Meaning

2 senses
  1. The second of three stages of offline editing of a film, recognizable as a conventional film but having notable defects such as incomplete narrative flow and missing visual or sound effects.

  2. A poor quality reproduction of an illustration in a printed work.

More definitions
  • the first print of a movie after preliminary editing

Origin

From the early days of filmmaking when film stock was physically cut and reassembled.

From the early days of filmmaking when film stock was physically cut and reassembled.

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Forms

plural: rough cuts
Singularrough cut
Pluralrough cuts

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