Textual Analysis
Artist:-Passenger
Song:- Let
her go
I have chosen to do my second textual analysis on this song
as this allows me to contrast it to my previous piece on ‘Olly Murs’ and how
they are similar and how they are different.
The music video for
this particular song is a live performance of the song, with various close ups
of the band members and their chosen instruments which are; guitar, bass,
keyboard and drums. This is portrayed as it is trying to promote the music as well
as trying the artist. There is good lip singing as the dialogue meets with his
lips. This allows the audience to relate to the lyrics and means they are able
to understand the meaning of the song more. There is a strong relationship between
the music and visuals. This relationship between music and visuals is good as
the emotion comes through in the performer’s facial expression which enables viewers
to connect with the song and makes them appreciate the music rather than the
artist compared to other band such as ‘One Direction’ who are mainly about
selling themselves rather than their music.
The Industry and
Audience section of Richard Dyers’ star theory suggests that ‘Stars are
manufactured by the music industry to serve a purpose - to make money out of
audiences, who respond to various elements of a star persona by buying records
and becoming fans’ and also that ‘Record companies nurture and shape their
stars’. This theory can be applied to this particular music video as Passenger
have been portrayed in a way that their particular audience will want to see
them and hear their music. However, we can also argue this theory as this band
has not been manufactured and nurtured. They have kept to their love for music
and haven’t tried to promote themselves in a negative light. They have modelled
this video around the music rather than themselves and this is what their
target audience like to see. Compared to Olly Murs this video is more about the
music. In Olly Murs it is about selling him more than the music but this video
is more about the music rather than the artist. 
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