| The printing
leaders on your A and B rolls and photographic sound
negative provide necessary information to you and
the laboratory personnel. Following the recommendation
practice for preparation and making leaders minimizes
the chance for misunderstanding or error. Although
the description of how to prepare and mark leaders
may seem complex in words, in practice it becomes
a relatively easy process. Referring to the illustration
while reading the text and preparing the leaders
makes the routine much easier. Picture
Head Leaders (Figure 11a - Head Leaders)
Place the beginning of the work print in the synchronizer
along with two lengths of single perf white leader
at least 18 feet long. If you have more than A
and B rolls of picture, add another length of
white leader for each additional picture roll.
Roll forward until the "Edit
Sync" mark on your work print leader is in
the synchronizer. Mark the picture roll leaders
on the same frame as the "Edit Sync"
mark on the work print and label them "Printer
Start". Set your synchronizer to zero on
this frame. Roll forward exactly 9 feet, to 9
feet 0 frames on your synchronizer. Place 3 "x"s
across this frame on each picture roll. Roll forward
exactly 26 more frames, to the frame that is 9
feet and 26 frames from your "Printer Start"
zero frame. Mark this frame with 3 dots on each
picture roll. These marks will later serve to
line up your photographic sound negative in projection
sync.
Now roll forward to exactly
12 feet on the synchronizer. This will bring you
to the "Picture Start" frame in the
Universal leader on you work print. Splice a new
Universal leader into your B roll in sync with
the Universal leader in your work print. Place
an equal amount of black leader in the same place
on your remaining picture rolls.
As a final check, the "2"
frame of the Universal leaders should fall at
15 feet and 24 frames from the "Printer Start"
zero, and the first frame of your picture will
be 16 feet and 32 frames.
Continue by conforming your
originals to the work print from this point, with
your first scene on the A roll. topˆ
Picture
Tail Leaders (Figure 11b - Tail Leaders)
After the last scene of your film, splice a Universal
tail leader into the roll opposite the last scene,
in sync with the Universal tail leader in your
work print, and an equal amount of black leader
into the same place on the remaining picture rolls.
Splice at least 16 feet of single perf white leader
onto each roll. Zero your synchronizer on the
frame marker "Finish" in the Universal
tail leader. Roll forward to exactly 3 feet zero
frames on the synchronizer, and again place 3
"x"s across each picture frame at this
point. Roll forward 26 more frames, to 3 feet
26 frames on the synchronizer, and place 3 dots
on each picture roll at this point. Continue rolling
forward to exactly 12 feet and zero frames on
the synchronizer and mark each picture roll with
a large X and label "Printer End". This
will be in sync with the "Tail Edit Sync"
frame on your work print. Roll forward another
4 feet and cut off the white leader on each picture
roll at 16 feet and zero frames. Now splice 2
feet of single perf black leader to the end of
each roll. topˆ
Sound
Head Leaders (Figure 11a - Head Leaders)
Place the "Beep" on the photographic
sound negative in sync with the "2"
frame of the Universal leader in the synchronizer.
Roll backwards (toward the head) to the splice
between the Universal leader and the white leader
on your picture rolls. Splice at least 18 feet
of single perf white leader to the head of the
track here. Continue rolling toward the head until
you reach the three dots across the picture frames.
At this frame, mark the track with three "x"s
in the track area. Roll further toward the head
until you reach the "Printer Start"
frame on the picture. Now zero your synchronizer
forward (toward tails) to 0 feet and 26 frames,
and place a large "X" on this frame
of the track leader. Mark this frame "Printer
Start". The "Printer Start" frame
of the track will now be 26 frames behind the
"Printer Start" frames of the picture
rolls to allow for projection sync. topˆ
Sound
Tail Leaders (Figure 11b - Tail Leaders)
Wind to the tail of the show, and again splice
white leader to the photographic sound negative
at the same place as the white leader was spliced
to the picture rolls. Across from the three dots
on the picture roll, mark three "x"s
in the track area of the sound negative. Continue
on toward the tail. Set the synchronizer to zero
at the "Printer End" frame on the picture
rolls, and again roll toward the tail to 0 feet
and 26 frames. Mark this frame on the track with
a large "X" and label it "Printer
End". Splice on 2 feet of black leader just
as you did on the picture rolls to finish the
job. topˆ
Identifying
the Leaders
Mark the white leaders at the head and tail of
each roll with the information shown in the illustration:
Head and Tail, Roll designation, Type of film,
Title and Producer. On the photographic sound
negative, mark the type, and wind of the track.
Note that the print-through
data should appear only on the roll that does
not have the Universal leader. topˆ |
