Textual Analysis: Buried

Buried is a 2010 film directed by Rodrigo Cortés. 

The beginning of the titling sequence begins as a black screen, with letters in small, bold white and auburn font fading in. This then continues into spelling the name of the production company. This stays in the beginning of the screen for a couple of seconds, showing the importance of the production company. The letters then begin floating up towards the top of the screen before disappearing, creating the feeling for the audience that they are moving down through the ground, progressively getting deeper and deeper. As this is happening, the next title comes up from the bottom of the screen in the same dirty-auburn colour. 

This continues like this for the next couple of titles, until 5 chunky strips come up from the bottom of the screen, pushing the last title out of the way. Four of these lines are in a camel/auburn colour, whilst the other one looks as if it is inside a cave underground. This continues whilst the names of the main cast are shown, with the strips being different widths and frequency. However, the same colour theme stays throughout, with the recurring strips of a photograph of underground. This suggests that the film is going to involve a cave underground, perhaps someone being trapped. 

These strips of colour continue to movie up the screen, whilst the background changes from black to what looks as if an image of dried mud. The overall background theme stays really dark, however the strips of colour fade into the title 'buried', which appears in bold capital letters, made from the images from inside the cave. 

The music which accompanies the titling sequence, is a discordant sound, and the pace quickens the further into the titling sequence, therefore suggesting that the further into the film, the more tense the film gets and the more suspense is created. The music creates suspense for the audience, as it get gets more high pitched instruments the closer to the title you get. When the word 'buried' appears on screen, the music suddenly slows down, with the music becoming much deeper and quieter.