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TRAINSPOTTING - CLOSING SCENE - Coggle Diagram
TRAINSPOTTING - CLOSING SCENE
MISE EN SCENE
Circle shaped room
Circle of friends
Renton is about to leave the circle
Renton and Begbie on the bed, the rest on the floor
Alpha / beta divide
Golden light seeping in from outside
New hope / beginning for Renton
Throwing away the booze
Metaphorically and literally
Renton's clean blue shirt
Contrasted heavily with his sickly brown top at the start
Character development
Cleansed and pure
Still stepping over his friends
The prophecy has come true!!1!!!
He's still the same person
The bright and hopeful London
VS the grey and dull Edinburgh
Clear subjective bias for Renton
Some skies after the claustrophobic hotel room together
Multiple Rentons at once
Plenty more opportunities have opened up for him
Duplicitous, two faced Renton - betrayed his friends
Spud gets some of the money
Wholesome note to end on
Slightly less Spuds then Renton, but still much more than before
Renton
redemption
moment - he's learnt something, he's changed
Wide on the bridge
Realising his insignificance
Dawn - new hope, new day
CINNAMONTOGRAPHY
POV shot of Spud watching Renton
Unseen eyes are watching him
(us)
Placing the audience in the position of the most innocent character (Spud)
Helps the audience ALIGN with all the characters
Renton looks indirectly into the camera
Was now laughing at us, but now longing for our life
Not as threatening as the one at the beginning, like we're in it with Renton together
Clear corresponding high and low angles
Clearly identifying the power each character has
Extreme dutch angle
Renton journeying into this strange, new world
Stepping over the camera / audience
Still the same old person
Low angle of Begbie
Powerless, hopeless
Massive Renton disappearing into the shot
The all-powerful Renton is becoming part of the homogenous mass
Low angle of the room
Look of judgement
POV shot of Renton
Subjective access
SOUND / MUSIC
Born Slippy by Underworld
Film begins with 70s / 80s rock, ends with synthpop
Highlights Renton's journey and development
Bass drum kicks in when Renton tries to take the bag
Simulated heartbeat
A
RUSH
of fear and adrenaline the audience can
FEEL
Enhances the fear when trying to mess with Begbie
EDITING
Slower paced editing in this scene
More mature and less chaotic compared to the opening
