“Tail slate” in the States. It’s also held upside down so that the editor can visually recognize that is the tail of the previous scene and not the marker for the next scene (makes more sense when you consider a continuous strip of film but still has its use in digital capture to tell that it wasn’t just an overzealous 2nd who clapped the next take before they cut the camera)
Then there’s an MOS slate, where the 2nd AC puts their hand in the open sticks so that it’s physically blocked from clapping. Makes it pretty obvious that the shot does not have synced audio.
Kingsly2015 t1_iu3c9q6 wrote
Reply to comment by Uranium_moth in TIL, in film, a clapperboard’s purpose is ensuring proper synchronization of audio and video in post-production. It provides a distinct “clap” along with a visual event for the editor to reference at the start of a scene. by PianoCharged
“Tail slate” in the States. It’s also held upside down so that the editor can visually recognize that is the tail of the previous scene and not the marker for the next scene (makes more sense when you consider a continuous strip of film but still has its use in digital capture to tell that it wasn’t just an overzealous 2nd who clapped the next take before they cut the camera)
Then there’s an MOS slate, where the 2nd AC puts their hand in the open sticks so that it’s physically blocked from clapping. Makes it pretty obvious that the shot does not have synced audio.