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Sofia Coppola's Mastery: Cross Comparative Analysis

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“I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I like to observe everything else and I get self-conscious in front of the camera” (Coppola, 2016). In this paper, I will be discussing Sofia Coppola and her journey to mastery. I will be discussing her emotional pitfall. Also, I will be discussing her greatest accomplishments. Lastly, I will be discussing the cross comparative analyzes Sofia Coppola and BLANK BLANK. Sofia Coppola grew up around the entertainment industry. Daughter of Francis Ford Coppola who was a filmmaker and Eleanor Coppola who was a set-decorator and artist (filmreference.com, 2016). Sofia had acted in neuromas films that her father had directed. Realizing that she no longer wanted to be in front of the camera but instead wanted to follow her in father’s footsteps she enrolled at California Institute of the Arts to study fine Arts (tribute.ca, 2016). After her acceptance and enrollment through the California Institute of the Arts, Coppola went on to writing and directing her first short film call Lick the Star (1998) (tribute.ca, 2016). With the success of this short film, Coppola made her debut with her own screenplay for a feature film The Virgin Suicides (1999) (imbd.com, 2016). Sofia knew that directing was her niche when she was …show more content…

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