cutting room floor
Something edited or taken out... Part of the original work that's gone missing in the finished product.In the days before we had
uber-cool computers, film and music had to be edited "by hand"... This involved taking actual recorded tape or developed film, cutting it to remove or insert the bit in question, and then
splicing the tape or film for use. The bits cut out would end up, at least temporarily, on the cutting room floor.
cutting room floor
by ke6isf on Jul 24, 2004 12:51:04
1) Where certain parts of a film wind up during editing for one reason or another - could be
bloopers, or could be stuff that didn't add to the film in the
director's opinion.
2) The usual description used on a DVD for
the section where such bits wind up - assuming, of course, they put it on the disk.
cutting room floor
by Anonymous on Jul 25, 2004 09:04:07
An term used to define parts of a movie or TV show that do not make it into the final product.
There are various reasons a scene might be 'cut'. Time
constraints,
the producers feeling it doesen't fit or simply not liking the scene for various reasons.
Sometimes releases of a movie are made with cut scenes inserted.
Example:
They had a great
scene in this movie where
the main character comes to
terms with his past. Unfortunatly, it didn't make it past the cutting room floor.