clapperboard
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then a clapperboard claps, and the actor steps up to the mic.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024
My cameraman Peter has written Arnold Schwarzenegger on his clapperboard and turns to him, worriedly asking: "Please tell me I spelt your name correctly?"
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2023
As they circle each other in a damp mating dance, the actor Kyle Beltran sits upstage, marking each scene change with a clack on a clapperboard.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2018
For a series that makes its much anticipated return to Netflix on Thursday, the overall effect was distinctly low-key – even the production name on the director's chairs and clapperboard was a discreet alias.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2018
JJ Abrams' first pic from the Star Wars set meanwhile, pulling the veil from a franchise full of fantastical imagery, was of a clapperboard.
From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2014
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