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Clapper loader operating the clapperboard during the filming of A Place in the Caribbean (2017, Honduras). 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, operating the clapperboard (slate) at the beginning of each take, marking the actors as necessary, and maintaining all records and ...
Clapperboard. A clapperboard, also known as a dumb slate, clapboard, film clapper, film slate, movie slate, or production slate, is a device used in filmmaking, television production and video production to assist in synchronizing of picture and sound, and to designate and mark the various scenes and takes as they are filmed and audio-recorded.
Also called a background actor. An actor or performer in a film who appears in a non-speaking or non-singing capacity, usually briefly and in the background, without any particular characterization or direct plot relevance, such that viewers are not intended to identify with or consciously focus on the character at all.
Crossover: A crossover is a hallway, room, or catwalk designed to allow actors in a theater to move from wings on one side of a stage to wings on the other side without being seen by the audience. Sometimes this is built as a part of the theater, sometimes exiting the building is required, and still other times the set includes a false wall to ...
Officially, Academy voters decide whether a performance should be categorized as lead or supporting, but unofficially, publicists, distributors and actors themselves often try to steer voters in ...
An actor having face makeup applied Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Stairwell Theater, 2019 Marcus Stewart wears face make-up in Oresteia by Aeschylus, adapted by Stairwell Theater, 2019 Theatrical makeup is makeup that is used to assist in creating the appearance of the characters that actors portray during a theater production .
Stepping aside. Jenny Slate, who has voiced the character of Missy Foreman-Greenwald since the 2017 Netflix debut of Big Mouth, has decided to leave the series to make room for a Black actor to ...
The traveling matte changed that. The traveling matte was like an in-camera or bi-pack matte, except that the matte line changed every frame. Filmmakers could use a technique similar to the bi-pack method to make the live action portion a matte itself, allowing them to move the actors around the background and scene—integrating them completely.