact he robs a bank, because the shot shows he has a conscious and remorse for what happens. This shot also shows that this video is not purely narrative based but there is also an element of performance to it.

This is also another of my favourite shots from the video because not only does it make the video seem like it is from a western movie but also because it is a parody because the guitars they are holding are playing the parts of guns. In the next scene they are also seen throwing a bag full of paper, which you would expect to be money but is instead sheets of music. These icons, especially the guitars, suggest that this video video would fit the rock genre. The shoot out scene also helps increase pleasure for the viewer because they feel as though the video is now coming to it's climax. This moment is what the video has been building up to.

One of the features that I like best about this video that it comes full circle. It starts and ends with a voice over and the start of the video shows you what happens towards the end of the video, whilst the very end of the video comes back to the beginning, before the robbery has even taken place.

This is similar to other Kasabian videos as they tend to always have a powerful story line running throughout the video and mild violence, for example in another of their songs, 'Empire' the band are in the army and are at battle. The way that this video is shot is also like The Killers 'When we were Young' as they both have similar settings and although they both have a story running through them there is still a performance by the band.