recut

Trim once more

Recut means to cut again, whether literally or figuratively.

A gemstone may be recut to improve its brilliance or remove a flaw.

More commonly, recut describes editing film or video footage differently from a previous version: The director's recut of the film restored twenty minutes of deleted scenes.

As a noun, a recut is the resulting new version.

The term appears frequently in discussions of alternate film edits, director's cuts, and fan-made re-edits.

gemstone

facet

Plane on cut stone

clarity · carat · pavilion · girdle · crown · table · symmetry · sparkle · refraction · fire

editing

splice

Join end to end

  • trimRemove unwanted edges
  • sequenceOrdered succession of elements
  • montageAssembled sequence of images

cutaway · dissolve · fade · scene · take · clip · timeline · continuity · transition · pacing

film

alternate ending

Changed story conclusion

restoration · remaster · special edition · unrated version · collector's edition · workprint · footage · outtakes · screening · runtime

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Opposites
editing sequence

recutrough cut

Unfinished film version

first pass · theatrical cut

editorial action

recutpreserve

Protect from loss

retain · maintain · unaltered

modification status

recutunedited

Not yet corrected

unaltered · untouched · original · preserved · intact

Family

cut, cutting, shortcut, uncut, cutter, undercut, cutlet, cuttable, overcut

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G