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5. Weather. This is a difficulty that haunts many location-hunters in this and other countries. It might be that time wasted in waiting for the weather to settle could be better spent in transporting everyone to a country with a more settled climate. In most cases it is not important to have especially good weather but, for continuity purposes, the weather should be consistent in scenes that are to be intercut.

When the schedule of shooting is compiled, it is important to build ‘wet weather cover’ into the schedule if at all possible, which means having stand-by interior scenes in case it is not possible to shoot outside.

6. Noise. This can be another problem. These days you have to travel further and further away from population ...

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