Director's Cut Meme Template
The Director's Cut meme is used when a small job that took forever. The extended, three-hour version of a tiny everyday task, described like a film release.
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How the Director's Cut meme works
- What it means
- The extended, three-hour version of a tiny everyday task, described like a film release.
- Use it when
- A small job that took forever.
- Also called
- Director's cut, director's cut, extended cut, extended edition
- How popular
- Number 135 of the 257 formats in our library, ranked by how often each is captioned and how often business accounts use it.
Its captions
- 1.The long version of a small thingup to 110 characters
- 2.Small line underneath (optional)up to 40 characters
Every picture here is our own recreation of the format: the same layout, pose and joke, drawn with generic people. None is the original meme photo, and none shows a celebrity or the person from the original. Some formats are drawn with text and shapes only.
Director's Cut meme examples for 13 industries
The same format, captioned for each kind of business. Open an industry for its other memes.
Real estate version - “Opening a lockbox: four digits, three tries and one small prayer”
- “Runtime: nine minutes.”
Dental version - “A 'just a few questions' after a cleaning: a holiday itinerary, the dog's diet, two cousins' molars”
- “Runtime: 22 minutes over”
Gym version - “Turning on the TVs: 14 remotes, 2 dead batteries and one channel stuck on the weather”
- “Runtime: 40 minutes.”
Hair salon version - “Booking a haircut: 14 texts, one photo, a reschedule and "what time do you open?"”
- “Runtime: nine days.”
Med spa version - “Booking one facial: 14 texts, 3 reschedules and a "wait, what time is it again?"”
- “Runtime: five days.”
Marketing version - “Getting one logo approved: seven rounds, four stakeholders, one font nobody noticed”
- “Runtime: the entire quarter”
Small business version - “Locking up: lights, alarm, door, back in for the phone, alarm again”
- “Runtime: 40 minutes”
Ecommerce version - “Replying 'it's on its way' to one customer: three hours, four tracking pages, one apology”
- “Runtime: the whole afternoon”
SaaS version - “Merging a one-line fix: lint, tests, review, rebase, tests again, deploy, rollback”
- “Runtime: five days”
Startup version - “One investor update: nine drafts, two hours on the first line”
- “Runtime: your whole weekend”
Agency version - “Exporting a deck: PDF, smaller PDF, PDF with notes, PDF that opens on their phone”
- “Runtime: all afternoon”
Coaching version - “Writing one follow-up email after a session: draft, delete, add a warm line, delete the warm line”
- “Runtime: one lunch break”
Content creator version - “Picking a thumbnail: forty versions, one whole afternoon, then the first one”
- “Runtime: a full Sunday”
How to make a Director's Cut meme
- Open the free meme generator with this template.
- Write the 2 captions above, a few words each, keeping to what the format means.
- Press Make my meme and download the JPG. No signup and no watermark.
- To have it written for your brand, Content Drifter suggests three memes from a topic you type, then schedules the one you pick.
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Frequently asked questions
What does the Director's Cut meme mean?
The extended, three-hour version of a tiny everyday task, described like a film release.
When should I use the Director's Cut meme?
When a small job that took forever. It fits the irony and relatable kind of joke.
How do I caption the Director's Cut meme?
It has one caption: the long version of a small thing (up to 110 characters). Keep each to a few words so the meme reads in a second.
Can I use the Director's Cut meme for my business?
This format is drawn with text and shapes only, with no one else’s picture in it. Keep the caption honest and free of real people.
A Director's Cut meme about your business
Type what the joke is about. Content Drifter writes the captions in your brand’s voice on this format and two others, and schedules the one you like.
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