When you’ve finished editing and are ready either to have the original camera negative
cut or to conform a workprint, it’s time to export a film list. Using the information in the
database, Cinema Tools translates the edits made in Final Cut Pro into information a
negative cutter can use as a guide. This information is provided in the form of a cut list.
A number of other lists that are useful for film can be exported with the cut list. All of
these lists, including the cut list, are called film lists.

One film list file can contain several related lists, including any of the following:

• Cut list: A list of edits and titling information (also known as an assemble list)

• Missing elements list: A list of any required information that could not be found in the

database

• Duplicate list: A list of duplicate usages of the same source material

• Optical list: A list for the effects printer, describing any transition, filter, and motion

effects

• Pull list: A list to aid the lab in pulling the required negative rolls

• Scene list: A list of all the scenes used in your program and the shots used in the opticals

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Generating Film Lists and Change
Lists