Spielberg is the grand master of staging, he makes it look almost effortless. RAIDERS was maybe the peak of his staging skill, so it was a perfect choice, but Spielberg is always wonderful with it.
A simple scene for it is the start of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, the beginning when they find the planes in the desert. Watch the flow of the camera moves and the cuts. Notice how he uses the fence to establish geography and directions. The rhythm of the plane inspection edits. It's all absolutely perfect.
I'm really happy Soderbergh is doing this. He's one of the very best at editing and this kind of staging construction. He's not quite Spielberg, but even Soderbergh's "bad" films are very well put together. We're lucky he's sharing this stuff with us, how he sees things. Not something that's been able to happen so easily in the past.
A simple scene for it is the start of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, the beginning when they find the planes in the desert. Watch the flow of the camera moves and the cuts. Notice how he uses the fence to establish geography and directions. The rhythm of the plane inspection edits. It's all absolutely perfect.
I'm really happy Soderbergh is doing this. He's one of the very best at editing and this kind of staging construction. He's not quite Spielberg, but even Soderbergh's "bad" films are very well put together. We're lucky he's sharing this stuff with us, how he sees things. Not something that's been able to happen so easily in the past.