If you want to capture that which is elusive, set the right trap. What are the ingredients? What can you control? Yeah, you might get lucky, but only because you were prepared when the opportunity struck.
With the film financing Pre-Sale model, it is possible to have your entire film paid for BEFORE you even turn the camera on... unfortunately, that model is basically dead.
Art is an expression made out of chaos, but movies are made by a well organized group of people with a common objective. If you can't manage to pivot between the two, you're in the wrong medium.
If you want to capture that which is elusive, set the right trap. What are the ingredients? What can you control? Yeah, you might get lucky, but only because you were prepared when the opportunity struck.