History Film / FinalCut

* DoingItForTheArt: Played InUniverse in ''Final Cut''. Rémi, despite his creed in making cheap movies, takes the filming of ''Z'' seriously and doesn't want to mock his audience.
** Like her father, Johanna takes cinema seriously and asks for a child actor to genuinely cry instead of using fake tears.

* ExcitedShowTitle: Applies to French title, ''Coupez!''

'''For clarity's sake, this page specifies if a trope is related to the film ''Z'' or ''Final Cut''. Additionally, due to the ShowWithinAShow nature of ''Final Cut'', there are more plot-related tropes in the Trivia tab.'''

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: In ''Z'', the entire crew is dead, except for Chinatsu who may have been infected]].

''Z'' is a film directed by Rémi Bouillon. Rémi (Romain Duris) is a director whose motto is "fast, not too expensive, middle of the road". Thanks to his producer friend Mounir, he is asked to direct the French remake of a Japanese B-movie which was a success in its native country (one catch is that the movie will be shot live for the premiere of a streaming platform). Rémi is reluctant, but in an effort to please his daughter, he accepts.

** In ''Final Cut'', Rémi has a picture of him with his daughter riding on his shoulder and holding a camera. [[spoiler: During the last minutes of ''Z'', this picture gives Johanna the idea to make a human pyramid in order for the aerial shot to happen]].

* FlyawayShot: The last shot of ''Z'' shows [[spoiler: Chinatsu]] standing over a bloody pentagram as the camera lifts off. [[spoiler: A crane was supposed to be used for this shot, but it got accidentally destroyed. On Johanna's idea, the crew decides to build a human pyramid as a replacement]].

* LikeParentLikeChild: Rémi and Johanna share a similar passion for filmmaking and being bossy about it.

** In ''Final Cut'', Johanna is off to her job as a crew assistant, telling their parents that her current project is "a mix between Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/FrancisFordCoppola".
** Johanna cites Raphaël as "the French Creator/AdamDriver".

** When Johanna talks about her mother's acting to Mounir, she tells him about that one time where Nadia had a minor role in a Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme and actually broke the actor's wrist due to her acting issues.

* BadInfluencer: Downplayed in 'Final Cut' with Ava who is clingy about anything in the shooting that could affect her appearance and thus her social media image.

* ShoutOut: In ''Final Cut'', Johanna is off to her job as a crew assistant, telling their parents that her current project is "a mix between Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/FrancisFordCoppola".

* AnAxeToGrind: What was originally a prop for the filming of ''Z'' turns out to be the weapon of choice for the survivors.

''Final Cut'' (originally titled ''Coupez !'' in French) is a French comedy directed by Creator/MichelHazanavicius. It is a [[ForeignRemake French remake]] of the Japanese film ''Film/OneCutOfTheDead''.

''Z'' is a film directed by Rémi Bouillon. Rémi (played by Creator/RomainDuris) is a director whose motto is "fast, not too expensive, middle of the road". Thanks to his producer friend Mounir, he is asked to direct the French remake of a Japanese B-movie which was a success in its native country (one catch is that the movie will be shot live for the premiere of a streaming platform). Rémi is reluctant, but in an effort to please his daughter, he accepts.

* PracticalEffects: They are obligatory in the context of ''Z'' since the film is shot live in one long shot. [[However, the vomit of Hosoda is real since Philippe drank bottles of sake before the start of the shooting]].

* ApocalypticLog: In ''Z'', [[spoiler: Higurashi]] records his last moments [[before getting axed to death by Chinatsu]].

** The axe of "Z". First mentionned as a dangerous prop [[spoiler: and later proven to be useful as a zombie-killing/murdering weapon]].
** In ''Final Cut'', Rémi has a picture of him with her daughting riding on his shoulder and holding a camera. [[spoiler: During the last minutes of ''Z'', this picture gives Johanna the idea to make a human pyramid in order for the aerial shot to happen]].

* ExcitedShowTitle

* ForeignRemake: Both as a trivia trope and an InUniverse example. This is the French remake of the Japanese film ''Film/OneCutOfTheDead''. In ''Final Cut'', Rémi adapts ''Z'' in a french setting until Miss Matsuda asks for the script to be identical to the original film (to the point that the french cast has to use the original Japanese names for their characters, much to their confusion).

* KilledMidSentence: In ''Z'', [[spoiler: Higurashi]] films himself telling a final speech before getting interrupted and axed by [[spoiler: Chinatsu]] who complains about him being too long.

* OneWordTitle: The french title of the film (''Cut!'') can be viewed as a response to the french title of Film/OneCutOfTheDead (''Don't Cut'').

* {{Pun}}: A french-exclusive pun in ''Final Cut'' is how Raphaël's character is named Ken (which is a Japanese common name, but also french slang for fornicating). This leads to scenes where Ava's lines implicate that she doesn't want to have sex when actually, she just doesn't want to be with Ken.

** In ''Final Cut'', Nadia takes acting way too seriously (and it's the reason why she hasn't played in a movie for years). [[spoiler: She beats up Raphaël thanks to her krav maga skills and has to be knocked out so that the filming can continue.]]
* ShoutOut: In ''Final Cut'', Johanna is off to her work as a crew assistant, telling their parents that her current project is "a mix between Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/FrancisFordCoppola".

* TitleDrop: As Chinatsu [[spoiler: axes Higurashi to death]], she yells "Cut!" (which is the french title of the film).

''Z'' is a film directed by Rémi Bouillon.

Rémi (played by Creator/RomainDuris) is a director whose motto is "fast, not too expensive, middle of the road". Thanks to his producer friend Mounir, he is asked to direct the French remake of a Japanese B-movie which was a success in its native country (one catch is that the movie will be shot live for the premiere of a streaming platform). Rémi is reluctant, but in an effort to please his daughter, he accepts.

Not to be confused with ''Film/TheFinalCut'' starring Creator/RobinWilliams or the [[Music/TheFinalCut Pink Floyd album.

Not to be confused with ''Film/TheFinalCut'' starring Creator/RobinWilliams.

** ''Z'' counts InUniverse as well.

* DoingItForTheArt: Rémi, despite his creed in making cheap movies, takes the filming of ''Z'' seriously and doesn't want to mock his audience.
** Like her father, Johanna takes cinema seriously and asks for a child actor to genuinely cry instead of using fake tears.

Rémi is a director whose motto is "fast, not too expensive, middle of the road". Thanks to his producer friend Mounir, he is asked to direct the french remake of a japanese B-movie which was a success in its native country (one catch is that the movie will be shot live for the premiere of a streaming platform). Rémi is reluctant, but in an effort to please his daughter, he accepts.