Set & Crew

Wrap

What is wrap in film production?

Wrap is the end of shooting. Called at the end of a day it releases the crew and starts the turnaround clock; called on a location it means the unit is finished there; called as picture wrap it marks the end of principal photography for a performer or for the production.

Wrap is a formal moment rather than a mood, because it is the timestamp several obligations are measured from. The wrap time recorded on the daily production report is what determines overtime, turnaround and, on a location, when the space has to be returned.

Reviewed 2026-08-27

Related terms

Turnaround: Turnaround is the guaranteed rest period between the moment a crew member is released at the end of one working day and their call time for the next. Where union or guild agreements apply, a shortened turnaround triggers a penalty payment rather than being prohibited outright.
Call time: A call time is the time an individual is required to be present and ready to work — not the time they should arrive. Call times differ by department and by person: hair and makeup are called before the cast they are preparing, who are called before the crew shooting them.
Daily Production Report: A Daily Production Report is the record of what a shooting day actually produced, filed at the end of it. It logs call and wrap times, scenes and pages completed against those scheduled, setups, takes, film or media used, meal breaks, and any accidents or delays.
Shooting day: A shooting day is one scheduled day of principal photography, defined by its call time, its planned scenes and its wrap. It is the atomic unit of a production schedule: budgets, crew bookings and location agreements are all counted in days rather than hours.