clapperboard

A noun referring to a piece of photographic equipment used in filmmaking to synchronize sound and picture, consisting of two boards that are clapped together in front of the camera.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее часть фотооборудования, используемого в кинопроизводстве для синхронизации звука и изображения, состоящее из двух досок, которые хлопают друг о друга перед камерой.

1. Film production tool B2 formal

   A device used in filmmaking to synchronize sound and picture, consisting of a hinged board that is clapped together in front of the camera.

   • The director called 'action' after the clapperboard was snapped shut.
   • The clapperboard helps editors match the audio with the video footage.
   • Each scene begins with a shot of the clapperboard displaying the take number.

   🇷🇺Хлопушка

   Синонимы: clapboardclapperslate

• clapperboards plural form
• clapperboards' possessive plural form
• clapperboard's possessive singular form