Slating and room tone

- This is Producing a Video Crew. … Video is slating and room tone, take one. … (slate slapping) … - Well, you saw the slate, so you know we use them. … I think it's a great thing for you to use too. … And it's something that your crew is responsible for … and a practice that's really going to make … the logging and editing of footage much easier. … And that's the practice known as slating. … So there are many different types of slates, … you saw one that's just a plain physical slate. … There are also electronic slates that have, you know, … a little ticker number that shows the time code rolling off. … There are smartphone slates, … there's lots of different ways to do it, … but the main thing is it's really helpful … to have slates when you're going to be recording … in lots of different locations, lots of different settings, … different camera talent, different issues or content, … it's very nice to have that so when you're scanning … that footage you can just quickly see that slate …