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The negative cutter assembles the original film
They match the edit list to the camera negative and cement each shot in order The cutter works from the editor's decision list and finds the exact frames on the original rolls, often by eye and with a light. Cuts are made with a blade and joined using film cement or tape. A mistake here damages the irreplaceable master, so the work is slow and checked twice. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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The negative cutter assembles the original film: the short answers
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- They match the edit list to the camera negative and cement each shot in order. The figure is taken from BFI, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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