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APPS-for-videoSlate

Movie★Slate is a digital slate, clapper board, shot log, and shot notepad— designed for use with film, television, documentaries, interviews, and home movies. Movie★Slate provides an easy way to log footage and take notes as you shoot— saving you time later when you capture and edit the footage on your computer.

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Ready for your Close-Up. Photograph the slate at the start of each shot.

Quick Data Entry. Simply tap on a slate field to change production information directly on the slate.

Set Timecode. Easily “jam” (set) the timecode using an optimized keypad to enter new values, or display clock time-of-day.

Sync Timecode using Bluetooth to other iPhones and iPod touches (requires OS 3).

Roll/Scene/Take Apple-up buttonRoll/Scene/Take. Use the optimized keypad to quickly increment roll, scene, take.

Entering contact for Director or Director of PhotographyAdd People Quickly. Choose director and D.P. names from your contacts, saved History, or enter them using the keyboard.

Load production data from historyLoad Production Data from the saved History— making it easy to quickly switch between multiple productions.

Have it your way. You can even customize the slate’s appearance for each production or shot. Choose from various clapper stick designs, slate background colors, slate fonts, and clock timecode colors.

SLATE FEATURES

  • Integrated slate and clapperboard

  • Can lock slate orientation to Landscape or Portrait

  • Edit production information directly on the slate

  • Option to load Director, DP/Cameraman names from Contacts or History

  • Buttons to quick-increment roll, scene, take

  • Supports FPS rates: 15, 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60, 72, 100, custom

  • Digital timer display uses time-of-day, or free running clock time

  • Super easy and fast to “jam” (set) timecode using specialized keypad

  • Timecode continues even when the app is not running

  • Sync timecode over Bluetooth to other iPhones & iPod touches

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Having been working in the video business since 1988 I have amassed a great amount of knowledge of both the kit and production values over the last 30 years.

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