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A board and a bang, together.
Also known as: Slate, Clapper board, Marker board
The board filmed at the head of a take carrying its identification and providing a sound sync point.
Identifies the take in vision and provides a synchronisation point between separately recorded picture and sound.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
Does two unrelated jobs with one object: the written fields are for the editor and the clap is for the machine, and the second job is the reason the arm exists at all.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
The striped arm is striped so that the exact frame of closure can be identified when the film is examined frame by frame.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Public information
A board carrying production, scene, take and roll written in fields, with a hinged striped arm across the top that is closed sharply on camera.