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I came across this video that talks about something Jay and Mike bring up about modern TV/Film. Blocking. It's less than 10mins long.

A video essay about the legendary 1976 BBC miniseries "I, Claudius": the intrigue-heavy, blood-soaked, sex-maniac, decades-spanning story of the first four Roman emperors.

Brilliantly adapted by Jack Pulman from the novels by Robert Graves, the series was directed by journeyman Herbert Wise. Here you'll see how his deft camerawork and creative blocking elevated a seemingly stagy production into an extraordinary example of effective cinematic staging.

Something that annoys me, Disney/Marvel spends gobs of money and we get this mix of great cinematography in one scene and the most boring shit you've ever seen the next. 

This shows if you move the camera around a bit you can spice things up while your characters give the giant exposition dump for the dumb-dumbs in the audience.