American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

16MM PRINTING LEADERS Continued from Page 347 phone call. hen he came back, later, he didn’t think he'd advanced the track, so he advanced it another 26 frames — and again was called away before labeling it. But, this time, as he left, he told one of his men to “mark the printing sync” — which the man understood to mean advance-and-label. So. the track was advanced another 26 frames. When the print was made it had one of the longest sound introduc¬ tions on record and was way out of sync. The other part of the problem has to do with terminology. Edit Sync, Dead Sync, Straight Across Sync, etc. all seem to mean the same thing — the sound edited in a synchronizer to exactly and properly match the picture rolls. Similarly, Printer Sync, Printing Sync, Projection Sync, Married Sync all mean that this sync mark indicates the sound track has been advanced 26 frames, ready for printing. Now, most all laboratories will ac¬ cept 16mm films edited and marked in any manner the producer prefers and will do their best to understand, and fill the order correctly. But. in the interest of clarity and to make life easier for all concerned, it is recommended that you use these: 1. Edit Sync for the straight-across photo-and-sound roll match in the synchronizer. 2. Print (or Printing) Sync for the 26 frame advance for printing, marked on the sound roll leader only. 3. If there’s any question at all, mark Edit Sync only — On both the picture and sound rolls — and let the laboratory advance the track and mark it for printing sync. Condensed and reprinted by permission of General Film Laboratories from Rewind, the company’s monthly publication for film producers.— editor. 16MM COLOR and B-&-W Processing and Printing A&B Roll Conforming Sound Transferring Write For Complete Price List MIDWESTERN FILM LAB 161 W. Huron St., Chicago, III. Phone: 664-8410 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page American Cinematographer Manual . . . . 351 Arriflex Corp. of Amer . .315, 331 Bauch-Auricon, Inc . . 323 Birns & Sawyer Cine Equip _ 329 Byron 4th Cover Camera Equipment Co., Inc _ _ 326, 353, 358, 360 Camera Mart, Inc . ..318, 320, 364 Camera Service Center . 330 Chevereau _ 364 Cinekad Engineering Co. . . 362 Cinema Business Cards _ _ 364 Cleanall . 363 ColorTran Industries . . 363 Consolidated Film Ind _ _ 325 Detroit Film Center _ 339 Victor Duncan & Co . . . 339 Du Pont _ _ _ _ 3 1 7 Elgeet . 356 Farkas Film Co . 367 Film Effects of Hollywood. . 370 Filmline Corporation . . 365 Florman & Babb, Inc. 332, 359, 362, 365 Jack Frost . . . . . . 355 General Film Labs . . 319 W. J. German, Inc . .2nd Cover Hollywood Camera Co . 324 Hollywood Film Co. . . 357 Lab-TV . 328 Magnasync Corp. . . . 3rd Cover Ray Mercer & Co _ 362 Metal Masters . 370 Micro-Record Corp . 363 Midwestern Film Lab . 370 Miller Professional Equipment _ 354 Mitchell Camera Corp . 316 Mole-Richardson Company _ 361 Mole-Richardson European Service . 343 Moviola Mfg. Co . 334 National Cine Labs . . . 367 Paillard, Inc . 335 Pathe Products, Inc . 368 Pellegrini-Piek . 368 Photomart . 368 Photo Research Corp . 359 Precision Laboratories . 361 Professional Cine Prods . 367 Charles Ross, Inc . 321 S.O.S. Photo-Cine-Optics, Inc . 333, 360 Stevens Engineering Co . . 370 Superior Bulk Film Co . 366 Sylvania Elec. Prods . 327 Uhler Cine Machine Co . 370 Louis S. Uhler . 366 Video Film Laboratories . 366 Vitatone Co . 368 370 AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, JUNE, 1963