clapboard

[chel_sey]

What are those black and white things dirictors for movies and such use. They have like, the scene and trial written on it.

Thanks

 

[charisma_classic]

It's a clapboard.

 

[chel_sey]

Wow. That was quick. Thank you very very much!

 

[languageGuy]

Movie clapper is what I use, but there are other terms.

 

[WestSideGal]

What are those black and white things dirictors for movies and such use. They have like, the scene and trial written on it.

Thanks

It's called a director's clapboard.

 

[katie_here]

If it's one of these, it's a clapperboard.

 

[Teafrog]

If it's one of these, it's a clapperboard.

exactly, a clapperboard is used in movies.
A clapboard is, I guess, something to make a clapping sound at sports venues or such like…

 

[Kevin Beach]

"Clapboard" is a building material; a facing for buildings.

 

[Forero]

"Clapper" or "clap board", which unlike "clapboard" is always pronounced with a p sound followed by a b sound.

EDIT: Now I think the clapper is just the top part, and the bottom part is the slate or slate board. The whole thing then would be a "clap board". It functions as a marker to assist in synchronizing sound with picture.

 

[chel_sey]

Ooh. Thank you for such fast and helpful responses.

 

[Teafrog]

… Now I think the clapper is just the top part, and the bottom part is the slate or slate board. The whole thing then would be a "clap board". It functions as a marker to assist in synchronizing sound with picture.

You are absolutely correct as to the functionality of this basic gadget. The link offered by katie_here says it all.
However, in the UK at least, they are indeed called clapper boards, and not "clap boards"

 

[katie_here]

It's not to be confused with clapboard, which in relation to a house is this.