Use 5 Whys on late first shots

First shot has been 35 to 55 minutes late for four consecutive shoot days, and the team keeps blaming makeup without changing the upstream process. 5 Whys: symptom -> immediate cause -> upstream condition -> process gap -> countermeasure The common trap is stopping at the first human explanation: makeup was slow, transport was late, the actor was not ready. That creates pressure without changing the conditions that caused the delay. Why 1 Why was first shot late? The lead actor reached set 30 minutes after the planned final-check window. Start with the observed gap, not a judgment. The gap…

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