What is the name of the device used in live action filming that includes information like scene, take and roll and has a part that can snap together?
It can also include information like production name, date, cameraman, director, timecode, etc.
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Sign up to join this communityThat gadget actually combines TWO different functions:
Sometimes they even put a wireless mic on the slate/clapper to properly "hear" the snap, especially for huge scenes where there is no microphone near where the slate/clapper needs to be (to be seen by all the cameras).
What people CALL that gadget depends on tradition and the preferences of the director, etc.
It is clapperboard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapperboard
used in filmmaking and video production to assist in the synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark particular scenes and takes recorded during a production