SMPTE Universal Film Leader

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1. wheres the beep at every seconed and the slate?
2. It may look authentic, but that does not mean that it is
   authentic. If the universal leader head counts all the way
   down to zero, then it does not abide by the SMPTE 55
   standard established by the Society of Motion Picture and
   Television Engineers.
3. That YouTube one that goes all the way to zero sure LOOKS
   authentic, though. I understand the technical reason it
   can't be a proper leader, but it clearly isn't some fake
   thing someone threw together on their computer. You can
   tell it's real. What it was used for, or how it was used,
   is what puzzles me.
4. I believe you're supposed to reply to
   "dewoutwoody15." However, any leader that counts down all
   the way to zero is not a proper film leader.
5. I just found one here on youtube with countdown to ''0''.
   Don't know if it's what you're looking for though. Shall I
   send the link here? It will probably show up as a spam then
   =/
6. Counts that stop at 3 is Academy and 3 counts represent two
   seconds. Counts that stop at 2 is SMPTE (Society of Motion
   Picture and Television Engineers) and each count represents
   one second. You are given two seconds before the actual
   start of the program for whatever you need to do to the
   film, which is why Academy stops at 3 and SMPTE stops at
   2. The 1 kHz beep is for synchronization; the sound must
   line up with the briefly visible 3 or 2 to ensure the sound
   stays lined up with the visuals.
7. It's supposed to stop right at 2.
8. does anybody know if there's a countdown to zero? they all
   stop at 3 or 2.
9. The aspect ratio is the height and width of the frame of
   film. 16mm is 3:4 or 3 units high by 4 units wide. 35mm is
   1:1.85 or 1.85 times wider than high. HD video is 1:1.77 and
   NTSC TV is 3:4 as is 16mm film. Panavision or widescreen is
   1:2.44. Sound speed for all film formats is 24 frames per
   second. 16mm film has 40 frames per foot and 35mm has 16
   frames per foot. There are 1440 frames in 1 minute of
   animation and around 115,200 frames of animation in a
   feature film.
10. Type of and Aspect Ratio are labels that haven't been filled
    in by the film conformer. They seldom are. The 0000 and
    XXXX indicate the frame offset advance of the sound track
    from the picture which is indicated by the "bullseye" on the
    U-leader. The optical sound track is 26 frames ahead of the
    picture on 16mm. That puts the sound on the optical reader
    head at the same time the corresponding picture frame is in
    the aperture of the projector gate, which puts the picture
    and sound in sync.
11. Universal Leader is called that because it is used for 35mm
    and 16mm film prints and is still used today on film prints.
    The "2 pop" is the que for the projectionist to open the
    aperture or TV master control operator to "take" the show.
    The picture doesn't start at 1, but actually 0. SMPTE
    stands for Society of Motion Picture and Television
    Engineers, which establishes all technical standards for the
    film and broadcast television industry. The aspect ratio is
    the height and width of a frame.
12. what does "type of aspect 0000" mean?
13. splice here
14. not from premiere, this one says SMPTE film leader (or
    something like that) the adobe one says Adobe universal
    leader. This is real
15. Its stilled used everyday if you work in TV
16. All TV head real counters stop at 2 so you have enough black
    to mark in the video, Its a tech video thing
17. They all do. 1 is the start of the picture
18. Why does it end at 2?
19. Taken from Adobe Premiere CS3... Comon?
20. Funny if some schools bother keeping that stuff at all. My
    district just junked most of it a decade ago.
21. They're still used in some schools to show educational films
    that aren't on video. I remember watching a film about
    Africa in 2000 or 2001, and last year (07) we watched a
    (surprisingly well acted for the 70's) film about descision
    making in sex ed.
22. where u get this file?
23. thanks! it's very good countdown ^^
24. Oh well, I'm 30 on the other hand, so I had it more.
25. actually im 16 and we did watch films in class about animals
    and such