127 Hours Analysis

The film 127 hours, directed by Danny Boyle, is the true story of a hiker Aron Ralston’s (James Franco) extraordinary journey climbing the narrow canyons of Utah unaccompanied, when a dislodged boulder fell on to his right arm, trapping him against a rock. He was deserted in the wilderness of Blue John Canyon United States of America for six dreadful days. Ralston kept himself occupied and alive with a fierce mindset where the only logical thought was he could keep himself alive with self-control and motivation. The adventurous film consists of a number of events portraying the outrageous experience dealt with by Aron Ralston through the use of slow motion, time lapse and slow motion.
Slow motion has been used to form tension between the spectator and the character as Aron trips terrifyingly down a crevice in the rock and ends up with one arm trapped behind a boulder and his feet are accidentally dislodged. This scene without doubt displays tension as the film gradually shows addled twits, keeping us on our toes with as many cuts, musical cues, frame-rate changes, and tonal shifts as possible, slow motion serves to demonstrate Ralston’s body in agony and suffering showing the detail from the position of his hand stuck between

two large rocks. The shot taken from this perspective has the viewers on edge as Boyle has created a challenging and adverse scene in order to bring to his production some of the physical realities of Ralston’s ordeal. slow motion is also established in the same selected scene when you see Aron Ralston’s lifeless body lying still as the raven is shown slowly flying from over the head, the camera captures a motion at a rate slower than it will be projected. The effect of the raven being an undershot and going so slow severs to create a threatening impress to the audience assisting on helping create tension between the audience and the overall movie. Through the usage of slow motion it has successfully created a scene the audience can effectively be engaged with the film

Time lapse is a technique whereby the frequency at which film frames are captured lower than that used to view the sequence.

When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing.in the ‘final scene’ was effectively established using brief shots creating an illusion of a steadily moving sequence. An illustration of this element is when Aron is dying of thirst in the middle of the canyon, when then the cameras hurtle across the Canyonlands taking a turn and speeding up time bringing a surreal quality to the movie footage showing the great distance Aron is with the gaydrade in his car. Share Ralston’s experiences in a truly visceral way. We experience Ralston’s fantasies, hallucinations and memories. (HAVENT

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Split screen which two or more separate images are displayed. This has been shown throughout the film vastly, creating tension and manipulating time. For instance during the first scene Ralston is shown speedily packing his bag leaving out some of the most important essentials such as; water, the film is saturated with water at the beginning of the film to expression that later on he takes the liquids for granted. This has successfully created pressure on the viewers positioning them to see from Aron’s perspective, leaving the viewers assuming what could occur next. Another way tension and the manipulation of time has been portrayed is in the scene ‘Riding his bike’ sequence, which positions the audience anxious and oblivious not knowing what is happening. he is racing into an mysterious situation where then the viewer has to assume what is then going to next take place, tension of this film is founded in the mist of Blue John canyon. Displaying Split screen efficiently forming tension among the spectators and the film.