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Lost in Translation
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Lost in Translation was mostly set in, and filmed, in the tall building to the left.
It’s called the Shinjuku Park Tower and the top floors are taken up by Shinjuku Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel where the film took place.Kodak Protra 800
Martin
looks great-
As you’ve discovered, you don’t need front movements if your tripod is tall enough-
:-) perhap I could have used a shorter tripod, at 202 meters I was about level with the top tower,
but it is a good perspective to include the surrounding cityscape.Thanks,
Martin
Hi Martin, the composition seems just right and I like that there is no horizon, it just sort of fades out, whether that was deliberate or not.
Two questions
Kodak Portra 800: Would you use that for you street scenes at night?
Was the movie Big in Japan?
Thanks Liam
The fact that there is no horizon is I guess due to the size and flatness of the city and haze in the sky, not intentional by me, just the way it came out.Generally I use 35mm Fujifilm Natura 1600 (same as Superia 1600 available in Ireland) in a rangefinder for street at night.
This was taken in a MF camera and the fastest colour films I can find in 120 are Kodak Portra 800 and Fujifilm Pro 800.
Fujifilm Pro 800 in my experience appears to have (at least in scanning) less grain and better colour fidelity.
But Kodak Portra gives a nice atmosphere, which worked well here.Natura has similar issues to Portra (big grain and colour casts in very low light) which adds atmosphere for these type of shots.
I did shoot both Kodak Portra 800 and Fujifilm Pro 800 when I took this, as I had to change the roll, so I could compare them.
I have only been here 2 years so I don’t know so much about the popularity of “Lost in Translation”, it is well known, but the appeal would be for foreigners I’d guess.
I once met an Austrian who didn’t know the film “The Sound of Music” :)Martin
Well, you already know that I’m a sucker for these photos.
Anything with that green hue, tall buildings densely populated and lots of speckelled lights that accompany them just works for me.
Thanks guys,
this one is a fairly standard shot on the tourist trail, hopefully I’ve added a bit with my take on the subject.Martin
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