Analysis- Cinematography ..

Analysis using Cinematography 

1900- Romeo and Juliet 

Romeo and Juliet meeting for the first time starts off with a mid-shot of Romeo then jumps to a close up of his face in the water then it jumps back to him looking in the mirror then back again at the water but this time he throws his mask in the water (which is still a close up). 

I think they use the steadicam when Romeo walks from the water towards the fish tank as the camera turns as he turns and then the camera follows him when he looks at all the fishes. That's when the scene changes to the woman singing and it's a close up of her face which is really effective as her facial expression highlights how passionate she is about the song.

Then the scene goes back to Romeo with the woman singing in the background. The camera movement still uses a steadicam while he's lost in all the fishes the camera on the other side of the tank follows his face. The camera framing then is a close up of Romeo but its shot with the fish tank in the front. I feel the close up is really important as his facial expression in a way hints that something is going to happen, he almost looks anxious like he knows something is going to happen, he's going to meet someone... 

Then it pans down while he bends down to look at all the fishes then the audience is introduced to Juliet through using an extreme close up of her eye. After, they both jump and it goes back to a mid-shot of them two looking at each other from the opposite sides of the tank. It then goes from a close up of Romeo starring at Juliet to a close up of Juliet starring at Romeo. The fact that they have so many close ups is really effective as it shows their facial expressions which shows their interest in each other. Love at first sight... 

The camera at this point is on Romeo's side of the tank, it's still using the steadicam because when Romeo moves forward so does the camera. The camera pans from Romeo to Juliet the camera now is on Juliet's side of the tank and you can now clearly see Juliet.

2012- The Vow

This scene opens with the steadicam slighting moving bottom to top, then the next shot is of the woman moving walking towards the camera. Then they use tracking shot to film the woman walking past the man. After there is a close up of the man and woman looking at each other. Again their facial expressions are really effective as it express the love between them. It hints love at first sight. From the first 18 seconds of the clip they already have introduced the man and woman where as in Romeo and Juliet in this shot clip they don't introduce Juliet straight away.

Also, The Vow uses move camera movements in the opening compared to Romeo and Juliet. The scene then changes to the woman walking outside towards her car and forgetting something inside when the man comes behind her and they begin to have a conversation. Mid-shot are used while they talking which each other, it jumps from her to him. Then it goes to close ups while their still talking to each other. This is really effective because you can see clearly they like each other. 

Towards the end of them talking them uses around 11 closes up and mid shots of them just talking. This is completely different to Romeo and Juliet as The Vow uses a variety of different camera frames. Steadicam is used when they begin to walking away as while they're walking the camera follows them. 

Overall, over the years because the technology has improved the quality of different shot types and camera movements have improved as you can clearly see the difference of number of shots used in Romeo and Juliet to The Vow during the clips.