Syncing is done!

Now I´ll rest for the weekend and see on Monday if the reels really are all in sync. After the screenings begins the editing, which will be interesting.Before the film cutter was invented, or the film splicer, editors cut the film with scissors, stropped the frames with sandpaper and glued them together. After adding the glue they hold the glued frames with 2 fingers for about 10 seconds. Then the cut was done.

Dr. Leo Catozzo was editing Fellinis´La Dolce Vita (Now if I am wrong, please correct me), and during the editing, I guess he got frustrated to the constant changes and versions Fellini wanted to see, and he started to think that there must be an easier way to do edits. Why cant we use just simple tape? would it hold? what about the perforation-holes on the sides? Well, he started to design a machine and soon enough the guy invented the Self- Perforating Adhesive Tape Film Splicer.
It has a track for the film to go in, and little metallic holders for the perforation holes. The topside opens and you can put the film there, and on the right side there is a blade to cut film with.After you´ve cut the film you move the film to the right side of the splicer, so that the end is in the middle, and the other end, which you want to cut to, to the other side, so that the cut is in the middle of the splicer, and use the tape which can be seen in the middle of the splicer in the photo. Then you press the thing down with some strength and the splicer cuts the tape and does perforation holes also. This thing takes about 10 second. So in its time this was an awesome improvement, and possibly saved many editors lives out of stress-related deaths.

So the good doctor Catozzo got a patent for the machine became very rich, stopped editing films, bought a mansion at an island somewhere and lived nicely there. And might still be living, I could not find any birth dates or like that on the net, so lets hope he enjoys himself where ever he is.

Of course, from my point of view even using the film splicer takes a lot of time, cause I am used to the little "razor icon" on the screen that i can click. Or even better the fast key for it on my keypad.