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.
Be the first dit here
No dit has published a profile yet — the crew side is new. Post your request anyway: it pings everyone online nearby, and if you work as a dit, set up your profile to be the first listed.
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.