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🎬 Clapper Board
Also known as: Clapboard, Director, Film Slate
Unicode: U+1F3AC
Description
A board which contains the scene name, number, and film. A person ‘claps’ the board shut at the top while saying “Action” or “Cut” to indicate the start and stop of a scene that is being filmed. This is used to synchronise the audio of the clap with the visuals.
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Version Information
Emoji Version:1.0
Unicode Version:6.0
Keywords
clapperclapper boardmovie
Shortcodes
Platform | Shortcode | Action |
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Emojipedia | :clapper_board: | |
GitHub | :clapper: | |
Slack | :clapper: | |
Discord | :clapper: |
Additional Information
Category:Miscellaneous Symbols And Pictographs -> Entertainment symbols
Definition:
A board which contains the scene name, number, and film. A person ‘claps’ the board shut at the top while saying “Action” or “Cut” to indica http://emojipedia.org/clapper-board/
Verbs:
- Make a film or photograph of something
- To photograph.
Nouns:
- Film, movie, or motion picture, is a series of still images on a strip of plastic which, when run through a projector and shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images.
- A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- A series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving image
- A motion picture.
- A film, movie.
- A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon.
- A sequence of animated images.
- Sequence of images that give the impression of movement
- A clapperboard is a device used in filmmaking and video production to assist in the synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark particular scenes and takes recorded during a production.
- A clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
- A white and black striped board used in movie making
- A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.