Guillotine splicer

A type of splicer for motion picture film and magnetic film that is generally used to assemble the workprint and edited soundtracks. For picture cutting, it slices along the frame line between images. A second blade can slice magnetic film diagonally to avoid pops on playback. While holding the two ends of picture or mag film to be joined in a sprocketed channel, non-stretching tape is applied, completing the splice. The editor can undo the splice if the result is not satisfactory, and may also reassemble the pieces in their original, or any other, order.

Also called a tape splicer.