Why would you need a DIT with a Red ONE?

[Robert Wauu]

A lot of people tell me that you need a DIT when working with the RED ONE. I am just curious what you guys think? Do you use a DIT?

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Depends on productiontype, technical specs, knowledge of camera and workflow and signalchain and the volume of data you need to controll over a day.

If you have one or more camera rolling full days in a feature/tv drama type setting, a dit is probably a good idea.

If you're running on your own and can adjust your schedule according to yourself, you don't.

 

[George Butterfield]

A lot of people tell me that you need a DIT when working with the RED ONE. I am just curious what you guys think? Do you use a DIT?

As said above, it depends on the size of the production, go without a DIT, then if you need one it will be obvious. There are lots of factors obviously the number of SSD's and their size is a factor ... can you backup during "lunch" etc. Do you have enough capacity to only need to backup at the end of the day? Me, I Direct/DoP/DIT. If I'm backing up, we rehearse and block and make sure we will hit our marks.

 

[Meryem Ersoz]

The answer is pretty straightforward.

For feature films and commercial docs and multi-cam event shoots, it is essential.

For all commercial productions with budgets over $10K, it's a good idea.

For your own projects, no DIT is necessary - that is the beauty of this light, tight camera. I love days when it is just me, my camera, and a laptop. I just don't seem to find time for those much, anymore....

 

[Nick Gardner]

Data manager yes, a real full fledged DIT, me personally no. If you are not familiar with shooting digital, it would be a good idea. But honestly, If you never shot digital before, walked in treating the MX chip like 800 asa film with a meter, the images would come out fine.

Nick

 

[david_winters]

After getting burned a few times with lost or corrupt footage, from a on set editor or PA, offloading footage... I demand a fully qualified DIT with their own properly configured workstation, or I do it myself on my macbook to MY drives (raid 1). Nothing in between.

On single camera shoot days I download my own footage at lunch and wrap. On small or "b-roll" type days I download each night at home.

Production provided drives, which are almost always crappy USB 2.0 drives, I clone to those at night, for delivery the next day.

EDIT: I work in commercials and industrials big and small.

 

[Nick Gardner]

You most certainly don't need a DIT to off load footage. A digital loader, or data manager yes. But a DIT is a position which is much more than that, has a much higher day rate, and does a completely different job. So we should be clear what we are talking about. I have been on jobs where there is one of each, a DIT and a loader.

Nick

 

[Shervin Mandgaryan]

A DIT makes post production alot easier for bigger projects. I'd say it's essential from anything from a music video to a short film, anything smaller you'll need someone to be your data wrangler but not so much be on the data imaging side.

Some DP's who work with Alexa, RED and other digital cameras almost absolutely require a DIT to be there to confer and create a look during pre-production and production.

 

[Carlos Reyes]

You most certainly don't need a DIT to off load footage. A digital loader, or data manager yes. But a DIT is a position which is much more than that, has a much higher day rate, and does a completely different job. So we should be clear what we are talking about. I have been on jobs where there is one of each, a DIT and a loader.

Nick

echoing nick's comments, a DIT and a data wrangler are two different jobs, a DIT might have to do data wrangling but that would be just one of the many tasks he or she is in charge of.