the immediately processed, rough cuts or first prints of a film (w/o special effects or edits) for the director (producer, or editor) to review, to see how the film came out after the day's (or previous day's) shooting; more commonly in the form of videotape dailies nowadays; aka rushes (referring to the haste taken to make them available); used to determine if continuity is correct, if props are missing or out of place, or if sound is poor, etc., to help decide whether to re-shoot

not final prints. They used to call them "rushes" when directors wanted to see what the scene they just shot looked like in a "rush". Now a days with video backup the practice is largely lost, although dailies are still indexed with their video counterparts. You NEVER cut the original stock until the final work print has been cut and assembled, then a safeguard internegative made. In no case are the internegatives cut. More original stock can be ordered from them. SOme studios never cut original footage, only copies made from the original internegatives, indexed with the work prints. (45 documentaries and 4 Emmies.)