2. Opening Sequence   
In the opening scene Albert is shown with a gawping face which is used in a graphic match between the scene of Albert almost dying and him being trialed in court, his continued expression shows his unawareness. This first scene also shows Albert drunk which introduces alcohol as a big theme in the film and the bad consequences it causes are shown by Albert's irresponsible behavior.

3. Middle Sequence
The characters are faced by the borders of the location, Edinburgh, and their lower class background. They’re in a new and grand location, surrounded by extravagant architecture and well dressed businessmen. They clearly don't belong here as they still dressed in their more lower class casual outfits and Albert shows how he is really out of his depth with his lack of knowledge on Edinburgh Castle. Everyone else at the whiskey tasting are well spoken and wealthy, lots of ethnicities are present to show how people have travelled across the world to be here, that is how important this is to some people. Robbie almost missed his chance of being approached by Thaddeus purely because of his lower class appearance.

4. Alcohol starts to be represented with positive qualities, whiskey tasting is Robbie's talent and becomes his entrance into a job which is a main goal of his throughout the movie. Crime and violence had a huge presence earlier in the film but while they're in Edinburgh their presence is completely negated which is a big contrast that adds to the idea of whiskey tasting is the path to a better life that Robbie must take.

5. A high angle shot is used to look up at Edinburgh Castle to show it in a place of idealism, something they can never reach. Non-diegetic music begins while the whiskey expert starts to talk about the highly valued whiskey to show that it is important to the story.

6. When Robbie starts to taste the whiskey he does it without his friends, they are sitting down watching him. This shows that Robbie doesn't need his friends and foreshadows Robbie's decision to leave his friends in order to get a job with his whiskey tasting talents. His friends are stuck in their life of drinking and crime, Robbie is making his first step to leaving that lifestyle in this scene. This is driven forward by Mo's decision to steal information on highly valued whiskey, she isn't trying to leave crime like Robbie is.

7. Robbie and Albert show their lack of understanding on being Scottish by Albert not recognizing Edinburgh Castle and Robbie never having tasted whiskey.

8. Albert, Rhino, Robbie and Mo are all framed together and having fun playing snooker, this shows the strength of their friendship. The sense of belonging is strong here but borders immediately reappear when Clancy's gang arrive to fight Robbie. This helps establish the fact that Robbie isn't safe here and doesn't belong with the criminals. Leonie's dad and Robbie look out a car window with a POV shot to show the drinking lowlifes that Robbie used to be a part of.

9. Comparisons
The main characters for both films, Renton and Robbie, decide to leave their previous flawed lifestyles behind and are both given second chances. By the end of the films, Robbie has successfully left his life of crime and violence behind but Renton's vows to change seem disingenuous. In both films London is represented as a place bursting with opportunity, Trainspotting does this with a merry montage and The Angel's Share does it when Leonie's dad offers Robbie an escape to London as his getaway from his lifestyle.

10. In both films crime is a central theme, in Trainspotting all the main characters are stuck in a drug underworld. In The Angel's Share, Robbie is constantly being harassed by Clancy's gang as a result of his previous violent outbursts. In Trainspotting, Renton leaves his friendship group at the end of the film but he was never really great friends with any of them with the exception of Spud. Not only does he leave them but he also betrays them. In The Angel's Share, Robbie leaves his friendship group at the end to move on and start a family but it's a difficult decision for him because he is genuine friends with all of them.

11. In Trainspotting, drugs and alcohol are represented as being awful and life-ruining, resulting in nothing but hardship for the characters. Where as in The Angel's Share, alcohol is the solution to Robbie's problem. In both films female characters have very little relevance, in Trainspotting none of them get any focus or have impact on the story and The Angel's Share only has one notable female character who never gets any focus.

12. Both films focus on the lower classes and show how they can turn their lives around and make a more fortunate life for themselves as the main characters in the films end with good prospects and a lot of money despite starting off with little money and no prospects.

13. Trainspotting has an open ending
Trainspotting has an open ending. Renton is left with lots of money and decides to leave the country, Spud gets some money, and Begbie and Sick Boy are left with nothing but rage. The consequences of the ending are unknown. The Angel's Share has a more closed ending. Robbie leaves to get a job with his girlfriend and child, and Robbie's friends stay in Glasgow to continue their lifestyle but now with more money. It's assumed that Robbie will have a good life from now on but the future of his friends is left a bit unclear on whether they will just carry on or if they will follow in Robbie's footsteps.