from the IMDB Glossary
Negative Cutter
A person who matches the negative of a movie and conforms (matches) it to
the final version of the film as decided by the _filmmakers_
(http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/F#filmmakers) . From this negative the _print_
(http://www.imdb.com/Glossary/P#print) s are made.


From what I understand, and someone will correct me if I'm way off, the
negative cutter organizes the "raw" recordings into the final cut. So, after
hundreds of hours worth of "film", and pre and post and finish and whatever,
when the director says "I want this part here, and then this part, and
then the close-up of his face, and then the reverse, and then camera C, and
then camera A, and then the overhead", the negative takes the whatever (film,
negatives, digital files) and arranges them in order.

In practice, the finesse probably comes from maybe the way in which one
cut switches to another (I'm sure it's not always a sudden flip).

As for noticing it, that's the big joke. Virtually anybody worth anything
will say that you can't notice the negative cutter's work any more than you
can notice the lunch-truck'As for noticing it, that's the big joke.
Virtually anybody worth anything will say that you can't notice the negative
cutter's work any more than you can notice the lunch-truck'<WBR>s work, or the
accountant's work. But of all the great movies and really emotionally fun
and entertaining movies, they tend to be Mo Henry's work. Now, maybe it's not
that we notice Mo's work; maybe it's that when good movies are made, they
hire the best negative cutters. Maybe Mo turns down jobs with inferior
movies. Maybe

More importantly, the negative cutter is really the queen of the universe
-- a title we still await in the credits.

Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: Wendy "Flew the Coop Aviary and Art Studio"
To: _mohenryfanclub@mohenryfanclmoh_
(mailto:mohenryfanclub@yahoogroups.com)
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:13 PM
Subject: [Mo Henry Fan Club] Negative cutting

Ok, I've been a Mo fan for years now. But I have to say, I really don't
quite get what a negative cutter is and how you can see the results of their
work.What should I be looking for? I've always just delighted in waiting
till the end of the credits to see her name come up (though I was certain she
was a he for the longest time LOL ) I hate to look this stupid but I can't
help it-how can you see the difference between negative cutters?
Thanks, Wendy

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