Directors: What are your goals?

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Great Scott's go-to crew
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"One of the advantages with Ridley is he's incredibly well-prepared and knows what he wants and is very good at communicating that to everybody, so you're very efficient as a unit with him," Huffam says. "Often (when you go on location) it's 'let's take everything because we're not sure what's going to happen.' With Ridley, if you say, 'This is a very difficult location and we need …,' and he'll just say, 'Right. Well, we don't need this or that, but I do need this.' "

As exacting as the filmmaker can be, Huffam says no one on his sets sports "I Survived Working for Ridley Scott" T-shirts.

"Yes, it's challenging and demanding, but it's a pleasant experience because everybody knows he appreciates what they do," Huffam says. "Even when there are newcomers, they very quickly become his crew."

Despite some hiccups -- including malfunctioning 3D camera rigs that caused delays early in the shoot -- Scott managed to finish "Prometheus" on time and on budget and lock the print well in advance of today's bow, a rarity for a vfx-heavy film these days.

"He is the most efficient director I've worked with, as well as incredibly creative, so it makes my job easy," Huffam says. "Or I should say easier."