rough cutting
Initial material removal
Rough cutting is the initial stage of editing film or video, where footage is assembled in approximate sequence without fine-tuning.
The goal is to establish basic structure and pacing before detailed work begins.
A rough cut shows the shape of the final piece but lacks polish: We're still in the rough cutting phase, so ignore the temp music.
- trimmingCutting away excess
- sawingSlicing with toothed blade
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- table sawStationary power cutting tool
- shapingGiving something its form
lumber · blade · jagged · coarse · timber · preliminary · sketch · edit · footage · film editing · assembly · raw · unfinished · shearing · choppy · raw footage · snipping · pruning