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Second sticks

Meaning in film & television, with examples

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In film & television, second sticks means: A call announcing another clap of the slate during the same take, usually because the first clap was unusable.

In Turkish: ikinci klaket vuruşu

How it is used

Used during a take to distinguish a repeated clap from a new take number.

Example sentences

  1. She called second sticks after the first clap happened outside the frame.

    Another visible clap is needed for picture and sound alignment.

  2. The sound report marks second sticks so the editor uses the later clap.

    The note identifies which synchronization point to choose.

Common collocations

  • call second sticks
  • mark second sticks
  • shootTo record a film, scene or shot with a camera. As a noun, a shoot is the period or the day when the filming happens.
  • crewThe people who work behind the camera on a film or TV production, such as the camera, lighting, sound, art, costume and production teams.

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