Trainspotting (1996)
Directed by Danny Boyle · Cinematography by Brian Tufano
R93 min63 frames
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What is Trainspotting about?
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
Trainspotting is a 1996 British independent black comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, with Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. It is written in English and Scots. Based on the 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh and inspired by the stage production of the same name, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.
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What does the cinematography of Trainspotting look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, Trainspotting builds its coverage from medium shots (44% of the sample), with wide compositions (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Brian Tufano keeps 49% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Trainspotting?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Trainspotting (1996) are #32302b, #535049, #0f0f0e, #534a3a, #d5c6ab, #d1cdc7 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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