What were the issues for the production company during the production phase?

Easy Shoot?

They made it an easy shoot for everybody by remembering through the casting period that the smaller parts were just as important as the bigger parts.

Location.

All the filming was done in the UK in local Cafe's, Pinewood Studio's, The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square London and on the beach in Brighton. On 28th April 2008, scenes were shot on Roupell Street in Waterloo, London with the Kings Arms re-named the Red Lion for filming purposes. The film's production exceeded £30million. They didn't want to sacrafice the quality of the film just to save money.

Casting.

They took a while to decide what actors/actresses they wanted as they knew that small parts were just as important. They knew that all actors had to get on with one another and once they had a rough idea of who they wanted they all rehearsed on the boat to test their compatibility. The casting also enabled the producers and director get an idea what the film was going to turn out like, this was shown through the actors they had picked.

Script.

Hilary Bevan Jones assisted Richard Curtis with the script, and once reading it through all at once, then she was able to make changes to make it funnier and talked it through with Richard Curtis.

Production.

Richard Curtis - Director.

Eric Fellner - Producer (Made the plan and bought this idea down from starting with 4-5 ideas).

Hilary Bevan Jones - Producer (Assisted Curtis with the script).

Danny Cohen - Cinematography.

Emma E. Hickox - Editing.

Tim Bevan - Producer.

Ronaldo Vasconcellos - In charge of budget for the film.

Technological Issues.

A Technological issue that the film came production and distribution came across was the fact the film was too long. It came in at nearly 3 hours long but has to be cut down to just over 2 hours solely for timing issues.