Sofia Coppola Born: May 14, 1971 (uncredited role as baptism baby Michael Francis Rizzi The Godfather 1972) In 2003, she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy- drama Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. The Beguiled 2017 La Traviata 2015 A Very Murray Christmas (TV Special) 2013 The Bling Ring 2010 Somewhere 2006 Marie Antoinette 2005 Lost in Translation 2003 The Virgin Suicides 1998 Lance Acord Director of Photography Buffalo ’66 (Vincent Gallo 1998) Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze 1999) Adaptation (Spike Jonze 2002) Lost in Translation Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze 2009) Spike Jonze (m. 1999–2003) https://www.thedailybeast.com/sofia-coppola-discusses-lost-in-translation-on-its-10th- anniversary Soft focus or shallow focus photography shoots with a specific lens that concentrates the depth of field so objects targeted by the camera appear in sharp, clear focus, while everything else remains out of focus. Soft focus photography is used to isolate certain images for inspection, granting a heightened interest in those objects in sharp focus. A meaningful distance or isolation can be indicated among two or more characters and/or objects when sharing a frame but only one is in focus at a time. unbalanced spatial relationship the mise en scene in focus and balanced deep focus and fully integrated into Tokyo cityscape out of focus-the power of love cannot not be captured spatial relationship internal framing Charlotte in between out of focus “couple” Kelly (Anna Faris) & John (Giovanni Ribisi) the first look lens flare/palimpsest focus Panty-graphics opening image held for 2 minutes—WHY? John Kacere not enough of an answer Buzzfeed’s Marlow Stern: The opening shot of Scarlett lying on the bed in her underwear is one of the film’s great images. What inspired that shot? Sofia: There’s a painter called John Kacere who does paintings of girls in different underwear, so it’s taken from one of his paintings. When I started the movie, I had a reference book of different images that came to mind with the movie. Caddyshack SNL? following the credits this final, unexplained still .