Editing Steven Soderbergh (section)

=== Method ===
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| source = – Soderbergh (in 2013) on the influence his methodological choices have on his films<ref name="Brody">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/steven-soderbergh-dissects-hollywood|title=Steven Soderbergh Dissects Hollywood|last=Brody|first=Richard|date=November 30, 2013|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=April 13, 2018 |issn=0028-792X|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104458/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/steven-soderbergh-dissects-hollywood|url-status=live}}</ref>
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}}Soderbergh's early films—on account of his youth and lack of resources—were primarily filmed on [[Super 8 film|Super 8]] and [[16 mm film]] formats.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/07/logmar-super-8/|title=New Super 8 Camera Boosts Vintage Film With Digital Tech|last=Chun|first=Rene|date=July 13, 2014|magazine=WIRED|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104448/https://www.wired.com/2014/07/logmar-super-8/|url-status=live}}</ref> A variety of his feature films have been shot using a diverse range of camera equipment. He filmed all of ''[[The Girlfriend Experience]]'' (2009) on a [[Red Digital Cinema|Red One]] camera, which has retailed for $17,500<ref>{{Cite web|title=Red One Digital Cinema Camera Price List Now On Line, Still Not Shipping|url=https://gizmodo.com/red-one-digital-cinema-camera-price-list-now-on-line-s-243779|access-date=December 6, 2020|website=Gizmodo|date=March 13, 2007 |language=en-us|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104500/https://gizmodo.com/red-one-digital-cinema-camera-price-list-now-on-line-s-243779|url-status=live}}</ref>—a relatively inexpensive camera for a movie produced for $1.3&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.intjournal.com/1114/the-girlfriend-experience/|title=The Girlfriend Experience (2009)|website=Interiors|language=en-US|access-date=April 15, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104450/https://www.intjournal.com/1114/the-girlfriend-experience/|url-status=live}}</ref> Soderbergh filmed the entirety of ''[[Unsane]]'' (2018) on an [[iPhone 7 Plus]] with its [[Digital cinema|4K digital camera]] using the app FiLMiC Pro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tracking-board.com/steven-soderbergh-claire-foy-team-for-secret-movie-shot-on-iphone-exclusive/|title=Steven Soderbergh, Claire Foy Team for Secret Movie Shot on iPhone|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|date=July 18, 2017|website=The Tracking Board|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=August 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807140838/http://www.tracking-board.com/steven-soderbergh-claire-foy-team-for-secret-movie-shot-on-iphone-exclusive/|url-status=live}}</ref> He filmed with three rotating iPhones using a [[Tripod (photography)|DJI stabiliser]] to hold the phone in place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2137815/why-steven-soderbergh-shot-unsane-iphone-and-already-doing-it-again|title=Why Steven Soderbergh shot new thriller Unsane with an iPhone|last=Mottram|first=James|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=April 15, 2018 |archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104456/https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2137815/why-steven-soderbergh-shot-unsane-iphone-and-already-doing-it-again|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2018, he expressed an interest in filming other productions solely with iPhones going forward.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/steven-soderbergh-interview-sundance-iphone-unsane-1201921769/|title=Steven Soderbergh Says He's Done Directing Studio Movies and Wants to Only Shoot on iPhones – Sundance 2018|last=Kohn|first=Eric|date=January 26, 2018|work=IndieWire|access-date=April 5, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104437/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/steven-soderbergh-interview-sundance-iphone-unsane-1201921769/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Roles outside of directing  --> He then filmed the entirety of 2019's ''[[High Flying Bird]]'' on an [[iPhone 8]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/2/7/18214924/steven-soderbergh-high-flying-bird-iphone-tangerine-unsane-netflix |title=Steven Soderbergh's 'High Flying Bird' and the Rise of iPhone Films – the Ringer |date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=August 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320104502/https://www.theringer.com/movies/2019/2/7/18214924/steven-soderbergh-high-flying-bird-iphone-tangerine-unsane-netflix |url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to his directing, he is frequently a screenwriter for his films. Scott Tobias of [[The A.V. Club|''The A. V. Club'']] has noted his method of [[experimental film]]making as "rigorously conceived, like a mathematician working out a byzantine equation". Starting in 2000 with his film ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'', when directing films Soderbergh has used various pseudonyms in order to hide the fact that he edits, writes, and arranges.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/steven-soderbergh-p112040|title=Steven Soderbergh profile at|last=Marx|first=Rebecca Flint|publisher=AllMovie.com|access-date=February 10, 2013|archive-date=August 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822024212/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/steven-soderbergh-p112040|url-status=live}}</ref>

When working with actors, Soderbergh prefers to pursue a non-intrusive directorial style. "I try and make sure they're OK, and when they're in the zone, I leave them alone. I don't get in their way".<ref name=":7" /> This method has attracted repeat performances by many high-profile movie stars which has established a reoccurring collaboration between them and Soderbergh.<ref name=":7">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywood.com/feature/id/471293|title="Traffic": Steven Soderbergh Interview|author=Ellen A. Kim|date=December 3, 2000|work=Hollywood.com|access-date=March 23, 2006|archive-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629074129/http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Traffic_Steven_Soderbergh_Interview/471293|url-status=live}}</ref>