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One or more field recorders begin recording. The production sound mixer has designated one or two channels as a production sound mix, which is a consolidation of one or more channels in each multichannel recording.2 During shooting, the following timecode information is captured:
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The camera captures images to film, each frame of which is embedded during manufacturing with a unique identifying timecode position known as keycode.
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One or more field recorders simultaneously make multichannel recordings that are embedded with SMPTE timecode based on time of day (or longitudinal timecode).
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The camera assistant keeps a written record (called a shootlist) documenting each scene and take with a corresponding keycode position.
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The production sound mixer also keeps a written record (also called a sound log) documenting each scene and take with a corresponding timecode position.4 The slate operator claps the slate to indicate the beginning of the take. The field recorder records the audio of the clap, and the film camera captures the following images: