Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/13

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Subject: [Leica] OT: movie question, with apologies
From: durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)
Date: Fri May 13 17:58:34 2005
References: <20050513031953.GE26105@panix.com>

It used to be called "Academy Leader" and is often referred to as such. 
  I think technically it is SMPTE leader because that is the 
organization who designed the common form.

Mike D

Rei Shinozuka wrote:
> sorry, but i could not go to sleep without knowing this:
> 
> to those hollywood veterans out there; what is the industry term 
> for that countdown number in the middle of a circle, with a
> sort of second hand sweeping around 360 degrees as the number counts 
> down to zero and the footage begins?
> 
> -rei
> 
> 

Replies: Reply from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] OT: movie question, with apologies)
In reply to: Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] OT: movie question, with apologies)