James Mangold

in prep the chaos begins and then you land on this set and now you have all these collaborators and if you're holding too tight to the plan um Okay. Wow, I saw this whole scene in this building looking this way, but the sun's breaking through the windows on this morning that way, and it's stunning and evocative. But if I do that, my storyboards are out the window. Fear, panic, loathing.

in prep the chaos begins and then you land on this set and now you have all these collaborators and if you're holding too tight to the plan um Okay. Wow, I saw this whole scene in this building looking this way, but the sun's breaking through the windows on this morning that way, and it's stunning and evocative. But if I do that, my storyboards are out the window. Fear, panic, loathing.

I have to lead this whole group of 150 people. And now I don't have my fucking map anymore. Or my actor comes up with an idea, and I had it all built upon this player staying at the bar, while this player... Right, yeah, yeah. Man kann das als eine Art Mutiny betrachten. Manchmal fühlt es sich so an, als hätte man geplant, mit den Fingern zu fallen, durch all diese Spezialordnungen.

I have to lead this whole group of 150 people. And now I don't have my fucking map anymore. Or my actor comes up with an idea, and I had it all built upon this player staying at the bar, while this player... Right, yeah, yeah. Man kann das als eine Art Mutiny betrachten. Manchmal fühlt es sich so an, als hätte man geplant, mit den Fingern zu fallen, durch all diese Spezialordnungen.

I have to lead this whole group of 150 people. And now I don't have my fucking map anymore. Or my actor comes up with an idea, and I had it all built upon this player staying at the bar, while this player... Right, yeah, yeah. Man kann das als eine Art Mutiny betrachten. Manchmal fühlt es sich so an, als hätte man geplant, mit den Fingern zu fallen, durch all diese Spezialordnungen.

Kann ich das mit Soja machen? Und plötzlich weißt du nicht mehr, wie du deinen Kaffeeshop runtern kannst. Aber ich denke, es gibt noch einen anderen Weg, um zu denken über Direktivität. Du machst deinen Plan. And then you look at your plan and you go, what is the plan? Beyond the specifics. Oh, I see. I want a hinge. I want Mark sitting here so I can hinge off his looks to the other characters.

Kann ich das mit Soja machen? Und plötzlich weißt du nicht mehr, wie du deinen Kaffeeshop runtern kannst. Aber ich denke, es gibt noch einen anderen Weg, um zu denken über Direktivität. Du machst deinen Plan. And then you look at your plan and you go, what is the plan? Beyond the specifics. Oh, I see. I want a hinge. I want Mark sitting here so I can hinge off his looks to the other characters.

Kann ich das mit Soja machen? Und plötzlich weißt du nicht mehr, wie du deinen Kaffeeshop runtern kannst. Aber ich denke, es gibt noch einen anderen Weg, um zu denken über Direktivität. Du machst deinen Plan. And then you look at your plan and you go, what is the plan? Beyond the specifics. Oh, I see. I want a hinge. I want Mark sitting here so I can hinge off his looks to the other characters.

I want to be in his point of view. And the other characters exist at a distance. This one you'll see through the food slot in the kitchen. And this one you'll see pulling in through the window. So now, how do you take that plan? And I turn to you on the set and I go, I get you don't want to sit at the bar, Mark. Yeah. Yeah.

I want to be in his point of view. And the other characters exist at a distance. This one you'll see through the food slot in the kitchen. And this one you'll see pulling in through the window. So now, how do you take that plan? And I turn to you on the set and I go, I get you don't want to sit at the bar, Mark. Yeah. Yeah.

I want to be in his point of view. And the other characters exist at a distance. This one you'll see through the food slot in the kitchen. And this one you'll see pulling in through the window. So now, how do you take that plan? And I turn to you on the set and I go, I get you don't want to sit at the bar, Mark. Yeah. Yeah.

That's the moment that you identify architecturally what you need without being a slave to the exact blueprint you drew in a vacuum before you got there. And someone like you, I'll bet, and now you can tell me, if I say that to you, that seems reasonable. Right, I'm not going to be like, well, I still don't know why I'm sitting here.

That's the moment that you identify architecturally what you need without being a slave to the exact blueprint you drew in a vacuum before you got there. And someone like you, I'll bet, and now you can tell me, if I say that to you, that seems reasonable. Right, I'm not going to be like, well, I still don't know why I'm sitting here.

That's the moment that you identify architecturally what you need without being a slave to the exact blueprint you drew in a vacuum before you got there. And someone like you, I'll bet, and now you can tell me, if I say that to you, that seems reasonable. Right, I'm not going to be like, well, I still don't know why I'm sitting here.

No, but you can sit somewhere else, meaning it now becomes our shared problem to go, where can we put you that you can solve your problems and I can still have my plan.

No, but you can sit somewhere else, meaning it now becomes our shared problem to go, where can we put you that you can solve your problems and I can still have my plan.

No, but you can sit somewhere else, meaning it now becomes our shared problem to go, where can we put you that you can solve your problems and I can still have my plan.

Without losing your North Star, without losing your map, meaning you still want to drive to Glendale. Yeah. I may be going a different way, but I need to... And you can't let your actors or your DP or anyone subvert the fact that you need to get to Glendale. So that's where I think it's hardest for a young director not to panic, because the cacophony of ideas on a set...

Without losing your North Star, without losing your map, meaning you still want to drive to Glendale. Yeah. I may be going a different way, but I need to... And you can't let your actors or your DP or anyone subvert the fact that you need to get to Glendale. So that's where I think it's hardest for a young director not to panic, because the cacophony of ideas on a set...

Without losing your North Star, without losing your map, meaning you still want to drive to Glendale. Yeah. I may be going a different way, but I need to... And you can't let your actors or your DP or anyone subvert the fact that you need to get to Glendale. So that's where I think it's hardest for a young director not to panic, because the cacophony of ideas on a set...