ClappyBoardClapperboard guides for indie filmmakers
Short, practical guides to slating a take and getting picture and sound to line up in the edit.
- How to sync audio and video with a clapperboardRecording sound separately from your camera? Here's how a clapperboard lines up picture and sound in the edit, step by step, with no timecode needed.
- How to slate a shotWhat to say, where to hold it and when to clap. A plain guide to slating a take, plus soft sticks, tail slates, MOS and second sticks explained.
- What's written on a clapperboardProduction, roll, scene, take, date, FPS, INT/EXT, day/night and MOS: what each box on a film slate means, and how to number scenes and takes.