Candice Tyson- Title Analysis- Buried

The film production is the first thing to appear on screen, the letters slowly hitting the black background. The 'versus entertainment' is put in white giving it real contrast against the black background making it stand out more than the 'A' and 'production'. This is done to make the name of the production the main focus in the text.

The non-diegetic music begins once the film production name leaves the screen. The music is quite fast and tension building. The 'goldish' color is used once again in the writing and has contrast against the background. The movement on screen happens in time with the music.

This part of the title sequence is the same as the previous shot. What I noticed was that the text would move with the music then with the sudden hit of drums the text would stop making it more dramatic and causes more attention to be drawn to the text. The non-diegetic sound of the drum also builds tension once again.

When the title is displayed it is displayed differently to the previous text. The font is large and in capital letters, also the lines coming off from 'Buried' are faint not like in the previous shots. The font appears to be textured, almost like dry ground that has cracked making it appear like dessert ground. This gives some hints to where or what the film may be about. Also as the title approaches the screen there is a change in non-diegetic music making it more dramatic.
After the title has appeared on screen everything starts to change a bit for example the color font and the non-diegetic music. The music starts to get quite scary and dark. The blue color font adds to this dark sort of mood and also makes it feel cold. The background is no longer pure black and instead like soil giving the hint that the film 'Buried' must be to do with something or someone being underground.
The usual colors and background appear here again. The strips of what are usually color now show what looks like is rope, this creates the question what has rope got to do with the film or the title Buried? Is rope going to be an important prop in the film?



Lastly, the strips of color are now money which makes me think maybe money might be key to the film. When thinking about it, these different props being shown such as the rope and money are probably main aspects of the film and by putting them in this form creates enigma for the audience watching this title sequence.

Candice Tyson- Title Analysis- Splice

The beginning of the title sequence begins with some diegetic sound of an x-ray with an image shown of some kind of animal, the image then flickers and the animal appears to move and the picture of the x-ray then transforms into the Warner Bros logo. The flickering x-rays continues with different animals giving the idea that this may be significant in the film. The non-diegetic sound in addition to the diegetic sounds gives the feel of a sci-fi film.
The diegetic and non-diegetic sound then fades out as well as the screen fading to black. Shortly after some text fades in to the screen, the background then fades in shortly behind and non-diegetic sound begins to play. The background appears to be under water however the water is murky and green. The font is small and placed in the centre of the screen, part of the text is put in capitals to emphasise who Warner Bros is in assosiation with.


In this part of the title sequence writing is not displayed and instead leaves attention on the background and what is being displayed. The camera appears to be at an extreme close up so it is hard to identify what is being shown on the screen. The dark and gloomy colours set a scary atmostphere as you cannot see what is being revealed. The Scary atmostphere is enhanced by the non-diegetic music of piano.



There is an overlay of non-diegetic music throughout the title sequence, I can hear a gentle piano with the contrast of something that sounds like rattle thats quite a disturbing and scary sound that builds tension as you watch. As 'Sarah Polley' is revealed string instruments start to play gently with the piano creating a spooky mood. The writing is displayed creatively as it blends in with the background so you are only just able to work out what it says.

The writing in this part of the title sequence is over a dark background with a light font so that it is clear to read. The font reminds me of sci-fi or something that is typewritten. This in addition to what is in the background of the screen adds to the sci-fi film as it looks like it could be something alien-like.

The writing here is embedded onto something once again that looks alien-like. There appears to be what looks like vains which creates questions such as what is being shown on screen? Is it some kind of creature? Is it real?







The name here is revealed behind scales of what looks like could be a fish. This all adds to the idea of living creature that is yet to be revealed. It must have some relation to the film in some way.

Eventually when the title is revealed it is embedded in what looks like skin or something similar. The non-diegetic sound gets louder and starts to build suspense like something might happen. The background also moves like the beat of a heart, this ensures that it must be something alive but still unsure of what it may be. After the non-diegetic music gets louder it then dies out and gets quieter as the camera tracks away.