Film crew hire/Oxford/DIT
Hire a DIT in Oxford. A DIT copies and checks the footage on your shoot and gets it safely to the edit.
People book a DIT in Oxford for college halls, labs at the Science Park and Harwell, and shoots on the street. The DIT copies and checks every card, looks at the pictures while the crew can still fix them, and gets the rushes to the edit. Our DIT day rate is £527, the APA/Bectu card rate, and the DIT gets all of it.
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The role
What a DIT does on your shoot
A DIT (digital imaging technician) looks after the pictures between the camera and the edit. They work with the DOP on the camera settings and the look, check every take for focus, exposure and noise, run the verified backups, and often make the dailies the client watches that night.
The footage is the only thing a shoot makes. Copying it in Finder gives no checksum, so a corrupted file can go unnoticed until the card has been formatted and the original is gone. A DIT makes sure that never happens.
We book a DIT who lives in or near Oxford first. If nobody local is free, or the shoot needs more people, we bring crew from London. We add the travel to the quote before anything is booked. Before the first card comes off camera, the DIT plans how the rushes travel. A copy can come back to London on the train with the crew. The proxies can also upload from the hotel or the office, for an editor in another city or time zone.
- Every copy is verified. The DIT uses software such as Silverstack or ShotPut Pro, which checks each copy against the card with a checksum.
- Two copies come first, then a third. Each card has two verified copies before it’s reformatted. A third copy leaves set by the end of the day.
- The DIT checks the pictures. They spot problems with focus, exposure and noise while the crew are still there to reshoot.
- Every card has a record. The DIT writes a report for every card, and an MHL file of checksums travels with the media.
What’s included
What the day rate covers
In the day rate
- An 11-hour day, including an hour for lunch
- Offloading every card with verified copies
- Spot checks for focus, exposure, sound and timecode
- The media log and checksum reports
- Working with the DOP on the camera settings and look
- The drives handed over at wrap
On top, each on its own line
- Our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, on the whole quote
- The DIT station or cart, at a day rate
- Drives, at cost, or bring your own
- Dailies, transcodes and colour, if the brief needs them
- Shuttle drives to the edit, by train or courier, at cost
- Travel from London or outside Oxford, and mileage, parking and the Zero Emission Zone charge where the day needs them, at cost
Read how our rates work and the two ways to book in crew rates in Oxford.
Two ways to book
Crew hire or full production
The price depends on who is the producer of record. That’s the company responsible for the shoot. You can book a DIT for your own shoot, or ask us to run the whole production.
Crew hire
You run the shoot.
10% + 2% booking fee and insurance on everything we book for you, including crew, kit and travel.
We do
- Find, book and brief the crew, and pay them
- Book kit, travel and hotels too, if you want them
- Send the full price before anything is booked
- One person to call all day
- Employers’ liability for the crew we book, and insurance on kit we hire in
You do
- Run the shoot, or your producer does
- The plan, the schedule and the call sheet
- The location, its permission and its public liability
- You’re the producer of record, so the production is your responsibility
The 2% covers employers’ liability for every crew member we book and the kit we hire in for you. It doesn’t cover anything else on the shoot. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, which goes on the quote as its own line.
Full production
We’re the producer of record.
15% + 5% production fee, plus insurance and contingency, on the whole production budget. We quote it as a production.
We do
- Our producer plans it with you and runs the day
- Locations, permits, kit, studio, travel and hotels, booked and paid in our name
- Insurance for the whole shoot, public liability included, plus the risk assessment and the call sheet
- One contract and one invoice, so overseas teams need no UK company
You do
- The creative calls
- Signing off the plan and the budget
The 5% pays for our production insurance across the whole shoot, including £10m public liability, and the contingency.
If your own producer or director will run the day, book crew hire. If you want us to run the production, ask for a full production quote.
On the day
An example day with a DIT
A two-camera advert on ARRI Alexa Mini LFs in a college hall in Oxford, with dailies for the agency that night and the edit in London. The times are an example. The call sheet sets the real ones.
- 07:30 Set up the station The DIT sets up a cart at the edge of the hall, out of the way of the set. It holds power, a calibrated monitor, card readers and three drives.
- 08:00 Camera check The DIT agrees the format, frame rate and look with the DOP, and checks them on both cameras.
- 10:30 First cards The DIT copies the first cards to two drives with checksum verification. Then they check focus, exposure, noise and timecode.
- 11:00 A note to camera The DIT spots a soft take on B camera. The focus puller knows before the next set-up.
- 13:00 Lunch Cards go back to camera only once two verified copies exist.
- 16:00 Dailies Proxies with the look applied upload to the agency and the editor while the crew keep shooting.
- 19:30 Wrap The last cards come in and the DIT makes the third copy. A shuttle drive goes back to London on the train with the crew. Trains run to Paddington and Marylebone. The masters stay with the production until the copy has arrived.
We checked this in November 2026. Fees and rules change, and this page isn’t the official source. For the latest, check with GWR and Chiltern Railways.
Types
Types of DIT and data crew we book
These jobs overlap, and different sets call them different things. The last option lets the edit start before wrap.
DIT Pictures, settings, backups and dailies £527 a day, card rate
A DIT works with the DOP on the camera and the look, checks every take, runs the backups and makes the dailies.
Good for RAW footage, ARRI or RED cameras, three or more cameras, or dailies the same night.
Data wrangler Backups and the log Quoted on the brief
A data wrangler takes the cards, makes verified copies and keeps the log. On bigger shoots, the wrangler is the DIT’s assistant.
Good for conference days at a college venue with several cameras and no colour work.
Loader with verification On small shoots Card £355–448
On a small shoot, the 2nd AC copies the cards with verification software between set-ups. See clapper loaders in Oxford.
Good for one camera. On a RAW day with several cameras, book a DIT or a wrangler.
Camera to cloud Proxies as you shoot Quoted on the brief
The camera, or a Teradek on it, sends proxies to Frame.io as you shoot, so the edit can start before wrap. It needs a good connection, which we check at the recce. In a venue or an office block, we book a wired line before the day.
Good when the client or the editor can’t come to Oxford.
What it’s for
What people book a DIT for in Oxford
Brand films and adverts on the street
Adverts on Broad Street, the High and Turl Street are often shot on an ARRI, a RED or a Sony Venice, and RAW fills drives fast. Oxfordshire County Council handles filming on streets and pavements.
Conferences and events at college venues
Three or more cameras roll through a day of talks, and crews film interviews between the sessions. A wrangler keeps up with the cards. Keble is one of the colleges that takes location filming.
Founder films for spin-outs and biotech
Founders are filmed in labs and offices at the Oxford Science Park, Begbroke and Harwell Campus. When the editor is in London, the DIT plans how the rushes get there.
University and research films
Researchers are often filmed between lectures, in labs and libraries. Verified copies matter when a take can’t be repeated. Start with the University’s filming coordinator or the college.
Heritage locations out of town
Crews film at Blenheim Palace at Woodstock and on the edge of the Cotswolds with the owner’s permission, often with a drone as well as the main cameras. The DIT copies the drone cards with the rest, so every shot is in the same log.
Recent work
DITs on our jobs, and how we crew Oxford
Production service · Chelsea, London · November 2023
A DIT in a hospital boardroom
Swanson Studios, a US production company, filmed interviews for a medical technology company over three days in Portsmouth, London and Oxford. The London day was in the main boardroom at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on Fulham Road, with the deputy chief executive, consultant surgeons and the lead nurse on camera. Parking there is a challenge, so the call sheet sent the kit through the loading bay. The client shot on two REDs, and the brief for our DIT was the RED media and sound ingested, double backups, and H.264 proxies.
How we crew it · Oxford
Rushes on the train back to London
We start with DITs who live in or near Oxford. If nobody local is free, or the brief needs a particular system, we book a DIT from London, with the travel on the quote before anything is booked. We plan how the rushes travel at the recce. A copy of the cards can come back on the train with the crew. The fastest London trains take 52 minutes from Paddington, or about 1 hour 12 from Marylebone. If the edit can’t wait, proxies upload from the hotel or the office during the day. The masters stay with the production until the copy has arrived and been checked. We checked this in November 2026. Fees and rules change, and this page isn’t the official source. For the latest, check with GWR and Chiltern Railways.
Before you book
Things to know
The day
- The day is 11 hours, including an hour for lunch.
- Overtime is paid at card rates, and we agree it with you before it happens.
- Prep and travel days are quoted separately.
Drives and the train
- An hour of Sony FX6 4K in XAVC-I is up to about 112 GB at 25p, and up to about 225 GB at 50p (Sony’s maximum bit rates).
- We make three checksum-verified copies and keep one off site. Tell us whose drives they go on.
- A shuttle drive can come back to London on the train with the crew. Always send a copy, and keep the masters with the production.
In the city
- At a conference venue such as a college hall, we agree power and a corner for the cart with the venue before the day. Tell us the room when you book.
- Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone covers the city centre from 7am to 7pm, every day. A Euro 6 diesel van pays £4 a day, an older diesel £10 and an electric van nothing. If the DIT drives the cart in, the charge goes on the quote. We checked this in November 2026. Fees and rules change, and this page isn’t the official source. For the latest, check with Oxfordshire County Council.
Paying and changes
- You pay nothing until you confirm the DIT.
- We take 50% by card when you book and 50% when you receive the final rushes.
- The quote shows every line, including the day rate, booking fee, kit and travel.
- Cancellation terms are on every quote.
What our insurance covers
- Our insurance covers employers’ liability for the DIT we book, up to £10m.
- Kit we hire in for you is insured. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, as its own line on the quote.
- On a crew hire, it doesn’t cover anything else. Public liability, the location and your own kit stay with you, and your venue will want to see your certificate. When we’re the producer of record, our policy covers the shoot.
- Venues usually ask to see it. Oxfordshire County Council, for example, asks for at least £10m public liability for filming on streets and pavements. We checked this in November 2026. Fees and rules change, and this page isn’t the official source. For the latest, check with Oxfordshire County Council.
£527 a day
APA/Bectu card: £527 a day for a DIT.
| Day rate, 11 hours | £527 |
| Booking fee, 10% | £52.70 |
| Insurance, 2% | £10.54 |
| One day, before the station and drives | £590.24 + VAT |
The 2% covers employers’ liability for the DIT we book and the kit we hire in. What it covers
You won’t pay anything until you confirm the DIT.
- 50% by card at booking, 50% on the final rushes
- Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours
- Every line on the quote before anything is booked
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Tell us the cameras, the formats, how much you’ll roll, and where the rushes need to go. Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours. Or call us on 07412 543822.
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The whole crew
Every crew role we book in Oxford
Send one brief and we send one quote, with every role on its own line. These are our day rates in Oxford, and each crew member gets their full rate:
Production 06
- Director From £500
- Producer From £450
- Production manager £504–627
- 2nd AD £355–448
- Production assistant £400
- Runner £245
Camera 07
- DOP From £850
- Camera operator £529–656
- Focus puller £461–575
- Clapper loader £355–448
- Steadicam operator From £950
- Gimbal operator £529–656
- Drone operator From £750
Data and playback 02
- DIT This page £527
- Video playback £334–518
Sound 01
- Sound recordist £550
Hair, make-up and costume 02
- Hair and make-up £398
- Costume £519–694
Art department 02
- Art director £675–878
- Set builders £341–512
Post-production 01
- Editor From £350
See how our rates work in crew rates in Oxford, or start from one of our crew set-ups in Oxford.
Production support
Everything around the crew
A DIT needs power, a corner for the cart and a plan for getting the rushes to the edit. The pages below cover kit, permits and travel for the rest of an Oxford shoot.
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Kit rental
Where to hire camera, lighting and sound kit for an Oxford shoot, and when the crew bring their own.
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Locations and permits
The county council for streets, the colleges and the University, the Bodleian and the drone rules.
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Studios and set builds
Studios at Didcot and south of Reading for set builds, and college rooms hired by the day for interviews.
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Props and wardrobe
Where props and costume come from, and the stylists and hair and make-up artists we book.
Questions
Questions about hiring a DIT in Oxford
How much does a DIT cost in Oxford?
Our DITs are paid £527 for an 11-hour day, including an hour for lunch. That’s the APA/Bectu card rate, and the DIT gets all of it. We add our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, so one day comes to £590.24 + VAT. The DIT station, drives and any shuttle drives each go on the quote as their own line.
What does the insurance on a crew booking cover?
It covers two things. The first is employers’ liability for every crew member we book, up to £10m. The second is the kit we hire in for you. That’s what the 2% pays for. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, which goes on the quote as its own line. On a crew hire, you’re the producer of record, so public liability, the location, your own kit and anything you book yourself stay with you. If you want us to be the producer of record, we quote it as a full production, and our insurance covers the whole shoot.
What’s the difference between a DIT and a data wrangler?
A data wrangler copies and logs the cards. A DIT does that too, and works with the DOP on the pictures, including the settings, the look, the checks and the dailies. For an interview day in an office with one or two cameras, a camera assistant with verification software is often enough. For a conference at a college venue with several cameras, book a wrangler at least.
Can our editor in London have the rushes the same day?
Usually, yes. Proxies can upload while you shoot if the building gives us a connection, so the edit can start before wrap. A copy of the cards can also go back on the train, to Paddington or Marylebone. The fastest Paddington to Oxford train takes 52 minutes, so a copy of the morning’s cards that leaves at lunchtime can reach a London edit that afternoon. The masters stay with the production until the copy has arrived. Check with GWR and Chiltern Railways for the latest.
What does a DIT need from an Oxford location?
A DIT needs power, a corner for the cart out of the way of the set, and a way in for the kit. We check all three at the recce. In a college or a hotel, we agree power and a room with the venue before the day. If the DIT drives into Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone between 7am and 7pm, a Euro 6 diesel van pays £4 a day, an older diesel £10 and an electric van nothing. Check with Oxfordshire County Council for the latest.
Do your DITs bring their own kit?
Most bring their own cart, drives and card readers, and each goes on the quote as its own line. If the shoot needs more, we hire it from London kit houses with the same 10% + 2%.
Are your DITs from Oxford?
We book DITs who live in or near Oxford first. If the brief or the date needs someone else, we book a DIT from London. The fastest trains from Paddington take 52 minutes. We add the travel to the quote before anything is booked. Our own base is London, at 124 City Road, and we have bases in Manchester, Bristol and Cornwall. Check with GWR for the latest train times.
Have you booked a DIT for a shoot in Oxford?
Yes. Swanson Studios booked us for three days of interviews for a medical technology company in Portsmouth, London and Oxford. We supplied the DIT, with the PA, gaffer, hair and make-up artist and sound recordist. There’s more in the Swanson Studios case study.