R Robinson A Level Film

Trainspotting Clip Analyse 43 to 48 minutes in the film "Renton's Last Hit" In this clip M.E.S (Mise en Scene) is used to show inescapable cycle of addiction as he is shown as being in high key light which is often used to show positive emotions in films for example Bruce Almighty (2003) which uses high key lighting to project a light hearted and happy tone in the film due to its comedy genre. But possible this high key light becomes false because this film uses some social realistic conventions to convey Thatchers Britain which means it wouldn't follow these common troupes/conventions of the lighting conveying a characters happiness and that Renton is just as lost and damaged in the light as he is in the dark. As he climbs on the wall to escape his family and friends with the sky above him he then jumps back into his old drug filled life as the scene jump cuts from him dropping off the wall and straight into mother superiors drug den which has low key re

Trainspotting Context Research Task Margaret  Thatchers England 1979 to 1990 was the prime minister for the uk. This was devastating for the working class of these years especially in Scotland due to her introduction of the poll tax, the reason behind this pole tax being one of the most damaging legislations past to the lower class of the UK was because it was an even tax for all meaning if you had a giant mansion owned multiple cars and had a multi million company you would still pay an equal amount to people who lived in a one room flat, made the rich pay less and the poor pay more rather than increasing or lowering the tax depending on your income and living conditions. Scotland hated this in particular because they were put on the poll tax before anyone i the UK to test the system which lead to the events we see in Trainspotting people losing there lively hood and turing to drugs and crime to find there way in the pulverising Thatcher government which not only increased the

Exploring The Features Of Social Realism  The Social realism genre is a that explores stories (often based on real life events) in a mature and realistic tone and is often most associated with British cinema the most famous example being the "Trainspotting" Franchise which was made to show the effect of the Margret Thatchers England had on working class people from drug use to crime. This Genre often takes place in a poor/poverty ridden setting like "Boyz in the Hood" (1991) which took place in the slums of south of Central Los Angeles and is about a group of boys growing up in a crime and death filled environment, this film uses common drama troupes of the the social realism genre by having child protagonists like "Kes" (1969) and a more recent example of social realism in cinema the "Florida Project" (2017) the reason some social realistic films use the child protagonist is because it makes the audience feel empathy for the characters and