I am the DIT for For the Love of Lily (formerly known as The Night Lily). We shot this romantic comedy in Somerset, KY in May 2023. As the DIT, my job is to collect all the video and audio files and clone them onto various hard drives. I ensure the integrity of the data thru the Production Pipeline.
KY has one of the highest film incentives (30 – 35%) in the country!
Title
Role
Project’s IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27803692/
My IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193155/
Production Company
Director
Equipment/Specs
Software
Type of Production
Feature
Workflow
We shot in RED format (.R3D). I offloaded using ShotPut Pro onto 2 hard drives. I then brought the files into DaVinci Resolve, applied REC. 709 LUT and exported Proxies. In Premiere Pro, I worked as an Assistant Editor and organized all the footage in the Project Bin according to Scenes Numbers. I created Timelines for all the Scenes, exported and uploaded to the production company’s Vimeo account for review.
And of course, paperwork/emails to all. I did all this for 13 days. I shipped an external shuttle hard drive to the Editor half way thru so he could start his job.
At the end, I separated the Hard Drives from their Enclosures and gave them to the Producer and Unit Production Manager.
Poster
Trailer
DIT and Gear Pictures
Below are some pix of me doing my job as DIT and Gear Pictures.
chris & Maxx (2nd AC) 
gear – Red Camera side 
chris & Ben (Dir) 
chris pick up cards on set 
chris & Thomas (DP) 
gear – Red Camera back 
chris & Derrick (Audio) 
DIT – card pouch outside 
chris & Nick (UPM) 
DIT – card pourch inside 
DIT – empty Enclosure waiting for drives on sled to be inserted 
DIT – sliding drives on sled into Enclosure
Behind the Scenes
Below are a few Behind the Scenes photos from the shoot. Thank you to the crew for all the pictures. Most of these came from the very cool Social Media app PhotoCircle. Highly recommend using it.
CREW – Full Shot 
set1 
set2 
set3 
set4 – roof setup 
set4 – roof – Art Dept spraying to mimic sudden shower 
set4 – roof – in between shots 
set4 – roof garland 
set4 – roof – Roberta (2nd AD) & Nick (UPM) 
Nunzio on chair 
Nunzio on couch 
crew – video village2 
gear – wheels Eli (Best Boy) & Frank (Key Grip) 
gear – video village 
crew22 – art truck 
crew12 
crew – barbie – in bank 
crew – video village2 
crew – Steve (PA) 
crew – on street with van 
crew – Katrina (2nd AD) 
crew – Justin (PA) 
crew – girls with mustache 
crew – G&E 
crew – erik (UPM) feet1 
crew – erik feet2 
crew – erik feet3 
crew – barbie – erik 
crew – Charles (Locations) 
crew – bernie – Thomas (DP) 
crew – bernie – Maxx 
crew – Ben (Dir) with cat Photoshopped in 
chris thumb jammed in car door 
chris on patio 
guys 
boat9 
boat2 
boat10 – view from back 
other colored m&m’s removed except 1 blue 
beer
Incentives
Kentucky Entertainment Incentive (KEI) Program is the government name for the Incentives available to filmmakers.
The purpose of the KEI Program is to encourage:
- The film and entertainment industry to choose locations in the Commonwealth for the filming and production of motion picture or entertainment productions;
- The development of a film and entertainment industry in Kentucky;
- Increased employment opportunities for the citizens of the Commonwealth within the film and entertainment industry; and
- The development of a production and postproduction infrastructure in the Commonwealth for film production and touring Broadway show production facilities containing state-of-the-art technologies.
More examples
For more examples of my Media Manager-DIT work, click here.