“How does the aesthetic quality of ‘ Trainspotting’ depict youth and drug addiction?” Your answer must refer to 2 scenes. The opening scene of ‘Trainspotting’ shows the protagonist of the film ‘Renton’ and his friends in a fast-paced foot chase after they have been caught shop-lifting. The hand-held camera look adds a large amount of tension and also makes the scene more exciting. Not only this but it makes the audience believe that they are in the chase themselves which makes the whole of the scene much more personal. The editor uses a jump cut multiple times in the chase scene so that the audience is shown both the determined facial expression of Renton and also the angry looking people chasing him, not only this but a large array of shot types are used. The first shot which shows Renton’s face is a mid-close up, eyelevel shot, this shot would suggest that Renton and the rest of his friends are equal with society. However, the low angle shot used next would usually make the sub