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

I've found it to be more of a gut feeling than anything else. If there is a more

technical reason, I do not know it.



> To: mohenryfanclub@yahoogroups.com

> From: waylonduck@...

> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:13:42 +0000

> 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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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'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 Mo only permits her name to be used in

the good ones.  I don't know.  But, all that said, I really hope the next movie

I see is a Mo Henry movie.  I guess I'll find out this weekend.



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@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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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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Wow! Thanks everyone.

And, yes, I totally agree: Queen of the Universe should most definatly be Mo's

title.

Absolutely.

Wendy