This Study of Steven Spielberg’s Cinematography Can Help You Master the Long Take

When you think of the most iconic long takes in cinematic history, what comes to mind? The car bomb scene in Touch of Evil? The Copacabana scene in Goodfellas? The car scene from Children of Men? There are definitely countless ones out there, and some directors have turned the long take into an art form with which to flex their cinematic muscles. One director, however, has quietly made the long take one of his signature moves, so quietly, in fact, that he may have flown under the radar to most ? and he just so happens to be one of the most well-known directors of all time: Steven Spielberg.