SMPTE Universal Film Leader

UPDATE: Many, many people keep asking me where to download this. The link I posted a long time ago no longer works, but luckily, the Internet Archive has a copy of it (http://www.archive.org/details/CincinnatusSMPTEFilmLeader_Test_). This is the same authentic SMPTE leader, not one of the cheapo Adobe facsimiles.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• SMPTE
• film
• movie
• universal
• leader
• projector
• countdown
• old

[dewoutwoody15]

does anybody know if there's a countdown to zero? they all stop at 3 or 2.

[tonydmyers]

It's supposed to stop right at 2.

[tonydmyers]

Guys, I think I was quite clear in the video description where you can get the damn video, so stop messaging me about it.

[artman40]

Damn! Ended with a cliffhanger! Hope they make a sequel!

[Genixel]

Why not put tis video under the Creative Commons license so anyone can just download it whenever?

[MrDannyk123]

@dewoutwoody15 so the film doesn;t start straigfht after the 3/2, there is always 2 seconds of black, which u can add in. hope this helps! :)

[evolutionofmind]

@tonydmyers not with lead in chump

[fyos]

You should not see the 2 second or 1 second marker, but as the countdown passes the 2 second mark you may hear "2-pop" (beep at 1 kHz tone lasting exactly 1 frame and affectionately known at a "2-pop" in the post production world)

[MrAirbuster57]

whats with all those weird words in the beginning?

[SceneOneVideo]

@tonydmyers "The item you have requested had an error: Item cannot be found. which prevents us from displaying this page. If you would like to report this problem as an error report, you may do so here."

[Theevilonemwhaha]

@Watcher3223 Blimey.

[123jujuyou]

This video helped me

[jakestooge34]

@HomeoftheGoodGuys I wonder if public domain DVDs have them on it.

[botboy217]

Does anyone know what font the numbers are?

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

That SMPTE Universal leader film countdown can be found on my "Porky Pig" VHS tape from Star Classics. I got this at Goodwill over the weekend, but it's not that bad, but it has 4 cartoons that were originally taken from the original 16mm film stock onto a VHS tape. "Get Rich Quick Porky" also had the SMPTE film countdown when it stops at 3 instead of 2. "Have You Got Any Castles" also had a glimpse when it stops a 6. That was kinda strange to put these cartoons on a VHS tape.

[ElTuco84]

Where´s the beep?

[natebot321]

Wow. You know your shit.

[jamzies822]

Does anyone know what font this is in the beginning? Thanks!

[MissJ1nsu]

YES.

[NorcrossMedia]

@dewoutwoody15  The sync is on 2.

[derick1259]

@dewoutwoody15 all of them stop at zero, thit just goes black for the rest of the two seconds. Cause if it carried on the film it will straight away go into the video, which is really annoying cause you would need a small amount of time to settle in.

[MadMovieMakers]

Sorry if the answer to this question should be an obvious one...and I'm really hoping it's a "yes"...but is this something that is considered to be "public domain" material? I'm getting ready to shoot a short horror film and would really like to incorporate this into the opening of the film. Thanks!

[sonicfangamer2]

I was wondering what that junk of some sort is at the beggining before the countdown.

[airscrew1]

@dewoutwoody15 They stop at 3 or two to sync with the soundtrack.

[airscrew1]

I've got a couple of reels of SMPTE leader. It is the negative stock so that when it is printed it gives a white numeral. I'm still using 16mm film to film stuff I want to keep. It's a lot harder than a digital cam but the cameras are bullet proof unlike these modern video plastic machines.

[TheFoldMusic]

so awsome! You just saved me 50 bucks!

[jimp1102]

@tonydmyers

They're messaging you because your link is F'ed up...Look at it again-half of the address is not included in the link- If everyone just searches on SMPTE in the archive searchbox, they'll find it.