What is that thing called?
2007-03-27 18:30:24 · 3 answers · asked by Greed...Is Good 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
A clapperboard, it's used to cue the camera and microphones.
2007-03-27 18:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by Crash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The clapboard is used to sync sound to picture.
The scene 4 take 5 identifies the sound clip.
The writing on the slate identifies the film clip.
Sync the two together by matching the clap to the frame where the black & white bars on the clapper are in focus (that means it stopped moving and thus the clap sound).
2007-03-28 11:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by Harbinger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Directors sometimes like to take more than one shot of a scene.Sometimes it's to examine another angle or to simply re-shoot to cover a mift line by actors. The clapboard is used to log each scene for editing purposes.
2007-03-28 02:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by goaltender 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋