A school full of excited children, a limit to the working day and enough featured children to meet the criterion of the rhyme 'Mondays' Child'. Oh, and by the way, the budget will only afford a one day shoot and all the shoes, in various width fittings, have to fit perfectly. There were no holds barred with the casting; it had to be - and was - spot on and everyone was delighted.

The shoot was carefully planned beforehand with an extremely helpful school in Enfield, North London providing the location, all the background children and the uniforms; except that something like 20 pairs of new trousers had to be shortened throughout the day…

Director's comment:

'Children are great to work with if you're one of them; it's a question of speaking the same language and feeling the same feelings - so I get tired, bored and hungry along with them. It's a long day. I don't get children to act, I get them to express their own reactions to a given situation. We talk things over.'