Browning favors three quarter length shots. These show nearly the whole body of his actors, except their lower legs and feet. They also show a great deal of the background in which the characters are standing. The background is carefully composed. The point of the composition is to give a clear, gracefully shot look at the environment in which the characters find themselves, whether it be their Nob Hill apartment, a society mansion, or a Chinese restaurant.
Browning uses almost no camera movement.
However, his shots of the characters explore their locations with great effectiveness. Browning especially likes to frame his characters against doors and windows, as well as wall hangings and pictures. The vertical lines of these doors and windows dominate his compositions. Usually the vertical lines extend from nearly the top to bottom of his composition frames. Most of the sets of the picture look spacious - one feels there is always a lot of space for the characters to move in.