The music video for the song "Fire" by Kasabian shows the band robbing a bank in a small South African village. Using CCTV footage, the video matches the upbeat chorus of the song with the band bursting into the bank and demanding payment. While attempting the bank robbery with guitar props, the band is stealing music sheets rather than money, representing taking back music from those trying to ruin it. The rural setting and western-style costumes fit with the location.

1. Kasabian - Fire
Textural Analysis

2. …Cameras and editing…
This use of a CCTV shot used when the first chorus Takes
place. And shows the band robbing the “West Ryder Union
Bank”. I think that this editing technique and camera shot is a
good choice as the song gets more upbeat at the chorus. So it
is fitting as it shows them burst into the bank and demand
some payment. This is the theme with sound throughout the
video, As at the start the song if very slow until the first
chorus. This is matched in the video with the singer Tom
singing the song with his movements in slow motion into his
reflection.

3. The setting of the music video is in a small village 100 miles from Cape
Town in South Africa. When the band attempt to rob the bank their
props and other mise en scene are very clever I think. As they use
guitars as guns and at the end guitarist Serge Pizzorno throws the
“stolen goods” into a wall they all fall out a bag and it turns out that
they have tried to steal music sheets, not money. Serge said in an
interview that the message within the video was that they were
"stealing the music back from the people who are out to ruin it - I think
we all know who we're talking about.“. Also their clothes choice fits in
with the sort of western location.
…Mise en scene and sound…