A clapper loader or second assistant camera (2nd AC) is part of a film crew whose main functions are that of loading the raw film stock into camera magazines...
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Clapperboard (redirect from Clapper board)
takes as they are filmed and audio-recorded. It is operated by the clapper loader. It is said to have been invented by Australian filmmaker F. W. Thring...
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correct speed by calling "Speed" or "Sound Speed". Hearing this, the clapper loader immediately calls out the "Scene" and "Take" numbers so that these details...
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and DR-DOS LOADER.SYS, part of a LOADER.COM installation (see above) Clapper loader (on a film crew, also simply known as "loader") A loader, a member...
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second assistant cameraman (2nd AC), also known as a clapper loader, might be employed to load film, slate scenes, or maintain the camera report (a log...
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AC or clapper loader, operates the clapperboard commonly referred to in the United States as a "slate" at the beginning of each take and loads the raw...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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operator, and oversees the 2nd assistant camera (also known as the "clapper loader") and any other members of the camera department. Bordwell, David (4...
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by "speed!" by the camera operator once the camera is recording. The clapper loader, who is already in front of the camera with the clapperboard, calls...
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Camera magazine (section Loading)
Therefore, the loading of motion picture film must be done in a dark room or light-tight changing bag by the clapper loader. As the loader cannot see what...
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for the camera crew of various productions, before gaining work as a clapper loader and focus puller, and eventually a camera operator working under the...
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developing tank, or loading and unloading sheet film holders. They are also commonly found on the set of a film, where the clapper loader may need one if...
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part of the motion picture equipment company Panavision. He worked as clapper loader, focus puller, and camera operator in both feature films and commercials...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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Australia and in Britain. He began his career as a camera loader before becoming a clapper loader and assistant cameraman on John Boorman's 1985 film, The...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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serving his apprenticeship as a clapper boy in the 1940s and finishing his army service, Davis worked as a clapper loader on classic movies such as The...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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character or object. Slating – The script supervisor interacts with the clapper loader (second camera assistant) and the production sound mixer to make sure...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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"Factory" - 5:17 "Screwtop" - 6:09 "Fracture" - 5:08 "Stations" - 4:39 "Clapper Loader" - 3:29 "I Only Said" - 4:00 "Derail" - 4:46 "Bone Orchard" - 3:25 "The...
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exposed footage needs to be sent to the film lab. When this occurs, the clapper loader will break the roll at the loop protruding from the magazine; the exposed...
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Year Title Credited as Notes Writer Producer 2000 Housebound No No Clapper loader 2012 Dark Shadows Yes No Co-story writer with John August Abraham Lincoln:...
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department; completing timecards and other paperwork; stocking of expendables; loading and unloading production trucks; planning and implementing the lighting...
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Cinematographer / director of photography Camera operator Focus puller Clapper loader Steadicam Digital imaging technician Second unit Gaffer Best boy electric...
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Daily Raw Stock Log is a filmmaking term for a report produced by the clapper loader each day. The report shows how much raw film stock was used that day...
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available to do this work. The first of post-production usually requires loading the raw images into the post-production software. If there is more than...
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