The use of colour in a black and white drama. Seems cliche but it isn’t and wasn’t in film.

The typical Spielberg blocking and framing. Is it “groundbreaking” maybe not but it’s smart efficient and impactful. Without realizing it it sucks you in, makes the world less flat, it adds so much, and so few directors can really use it. So while a whip pan or a dollying focus pull or a subtle blocking might not seem ground braking, using them at those times in those ways can jar you as an audience member, drag you further in to the film.

He’s genius.