In the film Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola, we come across an unusual romantic comedy. This movie is about two people that meet in Japan. They are both on an unusual kind of trip. They are not particularly enjoying their time in Japan. Bob Harris, an actor, who is there to promote a whiskey is really feeling lost in translation. He is tired of being a celebrity and bored of the whole trip situation. Until he meets a young college graduate named Charlotte that lodged at the same hotel. They start to spend time together on sleepless nights. They share their lives stories and just a couple of days. They both really enjoy each other's company and begin to forget their own marital problems. There are beautiful closeup shots of the actor Bill Murray playing the actor Bob. I find it amazing how his facial expression can strongly transmit feelings. In the scene where he is filming a whiskey commercial, we see in his face and how bored he is of his job. Bill Murray does an excellent job showing the audience how he really must act as a burned-out actor yet trying his best to put on a show for this commercial. On the other hand, we see remarkably interesting medium shots of charlotte on the window of a tall skyscraper. She sits there on the wide windows that overlook the city. Charlotte spends her sleepless nights watching her husband sleep, as she questions herself why she married him. Later in the film Bob and Charlotte go out and party in grand Tokyo. Here we enjoy an excellent wide shot of the city nightlife. We see the immense and beautiful city of Tokyo on long shots contrasting the closeups of Bob at the bar. Bob and Charlotte spend time in the bar drinking and sharing conversations. From these establishing shots they transmit their feelings to the audience. At the end of the movie, we have a long shot of Charlotte in a crowd of people. Bob recognizes her outside of the entire crowd. Where he runs to her and kisses her goodbye. We get a beautiful closeup shot of the last kiss. 

 

From the Dramatic side I choose to analyze the movie called Arrival by the director Denis Villeneuve. This is an interesting movie where the protagonist is a college professor named Louise Banks. She is called in by the government to help them translate alien languages after twelve unidentified objects land throughout the globe. The entire movie is filmed in a sort of dark mode. Most of the scenes, including the outdoors, are dark. This adds to the effect of uncertainty. Louise starts to communicate with the aliens with a whiteboard and marker. The extraterrestrial also writes on the air some symbols that she manages to interpret. The parts of the film where there is more light are when they study the alien language on the computer monitors. As to symbolize them finding light.  There are many close ups of Louise as she remembers things of the past or the future. She is a kind of time traveler; this is a weapon that she uses to help the world unite. She prevents a world war with her abilities. The long shots are impressive as well, based on the type of film, an alien invasion; they are required to show their massiveness. As they go into the actual UFO and meet up with the extraterrestrials, we get extraordinarily mixed shots, first long shots to show the immensity of the alien ship. Next, the medium shot is of them setting up the technology to collect data. The closeups are of Louise and Ian who at one point take off their safety equipment to gain the aliens' trust and be able to communicate better with them. At the times of encounter, we can see Louise in closeups trying to feel what the aliens are saying through a class window. The point of view of the camera played a key role in this film. We need to see the movie through the perspective of Louise. Her facial expressions had a lot to do with how the translation was going. This is crucial to the film as it means life or death for humanity.