Gravity will be the newest movie from Alfonso Cuarón, the director known to visually create the “rawer than life” moment on the screen, just as he has done for Y Tu Mamá También and Children of Men. This sci-fi film stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney and it seemingly mimics the mesmerizing sound and tone of the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, which created intense emotional scenes with wonderful spatial sound and beautiful imagery.

However, Gravity is a little more unique in that there is a number of long, one-take shots with heavy visual orchestration. The film itself is reported to have 156 shots with a two hour runtime which would come out to an average of 46 seconds per shot. But that’s not entirely the case because the opening sequence is a 17 minute shot alone, followed by many other scenes that are 6 to 10 minutes in length for a single take.

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