Ikan Production Slate 9 x 11About time I had my own Dry Erase slate a.k.a Clapper a.k.a ClapBoard. I ordered this 9 x 11 dry erase slate from Amazon
Cheapest of all the ones i've found is the very generic White 9 x 11 Director's Clapboard via Amazon (below).
About time I had my own Dry Erase slate a.k.a Clapper a.k.a ClapBoard. I ordered this 9 x 11 dry erase slate from Amazon
Cheapest of all the ones i've found is the very generic White 9 x 11 Director's Clapboard via Amazon (below).
Bruce Philpott
I have the iPod filmslate app, but no way is it loud enough to make a spike in a remote mic.
Doing all of this (behind camera) by myself, I'm finding it handy to have just the clappers (without the board). I can drop them into a pocket, ready for use at the start of the next take. I use the audio in the 5D2 for sync with external recorders. On computer, I can easily tell which take (they're in order), and haven't needed to put which scene, etc. as I name the takes (descriptive name in front of .mov number).
I line up the audio spikes in nested Premiere Pro sequences (I don't use Pluraleyes). Here's the very well-made clapper I found:
https://www.filmtools.com/reclston.html
Filmtools carries some great stuff, but not always the least expensive.
MovieBuff
Does anyone have a tutorial to colour calibrate with the slate colours?
Dante L.
I just got the Pearstone Clapboard, Pretty decent build, good price, I like the color bars that could be used for color correction on post, and in the back the stripes are black and white. Also brings the magnet in the clapper.
It does the work and also helps me stay within my budget lines.
Kelly
I see that the Pearstone slate has some colors on the clapper hand. Do you think thats used for post color correction referrence like those white,gray,black PQcards or whatever their called.
Emm
Post author@Logicalnot - Yeah I thought about DSLR Slate but then the iPad is being thrown in the prompter too. I would need two.
Emm
Post author@Tim - Not sure, but I ordered mine from Amazon and this is how it came.
Tim
The Ikan looks a lot different on amazon. The one in your image looks considerably more professional.
Logicalnot
Same as Carey, I use Dslr Slate.
Emm
Post author@Polish Dan - Thanks, still a bit smaller though. The one I chose was a 9 x 11.
Polish Dan
here's a cheap chalk one https://cgi.ebay.com/New-HOLLYWOOD-Movie-Clapper-SLATE-BOARD-Wood-Clapboard-/150536629176?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item230caeabb8
and here it is converted to a dry erase slate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B0elfWoI6Q
Serge
First image is not linkable... 🙁
CareyD
I've gone hi-tech.
I like the iPad app "DSLR Slate". Does a nice 3-count and sync pop for you, has a little macbeth chart, dark/light modes, etc. Pretty cool, actually!