127 HOURS is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award winning director of last year’s Best Picture, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. 127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
True to form, Trainspotting / Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle sets off at a cracking pace. There are some big themes here, but Boyle isn’t one to hit us over the head with sermonizing. He makes films in the cutting edge style of the times. The digital cameras here allow him to slam between microscopic views – an ant crawling over flesh – to the macro- birds eye view of the canyon.
This has inspired me to use fast moving shots to increase tension. Another technique that i am considering using due to watching this film is how Boyle used a combination micro and macroscopic to focus on different details. These shot can also symbolise isolation (macroscopic) and being crampt (microscopic).
Good to read this. You have not done the 'Zen' analysis. Hurry up and take screen shots to complete this before BBC iPlayer drops it.
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