Follow along with Leo during the first walk and talk of the Pilot episode of The West Wing to see where he goes on the overhead map of the set. Created by Zach McNees
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@MegMeyerCom4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who watches this and thinks we NEED The West Wing themed Clue board game? "It was CJ, in the Press Room, with her Purse."
@neilleslie97763 жыл бұрын
Her purse?!?!?!?!?
@MegMeyerCom3 жыл бұрын
@@neilleslie9776 "The President can always send CJ Cregg to Ramallah to swat at suicide bombers with her purse." - Toby (Season 6 ep 5 "The Hubbert Peak"
@samsung32543 жыл бұрын
*Absolutely!* 👍
@AlasdairGR3 жыл бұрын
*Motherboard
@fatherglyn3 жыл бұрын
I would buy it
@gauchplant3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite lines of the whole series: "The President, while riding his bicycle on vacation in Jackson Hole, came to a sudden arboreal stop."
@andyknott8148Ай бұрын
Me too "a sudden arboreal stop". Little did we know that this was just the start of a brilliant series.
@robertjames82203 жыл бұрын
"It's a nice morning, Mr. McGarry." "We'll take care of that in a hurry, won't we, Mike?" "Yes, sir!"
@conorcorrigan7655 жыл бұрын
"He rode his bicycle into a tree, CJ, what do you want me to... The President, while riding his bicycle on vacation in Jacksonhall came to a sudden arboreal stop, what do you want from me?"
@LabradorIndependent4 жыл бұрын
"A little love, Leo"
@samsung32543 жыл бұрын
Just John Spencer's delivery is so human. It's so beautifully written and acted. Stay Safe! 👍
@Vesperitis3 жыл бұрын
You can tell that this is one of those days that Leo wishes he could set fire to the building not have to deal with this stuff.
@Subangelis3 жыл бұрын
*Jackson Hole
@jdnehen5 жыл бұрын
Where had this been all my life? Now where is the stream pipe trunk distribution venue?
@vdinh1435 жыл бұрын
There's a flight of stairs at the bottom of the map, I presume this goes underground where more offices would be located.
@JanBruunAndersen3 жыл бұрын
Steam trunk, not stream trunk.
@redwall15213 жыл бұрын
@@vdinh143 I wonder if this is the staircase in House of Cards where Frank and Petrov have a smoke.
@Subangelis3 жыл бұрын
Downstairs
@imperialadvisoraremheshvau37885 жыл бұрын
This is extraordinary and plenipotentiary. : )
@davidmarshall23993 жыл бұрын
Golf is not a sport
@ChrisLovesThisGame3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of extraordinary and plenipotentiary the way they introduce ambassadors on this show is hilariously wrong. Poor Lord Marbury :)
@jimmy2k4o2 жыл бұрын
@@davidmarshall2399 and that’s fine but let’s not you and I confuse it with things that men do.
@awakeningcry2 жыл бұрын
also, wrong
@RMartp5 жыл бұрын
If you haven't seen Zack’s visual guide to The West Wing Offices, then you haven't seen Shakespeare the way it's meant to be done.
@arthurbriand21754 жыл бұрын
Does Leo loath beginning his work day so much that he takes the longest path, zigzaging around every room for no apparent reason, to reach his office?
@jameskessler25883 жыл бұрын
He really likes the comic The Family Circus, especially the ones where the kids take the most winding path possible to get from the backyard to the kitchen
@StarManta3 жыл бұрын
If we're assuming he needed to talk to a bunch of people on the way in, the only turn that doesn't really make sense is turning south down the corridor (which causes him to have to go through the Roosevelt Room); for every other turn he took, he either picked something up or talked to someone new as a result of the turn.
@riff20723 жыл бұрын
@@jameskessler2588 Nicely Done!
@jameskessler25883 жыл бұрын
@@riff2072 its funny. He apparently reads the comic The Family Circus but has no clue about Peanuts
@riff20723 жыл бұрын
@@jameskessler2588 and he did not understand the Charlie Brown, Lucy and the football thing at all when it was explained to him.
@christelheadington11365 жыл бұрын
Finally my favorite WW lines."Don't kill the messenger." "Oh, why the hell not."
@conorcorrigan7655 жыл бұрын
If you look very closely you can see CJ pass behind Josh and Leo at exactly 2:34
@NicGarner4 жыл бұрын
Toby and Sam are also in the bullpen around 2:25.
@TomalakGeretkal3 жыл бұрын
Never noticed that. Nice touch.
@AprilMcCaffery5 жыл бұрын
I love that so many people that love West Wing are so much more impressive than I am. Thank you for putting this together. It makes me so happy!
@aukluk5 жыл бұрын
I never realized but there are actually several cuts in this scene. I thought it was one very long take, but not quite. Still impressive!
@ScootsFromNewCastle4 жыл бұрын
i believe it was 8 separate cuts according to Tommy Schlamme from The West Wing Weekly podcast
@SweetChuckPi4 жыл бұрын
In the first season the set was in two different studios with the yellow hallway the same on both sets, so for 1st season walk and talks you can often catch a cut when they enter or exit the yellow hallway.
@aukluk4 жыл бұрын
@@SweetChuckPi It's not just that, when he's talking to Donna and Josh especially, it really shifts to the traditional over the shoulder shooting style, before shifting back once Leo and Josh start moving together.
@JohnVanderbeck3 жыл бұрын
It was definitely designed to feel like one cut and its impressive in what it is, even if technically they had to do a few. It really sold the overall feel for the show and this is still one of the most impressive "shots" in television in my opinion.
@samsonguy10k3 жыл бұрын
The walks get better with each season. Far as I can tell, West Wing has only been surpassed by 1917 for longest walking shot.
@Gilgamezsh723 жыл бұрын
Huge thank you for doing this. I recently finished my 4th time through the series and it's as affecting and uplifting today as it was when it aired.
@zev0073 жыл бұрын
I love that this channel is called "The West Wing Weekly" and have put out 3 videos in 3 years. Whose wet dream was this channel?
@docguy3 жыл бұрын
This channel was created to post videos for a podcast called The West Wing Weekly. It’s the podcast that was weekly.
@maggiemelchior81834 жыл бұрын
THIS IS AMAZING. since the podcast ended this past Wednesday I've been rewatching Season 1 and this is such a delightful bit of fan brilliance! Thank you Zach!
@luddex5 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Pure awesome. Zach, you are awesome, and I need more.
@barefootcontessamessa72453 жыл бұрын
Nothing has ever been more up my alley than this video! Thank you for taking the time!!
@petergibbs3 жыл бұрын
Love it. Thanks. Best show ever made, and I'm a Brit and were snobbish about these things.
@dward355 жыл бұрын
Oh John Spencer you are missed xx
@christophercaldwell68882 ай бұрын
I know that Sorkin has always been known for his talk-and-walks, but that's a pretty impressive example TO START THE SERIES WITH. It isn't segmented in that many places, which means a bucket full of rehearsal prior to shooting. The master.
@dontudare5 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. I didn't know I needed it, until right now.
@officiallordsnowface2 ай бұрын
Excellent map and sync as well. Thanks for posting.
@PaperbackWizard3 жыл бұрын
I never really had a sense of the layout of the White House before, no matter how many times I've watched this show. It's just how my mind works. But after watching this video, there's pretty much no reason at all for Leo to have taken a detour through the Roosevelt Room.
@ArtemisScribe3 жыл бұрын
Except to show off Ken Hardy and Ellen Totleben's hard work.
@LabradorIndependent3 жыл бұрын
I suppose the only reason is it's a much more cinematic route to showcase the set to the audience. The characters often take long, winding routes around the set because they need to have a full conversation before they get to the next place, and if they took the most direct route they'd arrive too quickly. You can also see that the Press Briefing Room doesn't remotely fit where it's supposed to be.
@tristiantriana3 жыл бұрын
@@LabradorIndependent probably another reason Josh wanted to move it across the street
@storyofcory2 жыл бұрын
This is the most convoluted Walk and Talk I think I've ever seen. Wow...
@tmoore40753 жыл бұрын
One, this is fantastic. Very well done. Second, I love the interaction between Leo and Donna. "He was swerving to avoid a tree." "And what happened?" "He was unsuccessful!" lol
@awakeningcry2 жыл бұрын
but it's wrong
@rugbynimbus3 жыл бұрын
So so so many mental "wait, why??" moments to this.
@jamesm17623 жыл бұрын
THIS. IS. BRILLIANT!!
@ghfun12 жыл бұрын
lol Donna and John just yell when they need each other. It’s hilarious
@leohoward7282 Жыл бұрын
Great video never seen someone do this so really awesome particularly the map
@russellstanberry81223 жыл бұрын
2 things: 1) I totally love this video, I wish we had more just like them. 2) This map is inaccurate. In Season 1 CJ's office was not on the otherside of the bullpen from Josh's like it would be from Season 2 on. In fact, it was directly next to Josh's office and they had an adjoining door. Once they moved the set the the larger stage in season two they expanded the bullpen area by removing the wall and doubling the bullpen size. At that point CJ's office was moved to the other side of the bullpen. In appearance it's essentially the same except they added the windows to the left of her desk looking into the hallway towards the press briefing room. So, this map shows the layout incorrectly for the time it was shot. But then again, it doesn't show the double golden hallway either. Great stuff! I miss the West Wing and I miss the West Wing Weekly.
@welkinator3 жыл бұрын
Lord! Lord! I wish I had had this when I was watching the program.
@JenThePirate5 жыл бұрын
That was great! We Wingnuts want more!
@asherchancey361511 ай бұрын
Well that was fabulous.
@AndreAFirenze3 жыл бұрын
The mother and father of all the “walk and talk” in the best show in the story of tv
@threecatsdancing3 жыл бұрын
Where has this been all my life?!?
@Gledster5 жыл бұрын
That was awesome. :D Thanks to Zach McNees!
@TairnKA3 жыл бұрын
While watching this and the C.J. tour video, I wondered if The West Wing had an episode where there was multiple POV of the characters meeting up with each other during an episode, but you could see the various characters in the back and foreground going through their scenes (obviously without the cameras on them), resulting in possibly C.J. meeting Leo two or three times (and a couple other staff meetings twice?), Josh meeting C.J., Leo meeting Toby, Leo meeting the President, Toby meeting Sam, ect... (including some less often seen characters), resulting in them all in a meeting with the President (no chili)? Whew! I think that covers it? ;-D
@grogery15703 жыл бұрын
This is enlightening, I would watch the West Wing and be convinced that they were just walking around in circles!
@basosz3 жыл бұрын
"sudden arboreal stop" is a fantastic euphemism for slamming into a tree.
@karenobyrne80602 жыл бұрын
I'm not going to read every single comment here to see if someone already thought of this, so I'm just going to say it: This reminds me of the Marauder's Map! 🪄🧙♂️
@aaronloos17665 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@97texascat3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts. 1. Leo has a Fitbit and is trying to get his steps up. Hence the unnecessary weaving in and out of rooms. 2. Is this the west wings marauders map? Needs more heads.
@Mediaright5 жыл бұрын
Zach’s the real MVP!
@majamarie895 жыл бұрын
FINALLY the walk and talks make sense
@amsivertson5 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic. Though the best possible addition to this would be to also animate the steadicam route!
@porgyt71775 жыл бұрын
Very cool!! Thx!!
@jwrarmstrong3 жыл бұрын
Really well done.
@NoelKerns3 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant!
@AaronDanieltenni3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome.
@SabreWolf183 жыл бұрын
Its amazing how much cris crossing had to be done in order to get the entire dialog in for some of these scenes and oners
@colby-wankenobi29405 жыл бұрын
Well done
@MrFarquar3 жыл бұрын
This us awesome 👌
@stylezlp Жыл бұрын
Does anyone have the link to the similar video where the overhead includes the camera position?
@louisethiessen80443 жыл бұрын
Loved it.
@deborahdapo32103 жыл бұрын
We need The West Wing Back
@aniruddho_m3 жыл бұрын
I miss John Spencer so much. I saw Sterling K. Brown as Leo in the play of Hartsfield's Landing that they just did. No offence to Brown but I couldn't help but mentally wince and feel sad every time I remembered how different the impact of every line spoken by John Spencer was. I think the significance of his craft shone through even more given a contrasting performance to compare it with (though not even wildly in the same circumstances). Again, don't get me wrong, the guy's a force of nature on his own. He's done some very good work and blew my mind so completely in American Crime Story.
@danendean11843 жыл бұрын
I’d like to see a season 2 walk and talk map. In season 1, CJ’s office is through a door next to Josh’s but from season 2 onward it is opposite the bullpen
@cubswin38383 жыл бұрын
If you look at CJ's office in seasons 1 and afterwards had the office door on opposite sides. In season 1, it was the left side as you are walking out. Afterwards, it was the right.
@AndreAFirenze5 жыл бұрын
absolutely *GREAT*.
@mwmheps3 жыл бұрын
This is so cool!!
@b1j3 жыл бұрын
That was great.
@kylegyondla44462 жыл бұрын
This video uses the ground plan for the season 2+ set that was on one soundstage, although the first season set was spread across two stages.
@gene81723 жыл бұрын
Sudden arboreal stop. Gonna have to remember that one....
@TheBalhamboy3 жыл бұрын
That's brilliant :)
@deltabilly13 жыл бұрын
I’ll go ahead and charitably assume that Leo’s just trying to get his steps in, walking around in circles.
@sussygussy1138 Жыл бұрын
Bro had to make sure the Roosevelt Room was still there
@november15983 жыл бұрын
DO YOU KNOW WHERE CAN I DOWNLEOAD THE PLAN PLS??
@Itmakesyouthink2 ай бұрын
My mind. 😵💫
@CIVDC3 жыл бұрын
Man, Leo's path is really nonsensical. He straight up makes some 180s to get to place where he could have just turned and gone through a door.
@jordansmith76213 жыл бұрын
Directors do this all the time because it’s hard for us to know the layout unless shown in this way. They prefer to have him walking while talking because it keeps the high-paced energy up of the scene, so the entire thing is convoluted to keep him walking as much as possible.
@tadtranclere37293 жыл бұрын
He’s getting his steps in for the day
@mikeyoung98103 жыл бұрын
The usual nit missing the point
@JohnVanderbeck3 жыл бұрын
He hadn't closed his rings yet.
@samsonguy10k3 жыл бұрын
I write it up to him putting off talking to Margaret as long as possible. But also finding out if his deputy has chewed his fingernails off yet for facing imminent termination that was postponed by an arboreal stop.
@deltabilly13 жыл бұрын
Can you do this for every walk and talk please? 😃
@trevisonclark71353 жыл бұрын
Did they build an entire west wing to film in?
@leestoddart70143 жыл бұрын
great video. Oh how I miss The West Wing - brilliant writing, direction, acting, etc etc etc. Shame that Aaron decided enough was enough.
@Mrsnichols19653 жыл бұрын
From 1:57 to 2:42 appears to be walking just to get exercise, lol
@kevinb1303 жыл бұрын
Noticed that too. Must have had time to fill haha.
@tkefan293 жыл бұрын
Where is the press room relative to this?
@jayesshague3 жыл бұрын
Upper Right beyond map. Bartlett walks past it in every shot when he's leaving Residence to enter O.O. by that outdoor walk.
@paulw.woodring73043 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's what happened to Sonny Bono, he came to a sudden arboreal stop while skiing.
@alifeonmars59475 жыл бұрын
I really love this but the path he takes seems very redundant
@Mediaright5 жыл бұрын
Miles Macdonald Well what if he REALLY needed the stuff in those folders? Sometimes you gotta pick up stuff, ya know? ;)
@KiplingKat75 жыл бұрын
First episode. First scene first episode (I think). The audience was getting a tour.
@streaky815 жыл бұрын
First scene after the credits, there's actually a whole bunch before. Also the path he takes from Josh's office to the communications bullpen is hilarious.
@steve05923 жыл бұрын
Why do I suspect that someone printed this and tried to use it on January 6?
@TomalakGeretkal3 жыл бұрын
Don't know, but it'd be for the wrong building for a start...
@nhappynerd3 жыл бұрын
With all the reboots - can we PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reboot TWW.
@dafalzonAUS3 жыл бұрын
Pacman should be trying to chase them Lol
@d.cummer26523 жыл бұрын
Good lord, it’s a wonder the poor guy didn’t get motion sickness!
@tdarkvane24653 жыл бұрын
It seriously bugs me that they did this but in reality there is no second secretary or sitting room. Outside the oval office is a small secretary cubby then the cabinet room and around the Corner is the press room. I guess they changed it for creative reasons but it will NEVER not annoy me
@roystonlodge Жыл бұрын
I wonder, had the writers decided this early on that the president had MS?
@kristofplovie3 жыл бұрын
Where's the block of cheese?
@X.davidWilliams3 жыл бұрын
#867 Huzzah
@EmeraldWilliams3 жыл бұрын
Sudden arboreal stop
@JanitorIsBack3 жыл бұрын
Not accurate as in the first season CJs office was right next to Josh's
@Ashfielder3 жыл бұрын
It was nice of the White House let them film all this in there while Bush was out on business.