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Coppola further explained that he hired Mickle for her work in recreating 1950s New York for [[Edward Norton]]'s ''[[Motherless Brooklyn]]'' (2019) but that creative differences formed "to a degree that it was decided that the best thing would be if I hired a concept artist and came up with frames that showed what I wanted, which I did."<ref name="Empire-Aug29" /><ref name="WSJ-Sept26"/> Working with concept artist Dean Sherriff to translate his vision through [[keyframe]] concept art, which he described as similar in style to that of a woven mural or tapestry, he permitted minimal input from the art department, whose practices, having recently completed the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|Marvel]] (MCU) film ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3]]'' (2023), he deemed conventional, expensive, and hierarchical.<ref name="Production Notes" />{{rp|8}}<ref name="WSJ-Sept26"/> "The art department was frustrated because they felt I was evolving the look of the picture independently of them," he said, "They wanted giant sets and images. I wanted other elements like costumes and live effects to do some of the work and have it not all be art-department-centric. So, there was disagreement along those lines."<ref name="Empire-Aug29" /> Coppola had originally set $100&nbsp;million for the budget and $20&nbsp;million as [[Cost contingency|contingency]]. As the budget was at risk of rising to $148&nbsp;million (which he said would have "bankrupted me and my family"), he laid off one of five art directors, leading the entire team to resign. Production allegedly wrapped a week ahead of schedule, with the budget close to the planned $120&nbsp;million.<ref name="Production Notes" />{{rp|8–9}}<ref name="RollingStone-0825" />