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The major TV pilot I worked on just did pretty much the exact same dailies workflow as a red show we did for the same production company last year. Only difference was log c correction from Alexa instead of raw from R1MX.

And they charge by hours of dailies (at least at thus lab) , not for time to compress them.

Also, a major production costs about $500/minute, so even a $2000 savings is negligible.

Tim

That is often, if not almost always, the case with studio based, network level production, as the dailies turnarounds and delivery requirements for these kind of productions are pretty voluminous, change on a regular basis, and are difficult to manage without a facility level infrastructure to accommodate things like multiple format deliverables and multiple upload formats for editorial, digital dailies, studio viewing systems, and specific one-off requests. The upload requirements alone are pretty demanding both in terms of volume and the speed required for timely delivery, especially when the production is on a distant location. And yes, charging by the running minute of dailies is a common billing method. Of course, that charge is adjusted depending on the deliverable requirements.