3263_Hunterboy_Lost In Translation_Scene Analysis
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Hunterboy
Scene Analysis
August 16, 2010
Lost In Translation
Scene Analysis
August 16, 2010
Lost In Translation
Sofia Coppola
1 Movie Overview
Bob Harris is an aging movie star arriving in Tokyo to film a Suntory whisky advertisement. Charlotte is a recent Yale graduate and the young wife of a celebrity photographer on assignment in Tokyo. Left behind in her hotel room by her husband, John (, she is unsure of her present and her future and about the man she has married. Bob's own 25‐year marriage is tired and lacking in romance as he goes through a midlife crisis. Bob and Charlotte meet in the bar of the hotel where they are both staying and strike up a friendship. The two bond through their adventures in Tokyo together, experiencing the differences between Japanese and American culture, and between their own generations.
On the penultimate night of his stay, Bob attracts the attention of the resident vocalist and awakens to find this woman in his room, having apparently slept with her. Conflict is generated when Charlotte arrives at his room and learns that he slept with this woman, leading to tension over a subsequent lunch. Later that night, during a fire alarm, they reconcile and express how they will miss each other.
On the morning of his departure, Bob tells Charlotte goodbye at the hotel before checking out. While riding in a taxi to the airport, Bob sees Charlotte on a crowded street and he gets out and goes to her. The two embrace as Bob whispers something (substantially inaudible to the audience) in the tearful Charlotte's ear. They kiss, say goodbye and Bob departs.
The scene is about Bob just arrive Tokyo. This Scene is start from 1m 16s, end 2m 26s. When the movie start, it show audience a image of Tokyo which is the most prosperous city on the world.
Bob Harris is an aging movie star arriving in Tokyo to film a Suntory whisky advertisement. Charlotte is a recent Yale graduate and the young wife of a celebrity photographer on assignment in Tokyo. Left behind in her hotel room by her husband, John (, she is unsure of her present and her future and about the man she has married. Bob's own 25‐year marriage is tired and lacking in romance as he goes through a midlife crisis. Bob and Charlotte meet in the bar of the hotel where they are both staying and strike up a friendship. The two bond through their adventures in Tokyo together, experiencing the differences between Japanese and American culture, and between their own generations.
On the penultimate night of his stay, Bob attracts the attention of the resident vocalist and awakens to find this woman in his room, having apparently slept with her. Conflict is generated when Charlotte arrives at his room and learns that he slept with this woman, leading to tension over a subsequent lunch. Later that night, during a fire alarm, they reconcile and express how they will miss each other.
On the morning of his departure, Bob tells Charlotte goodbye at the hotel before checking out. While riding in a taxi to the airport, Bob sees Charlotte on a crowded street and he gets out and goes to her. The two embrace as Bob whispers something (substantially inaudible to the audience) in the tearful Charlotte's ear. They kiss, say goodbye and Bob departs.
The scene is about Bob just arrive Tokyo. This Scene is start from 1m 16s, end 2m 26s. When the movie start, it show audience a image of Tokyo which is the most prosperous city on the world.
2 Scene Analysis
Scene time: 1m 16s to 2m 26s
Scene time: 1m 16s to 2m 26s
Shot Size:
This is a close up shot throughout even as the character moves about.
Sound:
When heard music, it build an image on their brain. It brings audience to a familiar feeling and environment.
That kind of loves about depths of the isolation, don’t want to rush the eyes and smile, the expression of twists and turns that inner pain, the stretches from other to see their dream of loneliness.
As the bottom of this music, romantic, beautiful, pure and simple, people don’t consider too much into the role unconsciously active, exhausted in emotional resonance circle. So it can catch audience’s eye.
Background overview:
Tokyo is capital City of Japan, The Tokyo Metropolitan government administers the twenty‐three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, that cover the area that was the city of Tokyo as well as 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains. The population of the special wards is over 8 million people, with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area with 35 to 39 million people and the world's largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$1.179 trillion at purchasing power parity in 2004.
Tokyo was named the world's most expensive city for expatriate employees
Character movement:
Bob’s head movement within these scene is the main focus. His head move around to focus this City. He sit on the taxi and look the people walk around City, think how prosperous about Tokyo.
Camera movement:
The camera steadily move back at a fast pace as the Bob’s head move around to focus on this City. This movement is necessary in order to show the situation of Japanese people and things, include their culture and lifestyle.
Camera Angle:
The angle of the camera is based on the Bob’s eye level. Camera Angle follow Bob’s eye. We see all things from him. There is high and low angle.
From these angle, we see a lonely expression when he focus on advertisement logo, brand name and advertisement banner, his business is ready go down, he come to city for an advertisement. Only him come to Tokyo, unfamiliar Country, not with family, agent. His family maybe cares his income more than his emotional life. But he still work on this environment.
Lens used:
It is a normal lens used for this scene. There is a great path on the scene.
It is a key explain for this character. It also an important link the rest part of this film, what is lost? What is lonely?
Contrast Dominants:
Bob feel surprise after he sees the Tokyo’s night. Why he feel surprise? He never see it before.
He is unfamiliar with this City. He is not belong to this City, he just a passer for Tokyo during these days.There is an image about he sees his advertisement when he sits on taxi. It remind him where he is from, what job he is need to do, he still need back that place which he belong.
In other’s word, it is a culture contrast. Harries is an American, a sign of American culture and Western Culture. Tokyo is an Asian City, another sign of Japanese culture and Eastern Culture. Harries feel not confidence living in this unfamiliar City. All things he doesn’t understand and know. He hasn’t friends or family on here. He is a lonely man for this City.
Lighting:
The lighting in this scene is very important part.
He sits on the taxi to hotel and cross the windows, he sees the prosperous of Tokyo, feel amazing from this City, it is shown in its traffic, night light and population. These cars are driving, engine’s voice appear with road. The light make city look like on the morning even the time is night now. People walk around City hurriedly. Whenever he see this city, people always appear and walk on the road.
The lights tell us this is a new place which Harries never arrive. He meet the difference lifestyle on this unfamiliar City or Country.
Color usage:
The colors are very light and different in this scene. The colors are very important in this scene.
The colors is made by these City lighting. They are link together.
The colors show this City full of active.
Subtext:
From beginning of film, director is building an environment to describe endless of loneliness. Until that moment, they meet each other.
Now he lost his own direction in the vast City, Showing the infinite loneliness, looking for self‐realization stage, he is a City rover.
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