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I'm wondering if anyone knows what this means and where it came from.

In the toilet? Headphones. Movie reel containers?
That's my guess before googling.

I was close,lol,
"If a ​film is in the can, ​filming has ​finished and it is ​ready to be ​prepared for ​showing to the ​public."

Here's a better one. The origin is Old English

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/in--the--can

Thanks for the responses.... this makes sense because the person using this phrase was working on music for a TV film.

Thanks again!

Brian

Film reels used to come in cannisters. Audio tape reels also came in cannisters. If it didn't end up on the cutting room floor, the can was where it went back to. (after a couple of intermediary steps in the case of film reels; developing negatives and printing and color-matching positives) 'in the can' usually meant shooting had ended, but maybe also the editing, IINM.

Probably one of those adjustable, 'corruptible' terms. In my little corner of the music/video/film world 'in the can' meant completely finished, 'We already have 2 in the can, why are we recording/shooting more instead of releasing?'

I bet mojo is right tho, that it was shot and processed footage that was originally called 'in the can'.

Now that we all have Turtle Recall, a mix/edit is never really done, is it?

mojobone wrote:Now that we all have Turtle Recall, a mix/edit is never really done, is it?

Yes, it's never done - you just stop!

I guess that's what deadlines were invented for.