The first few minutes in 127 hours

In the beginning it shows people clapping, swimming and cheering which all include hands, in the movie the main character loses his hand when it gets stuck. There is a close up of a phone and when he gets stuck he could not contact anyone. He doesn't really take specific things and just rummages around grabbing random things and leaving useful things like extra water behind. When he leaves for the canyon there is a sign that says civilisation is 100 miles away and when he gets stuck there is nobody around. The shots that were used were high angle, birds eye view, close up, mid shot and mix shot. I think the movie uses a lot of connotations in it to make the audience try guessing what happens.