“If I’d wanted them at the end of the day, I’d have renamed them nightlies!” stormed the producer, frustrated by the fact that it was nearly 9 a.m. and she had yet to see a minute of the previous day’s footage.
During a production, “rushes” or “dailies”, as the name implies, are the data or footage that is shot each day and rushed to the postproduction facility for transcoding so that you and your crew can view them after a day’s shoot. This is to ensure you’ve gotten the necessary coverage each day. Today, dailies can be ingested and transcoded on set by the AC or DIT, and can be ready for viewing at the end of the day’s shoot.
With film there is a more involved process where dailies are sent to the lab for processing, ...
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