Pre Production, Step 3

Dates.

Not the Saudi variety, not the 'stroll by the Thames' variety but the physical writing down in a diary and hoping that on the alloted day, it will not rain/snow/hail, the wind is fairly calm and the light levels stay fairly constant.

In other words, you are trying to second guess the British Climate.

Organising a shoot requires subtlety, threats and outright blackmail. Once you have made your actors cry, the day is set-up and the cameras are ready to roll. Just make sure that when the actors are blackmailed, the evidence is actually on hand to be produced...