Trainspotting Sociology

ANALYSIS
Latent Content analysis of Trainspotting
In content analysis, one can choose to pursue the element of a film such as Direction, Subject matter/Theme, Mise en scène, Story as well as Actors. I chose to analyses the film based on its storyline, thematic structure as well as the Characters as outlined below.
The movie “trainspotting” was released in the year 1996 and it was directed by Danny Boyle. The movie basically has been classified as among one of the best examples of a British social realist film. A social realist film is unique in its own way from the plot, characters, scene, cinematography techniques among other vital components of a realist film. The films usually have a huge incorporation of the social class. The location of the social

Explorative Questions
What themes of the movie “Trainspotting influenced you the most?”
What do you think of the class as constructed from the film?
What do you think of the class as constructed in the USA
What part of the film would you identify yourself with in relation to your present life situation in the USA?
Do you believe there is evidence of Marxist content in the film?
Exit question
Is there anything else to add as far as Marxism in the film and life in the USA is concerned? Is there relationship between them?

RESULTS
After filing in the questionnaire and collecting first hand information, most of the American audiences identified the movie Trainspotting as well as the movie the Hunger games as the best movies that replicate the modern class struggle in America. The fulltime employed respondents as well as the part time employed ones cited poor governance as well as the society for their continued struggle economically and class wise something evident in the movie Trainspotting.
From the movie, the director was able to use metaphors, monologues, imagery, and repetition among other stylistic features to clearly articulate the idea of Marxism in the