Buried Teaser Trailer

This is the teaser trailer for Buried

Buried is directed by Rodrigo Cortes. The film Buried stars Ryan Reynolds.

Analysis

Genre- The genre for Buried is Thriller, from the teaser trailer you can tell it is meant to be tense and keep the audience at the edge of there seats. Narrative- A man (Ryan Reynolds) has been buried alive and all he has is a lighter and a phone. He has been buried in a coffin underground, he phones the police and cant explain where he is the phone then cuts off. While this is happening there is a black screen, we then see flickering of a lighter in the bottom right corner and see his face then it goes back to a black screen. Unique Selling Point- Is quite an original storyline and it is different from other teasers as it consists of a black screen for most of the teaser. Target Audience- Teenagers to adults. Music- Tense music gets louder towards the end, there is a constant background noise which is unsettling for the audience which adds to the tension. Sound Effects- Background noise from the phone, flickering from lighter and heavy breathing to show the character is panicking. Shot Types/Camera Angles- Black Screen through most of the teaser, same shot the whole way through the camera does not move at all or change image. Long shot which is centered.

Pace- Very slow pace as there is only one shot through the whole teaser

Dialogue and Voice Over- There is dialogue from the main character who is on the phone to someone panicking about being buried alive, we here this over the black screen.

Special Effects- None

Titles- The titles at the end to show the name of the film and showing when the film is being released.

This is very effective because it is very simple but still interests the audience.