Editing Clapperboard (section)

==History==
[[File:Clapperboard.jpg|thumb|Clapperboard {{circa|1953}}]]
In the [[Silent film|silent era]] the principal requirement of film stock identification during a day's shoot was the [[Slate (writing)|slate]].

The clapper as two sticks hinged together was invented by [[F. W. Thring]] (father of actor [[Frank Thring]]), who later became head of [[Efftee Studios]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861930/bio|title=Frank Thring|website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Fitzpatrick | first=P. | title=The Two Frank Thrings | publisher=Monash University Publishing | series=Biography | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-921867-24-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQvWBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA452 | access-date=13 February 2023 | page=452}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Sfetcu | first=N. | title=The Art of Movies | publisher=Nicolae Sfetcu | year=2014 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUCDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA853 | access-date=13 February 2023 | page=853}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Frankly Thring | website=Theatregold | url=https://theatregold1.mybigcommerce.com/frankly-thring/ | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> The clapperboard with both the sticks and slate together was a refinement of [[Leon M. Leon]] (1903–1998), a pioneer sound engineer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502499/bio|title=Leon M. Leon|website=IMDb}}</ref>