Guides
Reference pieces on slates, continuity, clip naming and the handoff to post. Written to be useful on their own. If one of these answers your question and you never open the app, that is a fine outcome.
How to log takes on set
The slate-to-editor chain, and why a set keeps three separate logs that share exactly one number.
How to read a clapperboard
Every field on the slate, and why the scene number and the slate number are not the same thing.
Script supervisor duties
What the job actually covers, and how it changes between US, UK and Indian sets.
How to write continuity notes
With real note examples, not a list of categories to think about.
Camera clip naming conventions
Sony, RED, ARRI and iPhone, plus the cross-day filename collision most guides never mention.
Shot log to Premiere XML
How the export works, and why editors end up running Consolidate Duplicates.
What is a circle take
Traced back to 35mm lab print costs, which is why a flawed take can still get circled.
MOS meaning in film
The "mit out sound" story does not survive contact with German. Here is the better-supported origin.
What is a TCR sheet
Timecode logging on set, including an honest note that the term gets used inconsistently.
Clapper is the free app these guides describe: tap what happens during a take, get the shot log your editor needs.
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