History Film / OneCutOfTheDead

* MarketBasedTitle: The Japanese film title's translation is "Don't Stop the Camera!", but this is changed in English speaking regions to "One Cut of the Dead," which is the name of the ShowWithinAShow.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Might as well be called ''OnceMoreWithClarity: The Movie''. It is shown later how all the horror scenes [[spoiler:are executed and how in some cases, a lot of improvisation was needed. Fittingly, the horror movie is in found footage form and the behind the scenes is shot as a conventional film.]]

!!Tropes

* AllPartOfTheShow: In the fictional ''One Cut of the Dead'', the characters are slow to realize that a real zombie outbreak has occurred because they're making a movie about zombies. [[spoiler: In the last act, the audience watching the live broadcast aren't aware that some of the things they're seeing are unscripted and real]].
* ChekhovsSkill: The makeup lady states that she studies self defense and demonstrates two martial arts moves, both of which she uses after she goes crazy. [[spoiler: This is done a second time when we see the actress watching self-defense videos before filming begins, and we see that she used these moves for real during the filming of the ShowWithinAShow]].

* ZombieApocalypse: This is what the ShowWithinAShow and [[ShowWithinAShow Show Within A Show Within A Show]] are about.

* AllPartOfTheShow: In the fictional ''One Cut of the Dead'', the characters are slow to realize that a real zombie outbreak has occurred because they're making a movie about zombies. In the last act, the audience watching the live broadcast aren't aware that some of the things they're seeing are unscripted and real.

* ChekhovsSkill: The makeup lady states that she studies self defense and demonstrates two martial arts moves, both of which she uses after she goes crazy. This is done a second time when we see the actress watching self-defense videos before filming begins, and we see that she used these moves for real during the filming of the ShowWithinAShow.

!!Tropes:

** The boom mike operator tries to slowly crawl outside in the background during a strange moment and then insists on leaving for no reason. [[spoiler:It turns out that he was nauseous from drinking the wrong beverage]].
** The two actors and makeup lady engage in strangely awkward conversation. [[spoiler:They're stalling for time while the production improvises]].
** The director shouts at the camera, "Don't stop filming!" even though it's not a diegetic camera. [[spoiler:He's the real director, and he's telling the booth to not cut away to an error screen]].
** The blood splattered on the camera due to CameraAbuse gets wiped away by a hand that emerges from behind the camera, even though it's not a diegetic camera. [[spoiler:This is a mistake in the film production, and the cameraman has no choice but to get rid of the splatter]].
** The camera gets knocked to the ground and eventually picked up again, even though it's not diegetic. [[spoiler:The cameraman threw out his back, so his assistant had to pick the camera up and replace him]].
** The director bursts out of a random door shouting his catchphrase "Action!" only to get beaten down. [[spoiler:This wasn't a planned appearance. He was just trying to stop his wife from improvising, but she beat him up instead]].
** When the male star and the makeup lady are fighting, the camera holds on the female star for a ''really'' long time, and she glances at the camera as she screams. [[spoiler:She's stalling for time as the real production staff subdue the actress playing the makeup lady]].
** The confrontation between the male star and female star repeats the fake-out romantic beat several times before concluding. [[spoiler:She's again stalling for time while the crew set up a human pyramid to replace the camera crane]].
** The camera work becomes very awkward and choppy as it cranes up. [[spoiler:The crew are passing the camera up a human pyramid because their crane broke]].
** Someone shouts "Cut!" just before the sequence ends. [[spoiler:This is the real director calling cut to the film]].
* ForegoneConclusion: The final act has a bit of this due to the structure of the story: [[spoiler:We know what will happen in front of the camera because we already saw it. The question is how and why everything happened the way it did]].

* GenreShift: The first 35 minutes are a pretty straight-up zombie horror movie. From then on, we shift to drama and even comedy [[spoiler: when we're shown all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans that plague the in-universe show]]

* HumanLadder: The broken crane is replaced this way, [[spoiler: with all the extras and almost the entire crew creating a massive pyramid]] to get the final shot.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Might as well be called OnceMoreWithClarity: The Movie. It is shown later how all the horror scenes [[spoiler: are executed and how in some cases, a lot of improvisation was needed. Fittingly, the horror movie is in found footage form and the behind the scenes is shot as a conventional film.]]

* ZombieApocalypse: This is what the ShowWithinAShow and [[ShowWithinAShow Show Within A Show Within A Show]] are about.

* AnAxeToGrind: Hand axes are the weapon of choice in both the fictional film and live broadcast.

* GenreShift: the first 35 minutes are a pretty straight-up zombie horror movie. From then on, we shift to drama and even comedy [[spoiler: when we're shown all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans that plague the in-universe show]]

A [[ForeignRemake French remake]] titled ''Coupez!'' (''Cut!''), directed by Creator/MichelHazanavicius and starring Creator/RomainDuris, came out in May 2022.

* HumanLadder: The broken crane is replaced this way, with [[spoiler: all the extras and almost the entire crew creating a massive pyramid]] to get the final shot.

* HumanLadder: The broken crane is replaced this way, with all the extras and almost the entire crew creating a massive pyramid to get the final shot.

''One Cut of the Dead'' (''Kamera o Tomeru na!'' "Don't Stop the Camera!") is a 2017 Japanese indie horror/comedy written and directed by first-time filmmaker Shin'ichirô Ueda and starring a cast of then-unknown actors.

The story begins with a camera crew filming an indie zombie flick in an abandoned warehouse, only for a real ZombieApocalypse to break out, causing the realism-obsessed director to insist that they keep filming. Things twist in unexpected directions from there.

Due to the twists and turns of the plot, beware of spoilers.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Might as well be called OnceWithClarity: The Movie. It is shown later how all the horror scenes [[spoiler: are executed and how in some cases, a lot of improvisation was needed.]]

Due to the twists and turns of the plot, be aware of spoilers.

''One Cut of the Dead'' (''Kamera o Tomeru na!'' "Don't Stop the Camera!") is a 2017 indie horror/comedy written and directed by first-time filmmaker Shin'ichirô Ueda and starring a cast of then-unknown actors.

* {{Kiai}}: Harumi demonstrates a self defense move that requires you to shout "Pom!" in the process. When the actors ask about it, she explains that it startles the opponent and empowers her move. When she's seen earlier watching a video demonstrating the move, the instructor is quite specific about shouting "Pom!"

** Someone shouts "Cut!" just before the film ends. [[spoiler:This is the real director calling cut to the film]].

** When the male star and the camera lady are fighting, the camera holds on the female star for a ''really'' long time, and she glances at the camera as she screams. [[spoiler:She's stalling for time as the real production staff subdue the actress playing the makeup lady]].

** The blood splattered on the camera due to CameraAbuse gets wiped away from a hand from behind the camera, even though it's not a diegetic camera. [[spoiler:This is a mistake in the film production, and the cameraman has no choice but to get rid of it]].