Editing Outtake (section)

==Film==
An outtake is any [[take]] of a movie or a [[Television show|television program]] that is removed or otherwise not used in the final cut. Some of these takes are humorous mistakes made in the process of filming (commonly known to American audiences as [[blooper]]s). Multiple takes of each [[Shot (filmmaking)|shot]] are always taken, for safety. Due to this, the number of outtakes a film has will always vastly outnumber the takes included in the edited, finished product.

An outtake may also be a complete version of a [[Sound recording and reproduction|recording]] that is dropped in favor of another version.

Often outtakes can be found as special features on [[DVD]]s and [[Blu-ray]]s. Purpose-made "outtakes" can also be found playing over [[Closing credits|credits]] at the end of a film or TV program. Well known examples of this are [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]] films, although in the latter only three movies were made with such as (''[[A Bug's Life]]'', ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' and ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''). [[Pixar]] films, being [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]], do not feature "real" outtakes, but rather staged ones in which the [[animation]] features "mistakes".

Outtakes may also enter [[stock footage]] libraries and appear in future productions. For example, ''[[Don't Tell Everything]]'' (1921) started as an outtake from ''[[The Affairs of Anatol]]'' (1921) and was then expanded with additional footage.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DontTellEverything1921.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: ''Don't Tell Everything'' |access-date=5 July 2009|work=Silent Era}}</ref>

It is generally considered that the inclusion of outtakes in a film's finished product started with ''[[Hooper (film)|Hooper]]'' (1978), helmed by stunt-man-turned-director [[Hal Needham]] and starring [[Burt Reynolds]]. Needham decided to include outtakes in the film's end credit scrawl to highlight alternate camera angles for the impressive [[Stunt|stunts]] performed for the movie. Needham also interspersed [[Comedy|comedic]] outtakes of the actors as well.

The inclusion was so successful with fans that Needham continued to insert comedic outtakes in his future directorial efforts such as ''[[Smokey & The Bandit 2]]'' (1980), ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' (1981), ''[[Stroker Ace]]'' (1983) and ''[[Cannonball Run 2]]'' (1984).

===Criticism===
Film [[critic]] [[Gene Siskel]] has been critical of outtakes being played over a film's credits, saying of the film ''[[Liar Liar]]'':<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMJLU_KAxDU YouTube clip] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626043657/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMJLU_KAxDU |date=26 June 2014 }}</ref>

<blockquote>This picture ends over the credits with outtakes. I hate that. I don't even care if they're funny, I still hate it because to me it's almost like an act of desperation from the filmmakers saying "Well we're not sure if we made a funny picture, but we're gonna throw this stuff in and we'll leave you laughing on the way out."</blockquote>