diff --git a/trailer.html b/trailer.html
index ef61d34..47de6d6 100644
--- a/trailer.html
+++ b/trailer.html
@@ -1276,8 +1276,16 @@
     }
     if ((el = hit("data-filmone"))) {
       el.disabled = true;
-      r = await act("film_one_shot_now", { draft_id: CUR, shot_id: el.getAttribute("data-filmone") });
-      if (r) await refresh(); return;
+      // "Film it again" means ANOTHER TAKE. Without `force` the worker sees an
+      // unchanged request, correctly notes it would send identical bytes, and
+      // does nothing - so the button an author presses to get a better take
+      // gave them the same one and no explanation.
+      var fsid1 = el.getAttribute("data-filmone");
+      var had = (PKG.shots || []).some(function (x) { return String(x.id) === fsid1 && x.clip_url; });
+      r = await act("film_one_shot_now", { draft_id: CUR, shot_id: fsid1, force: had });
+      if (r) { showMsg("msg", (had ? "Filming another take of shot " : "Filming shot ") + fsid1
+        + ", about $" + r.usd + ". It takes a minute or two.", "ok"); await refresh(); }
+      return;
     }
     if ((el = hit("data-delete"))) {
       if (!confirm("Remove shot " + el.getAttribute("data-delete") + " from this trailer?")) return;