Film Accounting Glossary
Production report
What is the production report?
Also called DPR, or daily production report.
The daily production report (DPR) is the official record of a shooting day: call and wrap times, scenes and pages completed, cast and crew worked, meal breaks, and any incidents or delays.
Accounting reads it as the source document behind hot costs, because it evidences the hours, the meal penalty exposure, and the reason for an overage. When a labor cost is disputed, the production report is the first place both sides look.
Example
A disputed $9,800 of overtime is settled by the daily production report: call was 6am, wrap was 10:12pm, the second meal broke at 8:40pm. The report is the evidence both sides look at first.
Figures are illustrative, chosen to show the mechanics rather than to quote market rates.
Where you'll see it
Produced by the second AD each shooting day, and the source document behind hot costs and any labor dispute.
Common mistake
Treating it as a scheduling document. It is the evidence behind hot costs and the first thing consulted when a labor cost is disputed.
Related questions
- What is on a daily production report?
- Call and wrap times, scenes and pages completed, cast and crew worked, meal breaks, and any incidents or delays during the day.
- Why does accounting need the daily production report?
- It evidences hours worked, meal break timing, and the reason for an overage, which is what settles a payroll dispute or explains a variance.