Lost in Translation - Overlooking the City

In the film of Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola expresses an interesting way to show emotions throughout the movie whether it is the feelings being expressed between two people or individually. From the feelings of frustration to sadness to loneliness, Coppola pinpoints this devastation through awkward humor dealing with people who speak a different language along with capturing many shots standing out in the middle of a crowd. As this feelings begins to turn around when the famous star meets a girl the camera no longer captures the loneliness but the connection between two people.

In earlier scenes, the female character would stare through the glass of her window watching all she is missing out on through the day stuck in her room. A later scene when the famous actor and the girl are just hanging out together in the room lounging, a shot of looking out the window through the night sky and overlooking the city seems to no longer be a feeling of loneliness but a "high" positive feeling of being "on top of the world" when they are both together. This shot was shown by the focus being on the lit up city below and the reflection of the bright room and the characters having fun conversation seen from the glass instead of the earlier scene with soft gray and blue colors.