Idiom
final cut
Meaning
In the movie industry, the final released version of a film.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The director always wants control of the final cut.”
“She watches the final cut before the film goes to theaters.”
“The studio executives hate the final cut of the new horror movie.”
“After months of editing, the studio finally approved the final cut for release.”
“The lead actor was surprised to see that his favorite scene was removed from the final cut of the movie.”
“Even though the documentary is finished, the editor is still making small changes to the final cut for the festival.”
“The young filmmaker agreed to a lower salary just to ensure the contract gave him total creative power over the final cut.”
“Despite pressure from producers to shorten the ending, the veteran filmmaker insisted on sole authority over the final cut, preserving his original vision.”
Examples
simple
“The director always wants control of the final cut.”
“She watches the final cut before the film goes to theaters.”
“The studio executives hate the final cut of the new horror movie.”
contextual
“After months of editing, the studio finally approved the final cut for release.”
“The lead actor was surprised to see that his favorite scene was removed from the final cut of the movie.”
“Even though the documentary is finished, the editor is still making small changes to the final cut for the festival.”
“The young filmmaker agreed to a lower salary just to ensure the contract gave him total creative power over the final cut.”
complex
“Despite pressure from producers to shorten the ending, the veteran filmmaker insisted on sole authority over the final cut, preserving his original vision.”
Origin
From the era of physical cinema film, when strips of celluloid recording various scenes and takes were manually cut into pieces and spliced together to form a composite reel. The term denotes the completion of this mechanical process, after which no further alterations to the physical medium are made.
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