“The motion picture technician must have great ingenuity. He must have knowledge of architecture of all periods and nationalities. He must be able to visualize and make interesting a tenement or a prison. He must be a cartoonist, a costumier, a marine painter, a designer of ships, an interior decorator, a landscape painter, a dramatist, an inventor, a historical and, now, an acoustical expert.”
– William Cameron Menzies
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…and stay on budget. If not he is finished.
In addition to all of the above, COMMUNICATION! Both with drawings, and verbally. Especially in this world of digital creations.