Texual Analysis Movie Poster - Buried 2010 - Benjamin aColatse

The Film Title: Buried

Year Of Release: 2010

Director: Rodrigo Cortés

Producer: Adrián Guerra Peter Safran

Production/Financing company: Versus Entertainment Safran Company The Dark Trick Films Studio 37

Actors:
Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy
Ivana Miño as Pamela
Anne Lockhart as 911 Operator/CRT Operator
Robert Paterson as Dan Brenner
José Luis García Pérez as Jabir
Stephen Tobolowsky as Alan Davenport
Samantha Mathis as Linda Conroy
Warner Loughlin as Donna Mitchell/Maryanne Conroy/Rebecca Browning
Erik Palladino as Special agent Harris
Heath Centazzo as Soldier
Joe Guarneri as Soldier

Film Origin: Chris Sparling

Synopsis: Paul Conroy wakes up 6 feet underground with no idea of why he is there, and is pretty sure that he is not ready to Die. So life for the truck driver and family man suddenly becomes a hellish struggle for survival. While Buried with only a cell phone and a lighter, therefore limited contact with the outside world. Along with Poor reception, a rapidly draining battery, and a ever lowering oxygen supply in a tightly confined race against time - Paul has only 90 minutes to be rescued.

Analysis:

Film Posters are a type of Advertisement prominently displayed on Billboards, film theaters, in magazines, the Internet, and most commonly the side of Buses. The objective of a poster fundamentally is to sell the film to make an audience want to see it. In addition to this, certain devises are used.
The consistency of the colour used in this poster are Low Key such as Black and dark brown colours, along with some Red and some White Text. Which principally connotes a Horror themed movie. The crucial colours are Black and Brown which connotes the characteristics of being ‘buried’ or underground, confind space creating emphasis on the claustrophobic feel, all in which links to the plot of the film. In contrast, a brown and amberish colour and a little bit of what seems to be wood is used to emphasise the character in the poster. This colour can symbolize the Heat, minimal light coming from the lighter for example the darkness of being trapped. The brown & texture used can emphasise the dirt, soil and ‘down under’ feel. And Red, the conventional colour that represents blood, anguish and death in connection with Horror Films.
The main Prop used in this poster is the Lighter which is collectively used as the ‘I’ in ‘Buried’