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Author Topic: Where can I buy the clear framing leader from? Michael Dolan Film Handler Posts: 77 From: Deerfield Beach, fl. Registered: May 2008 posted 06-02-2008 07:19 PM                        I need to buy some clear framing leader. I have never ordered any before so if anyone can send me a link to a website to buy it I would greatly appreciate it.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-02-2008 07:24 PM                     www.rsem.com Go to booth supplies section  |  IP: Logged Michael Dolan Film Handler Posts: 77 From: Deerfield Beach, fl. Registered: May 2008 posted 06-02-2008 07:29 PM                        hank you so much and sorry about the double topic not sure how that happened  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-02-2008 10:38 PM                     Welcome. Though don't you have some sort of supply distributor? Going through whoever you normally get other supplies can sometimes be cheaper.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-02-2008 11:43 PM                     I prefer the leader made by NT Audio-Visual. The printing on it just seems to last much longer than the other leaders that are available available out there. I've seen many of their leaders last for close to a decade! Mark  |  IP: Logged Michael Dolan Film Handler Posts: 77 From: Deerfield Beach, fl. Registered: May 2008 posted 06-03-2008 11:27 AM                        Wedont have a supplier as far as I know they haven't purchased anything for the booth in ages. The theater is only open April - October and they were closed for the last 2 years so I'm not sure but I don't think they purchased anything for awhile  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 06-03-2008 11:51 AM                        If you ever get in a bind there is a way to make your own though it takes a lot of effort and is nowhere near as good as the real thing. Here's how though just for shits and giggles; Take an old trailer and a bucket full of bleach. Unravel old trailer into bucket of bleach and let it soak until all the dye's leach out of the film. Rinse off the now clear polyestar film with clean water making sure to get all the bleach off and let dry. Take a permanent marker and a ruler and make your own frame lines every 4 perforations. When I have done this I have onle made lines for a few feet near one end, I use the competely clear part to thread from the platter to the machine and back and use the part with the frame lines just for threading. I also put an arrow ever few frames pointing towards the soundtrack side of the leader. Like I said not the best, and takes some time. If your in a situation where you need new leader right away I have found it to be a good temporary solutiont though.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-03-2008 04:26 PM                       That's a good idea! I love it.  |  IP: Logged Philip Jordan Film Handler Posts: 9 From: Lisburn / Northern Ireland Registered: Oct 2007 posted 06-03-2008 04:57 PM                     Or you can try jack-roe Jack-Roe  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-03-2008 08:56 PM                       Hadden Theatre Supply, my ol' boss Louis Bornwasser's outfit, has the NT-Audio leaders. Fair prices, too.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-03-2008 09:50 PM                     Oh Sean you silly, silly boy. Your marks suck compared to mine. I built a marking machine out of an old Century SA. It's only about 3-4 frames a second, but it gets the job done overnight.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 06-04-2008 06:57 AM                     I am also a NT supplier. I have 500 feet of their products being used by a film / digital festival this week  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 06-05-2008 11:03 AM                        Wow, that's cool! I guess that's why your the grand poobah!  |  IP: Logged

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