Description
This is a device called "Pocket Clapper" used for motion picture
production. "Pocket Clapper" is a pocket size gadget which can be used
for making a clap sound whenever it is necessary. It is also possible
for you to write the outline of a shooting scene on the blackboard in
"Pocket Clapper" with a white chalk. "Pocket Clapper" is a powerful gadget
which assists you to take motion picture. It can be used for adding
unique flavor in your motion picture, and synchronizing of picture and
sound when you take them separately.
You can zoom in or zoom out by double tapping.
You can draw or delete objects in both zoom- in and zoom-out modes.
What's New in Version 1.1
Bug fixes
Customer Reviews
Not quite...
I've been looking for a slate app for a while that I can actually use on productions. This, however, is not it. Why would I want to handwrite the production info when I could type it? It's time consuming and sloppy. Plus, having to shake the phone to clap? That'll probably lead to a lot of blurry frames of the actual sync moment. All of my painfully entered info disappeared upon exiting the app, also. Hrmph.
Not Quite There
This program does what it says it does, but does it in a way that makes it virtually useless for its intended purpose. However, the program is almost there, and with a little bit of tweaking would be good. You must give the iPhone a vigorous shake to induce a clap noise, but doing so makes it impossible to tell in which frame the clap occurred unless your video camera captures every frame pristinely without any blur (unlikely considering how quickly you must shake the iPhone to induce a clap). So as a practical matter you can not use the application for its intended purpose, precisely syncing audio to video. A less literal take on the Clapper that allowed the iPhone to remain still while the screen image went through a major, obvious change coinciding with the clap noise would solve the problem. Adding a mark button, that when pressed would initiate a brief, visual countdown (3 - 2 - 1) followed by a full screen color change coinciding exactly with the clap noise would be one possible solution. Other problems: The black and white stripes are too small to use for effective white and black balancing; Writing on the board with your finger is awkward, and it takes practice to write legibly. Allowing the option to type the information in would be a big plus; Retaining written information between starts would be an improvement, since when the application stops, all information is lost, forcing you not just to update the "take" number, but also to rewrite the Production, Scene, Director, Camera, and Date information for each take.
Pretty snazzy
When I was looking at this app I did not know what to expect. I was pretty worried about wasting a buck but this app really shocked me. I love the ability of writing on the clapper board and it clapping feature is all that bad. There isn't nothing to complain about but don't expect too much.
- $0.99
- Category: Entertainment
- Updated: Oct 13, 2008
- Current Version: 1.1
- 2.9 MB
- Languages: English, Japanese
- Seller: GClue
- © (C) 2001-2008 GClue, inc.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.0 or later.
