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Clap boy

A clap boy or clapper-boy is a defunct movie industry profession. This person loaded film into and out of film magazines in cameras in early filmmaking.

The most up-to-date job title for someone doing this is second assistant camera (2AC). The job is an important one in the scheme of things as the 2AC's function is to assist the first assistant camera at all times as well as operate the zoom action for the camera operator during shots. For all that, 2ACs are the lowest person on the camera-crew totem.

In many parts of the English speaking world, the terms focus puller and clapper loader are still applied and credited for first assistant camera and second assistant camera (respectively).

See also: Film crew

Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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