Sync mark

 

Frame mark on lace-up leader of image and sound negatives to enable printing to be ‘in sync’. Also zero point for FCC counts.

 

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References

Case, D., 1985, Motion Picture Film Processing, Media Manuals, Focal Press, London, Boston