Camera Angles In Lost In Translation

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In the movie Lost in Translation, it’s about two characters, with the names of Bob and Charlotte, and how they become friends on a trip. Bob is a man on a business trip for a few weeks and ends up meeting and becoming friends with Charlotte. A few thing that were interesting of the film was the camera angles of some shots, the lighting, and the sounds. During the film, there are some shots that come from the back of the character to moving over so you can see over the characters shoulder. There was a scene where Charlotte was sitting on a ledge depressed, and looking over the city of which she was staying at. In the scene it helps capture the whole moment with not just showing charlotte being sad, but then the camera is moved to capture the

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