M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S I 13
Every reel starts with an ACADEMY
LEADER. It's the only source of sync
for the hundreds of tracks that will
be built on every project.
ACADEMY LEADER is an
eight-second countdown with the
2-POP at six seconds. The 2-POP
is one frame with a 1k tone. It's
the single source of sync for ALL
elements. The first frame of the
ACADEMY LEADER says PICTURE
START. It is the top of the eighth
second. Each number that you see
with the hand sweeping around the
clock is worth one second. When it
counts down to the number two, it
will only show one frame. After that
is two seconds of black leader to
your first frame of picture. That is
the first frame of every reel, whether
it starts with an image or a fade-in
from black.
ACADEMY LEADER is required on
every REEL on the zero frame of the
hour.
01:00:00:00 is the PICTURE START.
01:00:06:00 is the 2-POP.
01:00:08:00 is the FIRST FRAME OF
PICTURE.
TAIL LEADER verifies that the REEL
has ended in sync. The TAIL LEADER
is two seconds past the last frame of
picture, whether it's an image or a
fade-to-black.
In our next issue, we will discuss
everything about CUEING Foley
footsteps and props.
