Filed under: Non Fiction
Trainspotting
Trainspotting, one of the most iconic films of the last two decades was and still is extremely relevant to the people in the United Kingdom who live in what people describe as the ‘rougher’ areas of town, the lower classes.
However relevant it is, it’s still dated and with how society has evolved since the novel the film was based on was written, it is difficult to make the story work in the more modern world.
Chav culture dominates the scummy areas of Britain it is a great stereotype that this subculture of people are the bulk of drug users. I’d like to work on making Trainspotting more contemporary for right now by building on that stereotype. The film and novel focus of the stories of several young men and their ongoing troubles with poverty, the law, and their greatest vice and pleasure in life; Heroine.
I believe bringing the story to Nottingham and working to make it appeal to a younger audience, to make it more relevant to them, and so that they know it.
Films such KiDULTHOOD/Adulthood and Harry Brown have proved that the chav culture is not something to be ignored in films, with Noel Clarke and actors and musicals like Ben Drew (or Plan B) at the head of this new movement of films that deal with real, local, and increasingly worrying problems. It is nice to lose ourselves in the Hollywood dream, but in the UK these people exist and they need to be made aware of themselves, if nothing else. Which is why I believe grafting the Trainspotting story to a modern and more common setting will help do this.
I’d like to work with elements from both the Novel and the Film, choosing to not simply adapt the piece, but to create a new piece inspired by and in homage to the original. I want to use the same characters and general plot, because it is those two things that are the most important in the piece.
Mark Renton, originally played by Ewan McGregor in the film adaptation, would continue to be the central character and narrator for the piece, however in my rendition of the piece he would be brought down to a younger age. The air or sarcasm and wisdom beyond that of his peers would remain.
The characters would be moved from early to late twenties in Scotland to mid-to-late teens in the midlands. Using schools as a focal point and an actor for the story will not only help people to relate but help keep the story on track. This doesn’t mean that the settings will be limited to the schools, no. Far from it. I aim to use a range of locations for the production, from the school to the backstreets of Nottingham, I want to use the real world to better capture that gritty realism i want to achieve in the piece.
In the end of Trainspotting Renton betrays his friends and takes the money they made in a drug deal to better his own life. Will this be my ending as well? I aim to surprise my audience with something they’d never predict, something that will really hammer home the point of the novel, the film, and my production.
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Explain your relationship status:
Taken :’)
Does it bother you when people respond to a text with one word?
Depends. If that’s all they need to say then no.
Who last called you beautiful?
Hayley probably. :L
Have you ever cleaned up someone elses vomit?
No.
Is there anyone who hates you?
I wouldn’t be surprised.
What are you listening to?
Cars driving past, the sound of me typing, and soon the sound of me opening iTunes because damn, I need some frickin’ music.
If you could choose one season to be year round, which one would it be?
Early Autumn
How many kids do you want when you get older?
2/3
Does it bother you when people smoke around you?
Nah….
Unless I’m with Alex, then we turn into the Annoying STOP SMOKING campaigners. “CANCERRRR”
Ahh, funtimes.What if your ex boyfriend/ girlfriend called you at 2 in the morning crying?
I’d be asleep, so nafink
Missing someone now?
Meow <3
Are you sober?
Yerp
Who’d you last tell a secret to?
Trish. Oh i hope Alex doesn’t know. :L
Is there anyone you trust 100%?
Yeah I guess.
Are you the type of person who has a new boyfriend/ girlfriend every week?
Not every week. Every 7 months seemingly.
What are you doing right now?
Quiz, iTunes, deciding what film to watch on me own…
What time do you usually go to sleep at night?
Between 11:00-01:00 AM
Are you wanting to be with someone right now?
Yeah
Have you kissed someone today?
Not today.
Are you in any bad positions?
No..?
What colour are your socks?
Grey with clouds on.
Do you enjoy going to school?
Not really, it’s so pointless nowadays.
Is it easy to make you cry?
Gosh no.
I bet you’re thinking about someone right now?
Yeah
Will you be in a relationship next month?
Yes
Are you happy with the way life is going?
Yesss, ALL MY C/W IS DONE. Exams soon, then college! 
Do you hate being alone?
Sometimes. Other times I love it.
Have you heard a song that reminds you of someone today?
Yeah a couple.
Are you currently frustrated with anyone or anything?
Witches And Wizards
Ever been called a jerk/bitch?
Yah
Are you jealous of someone right now?
Not jealous no, not right now.
Do you have any secrets that no one knows about?
Some.
If you could go back in time, how far back would you go?
1985 ;D
Do you have feelings for anyone?
Yes.
Have you ever kissed someone under fireworks?
“Yes, it was nice at the time.”
Mmhm.
Do you have a friend you can tell stuff to and you’re sure they won’t tell?
Yeah
Can you sleep without blankets covering you?
Nope, there has to be something over me, always.
Will you be sleeping alone tonight?
Yeah, sigh.
Cry today?
A little bit actually.
When you last got dressed, did you put on your bottoms or your top first?
Bottoms. Always the bottoms.
Do you sleep with the door open or closed?
Closed.
Are you cheating on someone right now?
God no!
When everything piles on top of you
and you feel like you can’t get through
the dark reality we inhabit
Feels like the happiness you can’t have it.
When you feel like you want to get away
and you can’t get through the day.
When you want to shout and scream at the world
and you’re of just being ‘that girl’
When you want to break free, let loose, and fly
sink not swim and cry
You can escape, you can runaway,
into my arms.
I will shelter you.
I will keep you safe.
I will care for you
and I will take away the pain.
We can escape.
When you want to be alone
When you feel like you can’t pick up the phone
To talk to a friend about your day
to talk all your troubles away
When you only want to feel ‘pain’.
I will keep you from harm…
You can escape into my open arms. And I will
I will shelter you.
I will keep you safe.
I will care for you
and I will take away the pain.
We can escape.
Filed under: Music
Look at me
Look at her
She knows I’m bad
And honestly
I’m a wolf in disguise
But she can’t stop staring in these evil eyes
She asked her girlfriend if she’d seen me round before
She mumbled something while they got down on the floor baby
“We might’ve fucked not really sure, don’t quite recall
But something tells me that I’ve seen him, yeah”
“That boy is a Monster“
And I am.
I want the stream on main street
to sweep you off your aching soles
to cradle you and keep you from harm
deliver you into my open arms.
I’ll keep you from harm.
I’ll keep you from harm.
I want the rain to stop and the storm to pass
I want the howling wind to let us be,
so we can hold one another
feel safe and be together.
I’ll keep you from harm.
I’ll keep you from harm.
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“How could you love someone who makes the girl you like, your best friend, cry and hurt and makes all your friends argue”
“I don’t know, this is what I’m asking myself.”
So much is going down. So many people are getting hurt. Everything’s going wrong, best friends are fighting over you.
Are you happy?
Of course you’re fucking not. You don’t even know the shitstorm you’ve caused just be being here.
Filed under: Poetry
Alone, the girl screams out.
“Save me” she calls, her voice
swept away by the harsh
wind, so unforgiving.
With hope, the boy screams out.
“Let me” he calls, his voice
unheard through the crashing
waves, too heavy to hold
Alone. The girl screams out.
“Leave me” she calls, her voice
piercing deafening
silence. She wants to be
Alone. The boy whispers
“No.” and holds her closely
they sit in the eye of
The storm, unforgiving.
Filed under: Music
Anyone but him,
I’d rather hear you had the whole football team,
Than have to watch his filthy lips on your skin,
Anyone but him
Anyone but him.School boy fists we can take this outside,
Knowing my luck that fuck would win.
Anyone but him.Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home?
Who’s gonna take you home, if it isn’t me?
If it isn’t me
If it isn’t…
Mr Hudson – Anyone But Him
What. A. Song.
My hand’s on her shoulder
her skin feels colder on
her back and than yours
That’s just how it was
Unintentionally
Committing adultery
With a friend of a friend
Is this how it ends?
A shot of vodka
a twist of lime
Take me down a peg
Take the lie.
In a fifth of whiskey
I take solace
All I’m asking for
Is one last kiss
Then comes my fit again, amidst the pain
What I did hurt you, now I’m hurting me
I can’t do this. I can’t bare to see you cry.
I can’t do this, I’m listing the reasons why
I love you.
And I miss you.
A shot of vodka
a twist of lime
Take me down a peg
Take a line.
In a fifth of whiskey
I take solace
All I’m asking for
Is one last kiss
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I sat and listened to the sirens,
smoked cigarettes and watched the lights dim.
We layed in bed and watched as time passed.
How did we let things get so bad now?As the cigarette burned down to my lips,
as the cigarette burned down, burned down.
As feelings fade, the night is ending.
And 12 o’clock my foot is sleeping.So I ask you one more time,
are you still in love tonight girl?Fer sure maybe, Fer sure not,
Fer sure eh, Fer sure I’m gone.And now we are all over,
and I stare at the wall as she reflects the bad of being in love.
And so I ask you one more time,
are you still in love tonight girl?Fer sure maybe, Fer sure not,
Fer sure eh, Fer sure I’m gone.And all I have now is, and all that I have now is rock music,
and scenester bitches, cocaine lines, and long extensions.
As the cigarette burned down to my lips,
as the cigarette burned down, burned down.
As the cigarette burned down, burned down…Sho-Fer – The Medic Droid
