Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/12

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Subject: [Leica] OT: movie question, with apologies
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)
Date: Thu May 12 20:46:44 2005
References: <20050513031953.GE26105@panix.com>
 
Basically it's just called a countdown. Sometimes referred to it as a 
'leader with a countdown"
or a "countdown leader." These terms might differ on the east / west 
coast in the USA or in England.


feli

On May 12, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:

> sorry, but i could not go to sleep without knowing this:
>
> to those hollywood veterans out there; what is the industry term
> for that countdown number in the middle of a circle, with a
> sort of second hand sweeping around 360 degrees as the number counts
> down to zero and the footage begins?
>
> -rei
Replies: Reply from bonvini at optonline.net (Jay) ([Leica] OT: movie question, with apologies)
 In reply to: Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] OT: movie question, with apologies)