final cut
Director's approved edit
Final cut is the authority to approve a film's finished version.
Directors with final cut can override studio executives on editing decisions.
Without it, producers may recut footage against the filmmaker's wishes.
She negotiated final cut into her contract.
The term also names the completed version itself: The final cut runs three hours.
After-the-shoot work phase
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
- footageRecorded video material
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
transition · trimming · scene · continuity · pace · timeline · dailies · color grading
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- selectionChosen item or items
last word · determination · outcome · choice · conclusion · resolution · decree · adjudication
post-production
After-the-shoot work phase
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- splicingConnecting by interweaving ends
- footageRecorded video material
sequence · transition · trimming · scene · continuity · pace · timeline · dailies · color grading · soundtrack
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
selection · last word · determination · outcome · choice · conclusion · resolution · decree · adjudication · deliberation
- film industryfilm studios, film production, film distribution, Hollywood, Bollywood
- Film Productiondirector, producer, editor, cameraman, crew
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- HollywoodHollywood, Tinseltown, Hollywood Sign, silver screen, movie stars
- showbizHollywood, Bollywood, Tinseltown, backstage, behind the scenes
- productiondirectors, pre-production, producers, production, cameras
final cutrough cut
Unfinished film version
rough draft · raw footage · first draft · rough edit · workprint
cut, fine, final, finally, finesse, finale, finalize, finer, finalized