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<strong>Appendix</strong> 8: Conforming Negative<br />
If you are pulling work print, you can simply hang each shot on a hook in an editing bin. When all<br />
the shots are pulled, make up head and tail leaders and tape splice the roll together.<br />
Always cut negative emulsion up. The splicer works this way, and the small marks you need to make<br />
between the sprocket holes need to be scratched into the emulsion. Work with emulsion down on the<br />
work print; the image should read backwards on both negative and work print. The key code numbers<br />
should be on the same side on both work print and negative.<br />
The leaders used in conforming are actual fi lm with emulsion. Plastic leaders are never used.<br />
The white leader is called “light struck,” and is a clear base with a black-and-white emulsion<br />
that appears white. As the fi lm is light sensitive, it turns dark over time. It is kept in a black<br />
plastic bag before use and the completed negative rolls must be kept out of bright sunlight. It is<br />
normal, however, for the head leader to become rather dark. The black leader is simply camera fi lm<br />
that has been exposed to its maximum density (d-max) and processed to form a very opaque black<br />
leader.<br />
Leaders<br />
To prevent problems later, build proper head and tail leaders for your rolls before assembling the<br />
shots into rolls.<br />
For work print, the proper head leaders can be built by following this workfl ow:<br />
Splice 18 feet of white leader to the head of a positive SMPTE Universal head leader.<br />
Place the Picture Start frame (frame before the fi rst 8 frame) in the synchronizer and zero the<br />
counter.<br />
Back out to exactly 12 feet, 0 frames.<br />
Mark an X through this frame and label it Edit Sync. Punch a hole though the center of this<br />
frame.<br />
Roll back 6 more feet to the beginning of the leader. Label the leader with the title of the project<br />
and the production company. Indicate that this is the work print and head.<br />
Wind into the Edit Sync mark and reset the counter to 0 feet, 0 frames.<br />
Wind forward to 47 frames past the 2 on the countdown leader. This should be 16 feet, 31 frames.<br />
The fi rst frame of picture will be 16 feet 32 frames. Mark and cut this frame line.<br />
You can now start building the work print roll by tape splicing each shot in proper order into the<br />
roll.<br />
At the end of work print roll, splice on the tail portion of the SMPTE leader. There should be 87<br />
blank frames between the last frame of your fi lm and the frame marked “Finish” in the SMPTE<br />
leader. To build the tail leader,<br />
Splice 16 feet of white leader to the SMPTE leader.<br />
Put the “Finish” frame in your synchronizer at 0. Roll forward 12 feet and mark this frame with<br />
an X. Label this frame “Tail Edit Sync.”<br />
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