DIT for hire in the UK
The DIT manages footage on set — offloading and backing up media, checking exposure and colour, and protecting the day's rushes.
Are you a dit? Get listed and take work near you
Post the role, your postcode and your rate. The nearest dit is asked first — within 19 miles, or further for anyone who has said they travel — and if they pass it moves to the next nearest. Nothing is charged unless someone accepts.
DIT work near you
Is this your job? Set up your profile with your day rate and how far you travel. When a production nearby posts for the role, the nearest people are asked first and the job reaches your phone. You only take the ones you want.
What a dit does on a shoot
- Offloads every card to at least two drives and verifies the copies before anything is formatted.
- Watches exposure and colour on a calibrated monitor and flags problems while they can still be reshot.
- Builds looks or LUTs on set and hands the edit a clean, labelled set of rushes.
Gear a dit usually needs
Crew and kit are hired separately on Picturental. If the production is supplying the package, these are the categories this role tends to work from.
How hiring a dit works
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Post the role
Say you need a dit, where the shoot is, the dates and the rate you're offering.
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The nearest is asked first
The closest dit gets it alone, and it widens to the next nearest every 60 seconds until someone accepts.
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First to accept takes it
The job locks to them, you swap details, and you rate each other afterwards.
Hiring a dit
- Do I need a DIT if the camera records to cards?
- That is exactly when you need one. A card is a single copy of an irreplaceable day; a DIT makes verified backups and confirms them before anyone formats anything.
- What does a DIT need on site?
- Power, a table and somewhere out of the sun. Most bring their own cart, drives and monitor — confirm in the request whether the drives are theirs or you are supplying media.