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 Post subject: Negative cutting
PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:49 am 
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Hi

I have been asked to let you know that i am still neg cutting in the UK if aybody needs me.



Established in 1971
Professional Negative Cutting Ltd
The Cutting Room, 2 The Ridgeway, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 4NQ
Tel 01732 354267 steve@negcut.com 07949 177427 mobile

Contrary to rumor we are still trading please see below 

After 39 years of trading and with the move to digital technology PNC has now moved out of central London to Tonbridge in Kent. Tonbridge is only an hour from Soho and 1 hour 15 minutes from the Deluxe and Pinewood etc which makes it the ideal base for us and means we can still offer an fast response to those urgent requests.

We offer a collection and delivery service to all companies in the UK via our van service and via Fedex to the rest of the world.

This move made in response to the high rents in London and requests from our customers for me not to retire just yet. This was the only way to continue as the gaps between jobs gets bigger. I am happy to set up a cutting room at the studios or the laboratories for major pictures should the production company require me too.

My negative management service has now become a major part of my services on offer along with our traditional negative cutting service, with more post production being carried out in UK on overseas produced productions the requirement for the negative to be visually examined, logged and crossed checked, well in advance of cutting or scanning the negative has become vital .

Once the negative has been logged and checked, your cutting copy or EDL can be translated into cut lists ready for negative cutting in to either frame accurate cut negative for printing or for scanning via overlength selects or whole slates.

All formats are catered for, 16mm, 35mm 2 perf, 3 perf, 4 perf, final conform EDL’s can be produced in PAL 24/25, NTSC drop and non-drop film formats.

Some producers do question our costs, but we always point out that the original master negative is THE FILM, this service is seen by many of our customers as a form of insurance, as any issues with the negative and any potential extra costs that may occur later in the post production can be resolved very early in post and at a much lower cost and while there is time to do so.

I also offer an archive negative cutting service after final video mastering if it’s part of the delivery requirement.



Credits include

Slumdog Millionaire, 10,000 BC, Narnia, Mr Bean’s holiday, The Decent 2,
This Side of Truth, V for Vendetta, Eragon, Cracks, Match Point, Cassandra’s Dream, Batman Begins, Inkheart, Midsomer Murders, Goal 1, Goal 2, Goal 3, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven, House of Saddam, My Zinc Bed, Princess K, Doomsday. King Arthur, Never Let Me Go. The Invention of Lying, The Special Relationship. Glorious 1939.

Plus a few productions I have forgotten about over the last 39 years, although I am a youngster as I have only been here for 35 years.





Steve Farman 07949 177427 mobile steve@negcut.com

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 Post subject: Re: Negative cutting
PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:00 pm 
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Steve, can you slit a super 8 200' print for me. It is two film that have not been separated.

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 Post subject: Re: Negative cutting
PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:13 pm 
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Dan-- that triggers some memories. I had an 8mm slitter from the way old days when I would buy film from Superior Bulk Film Company out of Chicago and process it myself. They had a "kit" that included all the chemicals and a small slitter that cut the double 25' reel of 8mm film in half. It had to be the cheapest device ever: a block of wood, painted silver, with a razor in the middle, but it worked. I still have those 8mm films (black and white).


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 Post subject: Re: Negative cutting
PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 5:16 am 
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Dan,
Wrong kind of "cutting" !
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 Post subject: Re: Negative cutting
PostPosted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:37 pm 
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Dan, couldn't a film such as that be slit by any lab that still processes reg 8 camera stock?

Out my way I'd figure a couple phone calls would turn up a solution to this; don't have any idea where the nearest lab is in your neck of the woods.


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 Post subject: Re: Negative cutting
PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:24 pm 
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Bill, I'm thinking there might be a way to make a rig with a sharp blade and slit them myself. Chris Smith spoke of a sltter he had years ago that consisted of a piece of wood and a blade.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:27 pm 
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Ah, I see -- there's a quantity involved and you want to have this as an ongoing possibility.

Sometime in the next several weeks I might have a chance to see what a lab slitter looks like. I'll let you know if I do.


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