Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Cut stages & review versions · Working

Fine cut

Also called: refined cut

ELI5

A later edit with detailed timing, performance, sound and structural refinements approaching approval.

Used in conversation

“The fine cut changes the audience’s experience, so judge it against the whole scene.”

Pitch context

This names a document, asset or development step that can appear in a pitch package.

Why it matters: Explains how recorded material becomes a finished, approved and technically deliverable work.

Connected terms

  • Picture lockA fine cut is highly refined; picture lock means timing changes should stop because downstream work depends on it.
  • Rough cutA common picture-post progression.
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