Uranium_moth
Uranium_moth t1_iu3fzrm wrote
Reply to comment by Alwaysunder_thegun 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
Not everything is 24fps. In reality it could be 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 59, 60 etc
Uranium_moth t1_iu3fx4c wrote
Reply to comment by nightfly19 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
I work in the industry and have never seen this happen due to drift. Drift is very very slight and only going to be noticed beyond a take of over an hour. Even then, a resync isn't going to help
Uranium_moth t1_iu3c299 wrote
Reply to comment by Alwaysunder_thegun 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
Time code is HH:MM:SS:FF. The FF being the frame number. It's not 10ths of a second but the actual frame.
Uranium_moth t1_iu3a8eb wrote
Reply to 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
Generally it's referred to as a Slate,
You can also get "sticks" which are just the top section which snap together for sync only.
There are also some cameras which support a "digital slate".
Also, it doesn't reference the start of the scene - just the start of the take. Often it can be quite a bit off the actual call of "action".
Sometimes for whatever reason, the slate happens at the end of the take - "end slate" or "end sticks".
Uranium_moth t1_iu5l5b8 wrote
Reply to comment by EC-Texas 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
Oh my yes. Although these days a tentacle sync is used to keep the camera and sound in sync automatically. Otherwise automatic sync is a common tool in editing software to match the scratch audio (the cameras own mic sound - usually very low quality) to the proper audio recording.