Cinematography

A Kiss Before Dying (1956) by Gerd Oswald:

Camera Shots: Medium Shot, Long Shot.

Camera Angle: Mostly all eye level but there is also a scene with a low angle shot.

Camera Movement: Very still with slight use of camera pan but not too dramatic.

Inception (2010) by Christopher Nolan:

Camera Shots: Close Up, Medium Shot and Long Shot.

Camera Angle: Eye Level, Low Angle and also scenes with the camera angled to the side.

Camera Movement: The camera movement in this clip mostly pans in and out during the close up angles, the shots are very smooth so the camera operators may have used a steadicam, dolly or track in order to get a super smooth movement for a more effective, professional look.

Between the two eras of film we can see that cinematography has changed a lot, in the older era, there wasn't a lot of camera movement as it may have needed a much higher budget in order to use equipment such as cranes, sliders, dolly and tracks. Now that times have changed and technology has expanded it is now easier for the urban film makers and hollywood to get access to this professional equipment. A Kiss Before Dying only used a deep focus (everything in frame in focus) where as inception used a smaller depth of field. Inception had very smooth pans in and out where as A Kiss Before Dying had sleight movements which weren't as smooth. Also a kiss before had very simple camera angles where as inception had more complex interesting angles such as the shot where the characters were on the train track.