They say that a film is the culmination of thousands of ideas.
Well you don’t have to have all those ideas once you step on set.
You can, if you wish, ‘scrapbook’.
A process whereby you take note of all the techniques/moments/ideas you like from other sources and might potentially use in future productions.
Thereby creating films that look well thought out.
Guy Ritchie does it!
He says so himself in this clip at approximately 20mins in:
Thomas Duggan 