trainspotting

Cards (17)

  • what year was trainspotting released
    1996
  • clear narrative
  • hearing a story, from begbie, then hearing the real story from tommy. tommy trying to be good and then getting back on herione
  • what company provided the production budget
    chanel 4
  • what do we call the political era between 1990-97
    post thatercism
  • who initiates sex in trainspotting?
    all the female characters
  • what type of cinematography is in trainspotting
    low level camera movement
  • what dose ideology mean 

    a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
  • hegemonic
    ruling or dominant in a political or social context
  • choose life, choose a job choose a career
  • how is Begbie introduced in the football scene 

    tackles a player ruthlessly with a smile on his face- showing his violent nature
  • how is sickboy introduced in the football scene 

    he tackles one of the other players, doesn't take responsibility for it, showing his irresponsible and duplicitous nature
  • how is tommy introduced in the football scene 

    getting corned in the corner- no one coming to help him. getting more and more trapped. foreshadows later on in the film as his friends continue to ignore him
  • why are the female characters not introduced?
    becauses its a restricted male narrative
  • why is there a cheer when a goal is scored
    to create a hyper real environment for the audiences to imatie to them how real everything feels once your on drugs
  • why dose renton wear the number 10
    it shows how Renton perceives himself among his friends, going back to the restricted male narrative
  • how dose the final scene end and why dose it annotate?
    the final shot ends with a high angle shot looking down on the 4 of them. Like CCTV footage. The room is circle and represents the cyclical structure