timecode clapboard

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DVX100Shooter

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Do you have to use the clapboard for every shot you plan to shoot in your production or just certain scenes? for example if I need to get say 50 or so cover shots that would be edited into a music video along with the main footage would I have to use the slate for all those shots as well?
 
what's a "cover shot"? the timecode on a smart slate is for audio sync. the slate itself (along with a log) "labels" the shot. if it were me, i would label and log every shot. even the MOS stuff.
 
Well if you shooting a music video you might be shooting the actual artist while you might have another 2nd unit crew going out to shoot other b-roll shots and/or cutaways. I just didnt know if you needed to use the clapboard for every single shot you plan to shoot on your shot sheet.
 
If you've got a smart slate that displays the timecode its gonna help you to know exactly where on the TC the takes you liked best were. when you log the footage you can write down the TC of the best take and then in post go exactly to it, saving lots of time. I think most people would be using a simple wooden clapper though. Im sure you've heard it alot, but do what works best for you. Sometimes if i know im only going to be shooting a few shots i wont use the clapper just cause it takes more time and more tape i gotta run through to get to the beginning of the take. thats my 2 cents.
 
Every time i see these clapboards these questions como to my mind. how do timecode slates work? how are synced with the sound and the camera?
 
A smart slate provides a readable time code display on a clapper board. This time code is the same that is being recorded simultaneously on the audio. By stopping on any frame and reading the displayed time code, one can find that exact point on the audio, then lock the audio to the picture for sync sound.
 
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