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9 years, 9 months ago - JP Caldeano
Here is a video I made to help you understanding the basics of using a Clapper board with a funny twist. Hope you like it and hit me up with any questions you may have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw6mlyCm_v8
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9 years, 9 months ago - Dan Selakovich
You might want to tell people that this is the god awful British slating system, and the Americans do things properly ;)
9 years, 9 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Very good :) Dan, I have no idea why we do it this way, maybe there's some historic reason like coming from live TV or something.
In databasing terms, the slate is a primary key, and scene/take is a compound compound key - but then slate/take number has ended up becoming a compound key in itself, so it's not added much!
9 years, 9 months ago - JP Caldeano
You guys are right.
I tried to explain it on the blog http://maison711.wix.com/film-blog#!02-HOW-TO-use-a-Clapper-Board/c21kp/56a984440cf22963071978e6
But I thought I would confuse people if I mixed them up. This is just the basics. Hope it helps.
Stay cool, stay in touch ;)
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9 years, 9 months ago - Dan Selakovich
Ha! Thanks Paddy.
I'm just being snarky, really. Now having said that, I've edited films that used the UK system, and it added an unnecessary step in finding the shot. Slate 122 means nothing. But Scene 24A means scene 24 (yikes! how logical is that!) and "A" is probably going to be some kind of tighter shot from the master.
What I find sort of odd is how entrenched the clapper/loader and script supervisor can be in the UK system if they have an American editor (me). The slate is FOR the library needs of the assistant editors and editor. For the photography crew, it's simply a number. Why should they care?
Having a bad script supervisor on either system is bad. But having a bad script supervisor under the British system is a disaster.
Anyway, JP, it's a good lesson.