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Trainspotting Quarantine question

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In the film “Trainspotting”, the films director uses the aesthetic design and other techniques within certain scenes in order to help depict the ideological issues of youth and addiction. For example, one of the scenes I have chosen to analyse that helps to present the issues of the ideology of the main characters is the interview scene. Within this scene, the character apparently named “Spud” has recently taken speed in order to cope with the stress the interview has presented. Within a particular shot, the director uses Mise-en-scene in order to help present the ideology of the main cast.   Within this shot, you can blatantly see the painting of the beach on the wall with Spud positioned at a point that helps to make him appear to be present in the world of the painting. This could show that while he is intoxicated by the drug, he feels blissful and in pure extasy. It is as though his mind and body are miles apart from one another as he acts without thinking. The lighting and c