Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You go to the director and demand money for more paint.
You need to make sure every scene conveys the right mood. Lime green paint
just won't do.
You stomp into the director's office and tell her the problem. You
tell her you must have the right paint, no matter what.
She tells you to calm down and find a compromise. Money is tight, so you
need you to use your creativity, she says.
"I understand your concern, but losing your temper is not the solution,"
she tells you.
"It's very dangerous if you just kind of ignore everybody and go ahead
and do your own thing," says set designer Scott Reid. "It's going to
be a train wreck very early on."
Donna Wymore says she has to be prepared to allow everyone
active participation when designing a set. A set designer's most valuable
skill, she says, is flexibility.
"A lot of times we'll get a set that has very, very ugly wallpaper,
for example. You want to say, 'This is the ugliest thing I've seen
in my life!' But the client is falling all over it and you have to bite
your tongue and go, 'Oh, that is lovely!' We have this old saying:
'I don't pick it. I just paint it,'" says Wymore.