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the chopping block
wik’s splicing block. this one here in particular is a rivas splicing block. a roll of 35mm 4-perf on the left and 70mm 15-perf on the right. we used to label our splicing blocks because each one...
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measuring time
back in the days before timecode, time was calculated by how much film there was. instead of speaking timecode, editors would speak in feet and frames. how did we do that? with a measuring stick, of...
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editors love counting
in our last episode of “this is how we count”, i talked about the measuring stick. let’s now take a look at the film ruler. this one here measures two feet of both 16mm and 35mm film. you’ll usually...
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be kind, rewind
more than you possibly ever wanted to know about edit bench rewinds.ok, now let’s talk rewinds, the workhorse of an edit bench. one of the oldest edit technologies. how else are you going to crank...
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red leader standing by
film leader is what you use to splice to the start and end of your reels to protect the film and attach it to its core. its papery texture on the painted/emulsion side makes it a happy medium for...
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