Also called: Post PA, Dailies Technician
Processes each day's footage overnight and handles errands and file transfers for the post team.
A dailies operator receives camera drives from set late at night, applies a color look, syncs sound, and uploads viewable files so the director can watch yesterday's work by morning.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Entry-level; film or media training helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, 2-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Film Production, Digital Media.
Growing slowly. Cloud workflows reduce the need for overnight processing staff.
High risk for 10 years. Cloud dailies and automated transcoding handle most processing overnight; fewer human operators are needed.
Classes: Computer applications, Film/video production CTE, Typing or office tech, Photography.
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