Sofia Coppola's Depiction Of Teenagers

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Sofia Coppola, a renowned director, filmed five teenagers robbing celebrities’ homes to fulfill their fantasy of being a part of an elite society through the docudrama The Bling Ring. The teenagers break into celebrities’ homes like Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, and many others before being caught by police officers. Coppola balances reality as well as the fantasy of elitism to present how consumed teenagers are to being a member of the elite society. She films the consumption which causes the teens to losing sight of reality and living in a fantasy.
The scenes which will be analyzed throughout this paper starts with the two teenagers checking the current blogs on the internet in Rebecca’s room. On the blogs, the two teens run across an article
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The close-up and mid-range shots help the audience observe the commitment, Rebecca especially, put into living out her fantasy. Rebecca is known as the ring leader of the robberies as well as presents the most disconnection between what’s reality and fantasy between the teenagers. The two different angles play a collective role in playing out the fantasy the teenagers want to live. In the initial scene when Marc was on his computer looking through the blogs, the computer screen was a close-up angle which only allowed the audience to pay attention to only the screen. The audience had an opportunity to be in Marc's place and consume the majority of the attention to the details of celebrities lives instead of things that are surrounding him. That angle has an important correlation to how the teens view the world. The teens are obsessed and invested in the celebrities lives and aren’t concern about things that are going on outside the celebrities’ life as in their own lives. Another close up that was present in the scene was a quick transition after ironically Rebecca stating “I bet she leaves her keys under the mat.” after Marc and Rebecca were discussing on how to break into Hilton’s home. No longer after she said that, Coppola presented a close up of the keys under the mat. The close up of the keys gives a confirmation on the knowledge Rebecca has on the celebrities’ lifestyle. She has experience examining their life where she believes she understands their lively hood. Coppola uses mid-range shots when Marc and Rebecca are conversing amongst one another or their other friends. The mid-range shots let the audience members see the sense of community to a group of teens and especially Marc and Rebecca have. When the teens are planning to rob Hilton's home the mid-range shots allow for the audience to see how the two teens are a team and are going to fulfill the fantasy with one

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