- Consider how to make each location work for you - even if you don't like it, you may find yourself shooting there, so work to find solutions to the challenges each location poses.
- Look for those elements that you can best exploit to make your shoot even more successful.
- Look for ways to hide the most offending problems so that they do not appear in your finished film.
- Do not give up until you have found a location that will work for your production - that is all departments. It has to work for picture, sound, scheduling, budget, etc.
- In this endeavor you will have to be flexible and understanding, realizing that the concerns for your department are not the only considerations.
Your ultimate goal is to make the best film possible.
One thing Chris told our class that's really stuck with me is that a location is a character in your movie, so you need to exercise the same care in picking each location as you would in casting an actor. It's hard to put this into practice, but it's well worth it!
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