Danny Boyle says he filmed '28 Years Later' with iPhones, drones, and a goat

Many Hollywood directors use expensive cameras to film their blockbusters. Danny Boyle 's approach to filming his zombie sequel "28 Years Later" was a bit more… experimental.
"We did strap a camera to some animals a couple of times — yeah, a goat," Boyle told Business Insider.
The director, whose 2002 horror classic "28 Days Later" was shot on digital cameras for a deliberately lo-fi look, was keen to take a similarly unconventional approach with his follow-up film two decades later.
The movie, written by Alex Garland, follows 12-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) as he leaves his secluded island home for the first time with his father, Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and comes face-to-face with hordes of people infected with the Rage Virus.
To capture their terrifying encounters with zombies, Boyle told BI he relied on iPhones, drones, and yes, those goats. While Boyle said the goat shot didn't make it into the final cut, the tactic prompted him to try strapping a camera to a new variant of the infected, called the "Slow-Low," which crawls on the ground eating bugs.
"Having done it with the goats, you then think, 'Oh!'" Boyle said. That Slow-Low shot made it into the film — and into the trailer, too.
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For the film's pulse-pounding chase scenes, Boyle relied on iPhones and drones instead of heavy high-tech equipment.
"Any smartphone now can record at 4K, indeed up to 60 frames per second, which is more than enough resolution you need for cinema exhibition," he said.
Keeping the crew light on their feet also helped them more easily navigate the wild landscape of Northumberland, the UK region used as a filming location for "28 Years Later."
Plus, there's an added bonus: shooting on iPhones makes things "way, way cheaper."

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