The Cue Dot: Into the Film Projection Booth

15/70mm Film Leader Co Crew Neck T Shirt

This design was made from authentic IMAX 15/70mm countdown leaders. IMAX is the largest theatrical film exhibition format on the planet, and is called 15-70 in the industry. 

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Crew Neck

I’ve finally added V Neck tees to my collection of Film Leader shirts. https://filmleader.co/collections/film-leaders-v-neck-t-shirts  

I’m a filmmaker and designer who started out working as one of the last 35mm carbon arc film projectionists, which was where I originally came up with the idea that would become the foundation of Film Leader Co.

It was a late night. I was assembling a film up in the projection booth, wearing a striped t shirt and watching the frames of film flicker past on the assembly bench in front of me, the images whirling and strobing under the light.

As I wound my way through the film, I glanced up for a moment and caught my reflection in a nearby mirror and it came to me: the stripes of my shirt, the beautiful patterns of the strips of film at my fingertips.

The two ideas fused and my core concept for Film Leader Co was born:

Three years later I’ve now been able to execute that idea in the way I originally envisioned it, using more than 2,000 feet of film leaders that I’ve collected over the years, scanned, and then stitched together to create some of the core film strips I use in my patterns and designs.

I’m a big believer in taking strong and simple ideas and combining them in a way that people haven’t seen before. I’m so pleased that after working to bring this new line of apparel out into the world, it’s been met with such enthusiasm.

We’ve now shipped Film Leader Co shirts all over the world: Australia, Canada, the UK, Italy, Sweden, Japan, Austria, Russia, Poland, and points all over the United States!

Thanks for your support of this new endeavor & looking forward to more to come!

Taylor Umphenour

Founder & Designer, Film Leader Co.

PS – You can email us any time at [email protected]

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