At eight in the morning the following day, Joel sets forth the goals of keeping John focused and getting through his schedule. "We can't do all the wide shots this way," Tom explains, "We don't have the time." Mike says John has to shoot much faster than he is doing now. They're about half an hour for a setup. "We have people asking questions they should be asking at the beginning of a shot," Ben says, "Not the middle of it." They begin to fight amongst each other, they push one another and they're just trying to get through the day even if that means not shooting the best of every shot, regardless of John's so-called incomplete vision.
Krista is complaining that it took her nine hours to shoot her last scene, the day before, and she won't deal with that again. Some of the other cast members talk about being "non-important extras" as well as just talking about getting up so early and not doing anything all day. "You can't just leave actors sitting around," Mike says. "It's very expensive," Joel says, "They get paid for every second they are sitting on set, even if they don't work." Stephen brings them out and talks to the cast and gives them a pep talk. "We're not dealing with something straight forward." The cast talks about the mood on the set. "A lot of times we're coming in and we're literally not sure what scenes we're getting done," Beer Guy notes. Stephen advises them to just ask questions as specifically as they can as soon as they come in that way they can get to work.
Jim, Joel, Tom and Mike all sit down to discuss the problems. "Look, guys, we have to get control of this," Tom says. "This is really pathetic," Joel notes. "It's almost chaos there," Jim notes. They note that Eileen has been there all day, and this is the second day she hasn't been shot, yet, again. "Only John knows how he's putting this movie together in his head, and this causes problems during the day," Tom explains. "We've still got half of our days work ahead of us. We'll finish three to four hours after we should've finished for the day." John thought he would have more time for the day, but unfortunately, he still doesn't understand how the process of filming works, and he doesn't want to work with anybody.
Tom and Mike take a walk. "I'm already tired of the drama," Tom says angrily. "It's up to Joel and Mike to lay down the law," he says. They are still shooting a scene with Diane, and they have until 8:15 P.M. to finish for the day, even though they are still way behind for the day's tasks. The shot just wasn't working, they shoot it again, and now they have the wrap for the day. "I was frustrated as well. I want a team in sync," Mike scratches his head. "I don't know why we don't have it."
They all sit down in the trailer and talk about the project. "The big thing was we didn't make our day," Stephen notes. "It looks like a basic lack of communication between all the departments," Tom says. "There's no set up for where it fits," Joel explains, "We don't have any storyboards." John says, "It's a sad day in Gulagerville." He doesn't say much at all, he just floats around in his own world. "Without a rehearsal, nobody knows what's going on," Joel says. "Everything needs to be blocked and rehearsed with department heads," Tom explains. "I do think John can get this done and get this done fast," Stephen has the confidence in it. He has to change in days though if he wants to accomplish all this.
Kirk, the editor, comes down to show some scenes that have been put together. This is the first time John has every scene something like this, and he looks very unhappy by the work that's been done. "I thought the pacing was very slow," he says, just laying his head on the sofa. Kirk asks him his thoughts, "We need to make it a little more exciting," John responds. "I just fell into a funk." He decides to go home, "I just felt I set everything in a bad direction. I'm going to have to find a way to fix it."
Diane and John head to their car. "John is not enjoying this opportunity. He feels humiliated and embarrassed," she notes. "Nobody wants you to shut down," she tells him outside their car on the set before they head home. "You can do it." He says he gets scared that he's going to fail, and that he's going to let everyone down. "I just feel my style is not cohesive right now. I'm full of self-doubt."
