Professional Clapper Slates for the Motion Picture Industry
Design • Manufacture • Wholesale • Retail
we make everything we sell
Serving Discerning Camera Men and Women since 1989

If you would like to order a slate, please call us
M - F 10a - 6p CST - 817-237-0137
or email us at sobrante@aol.com

Professional Standard Slates - $55 each

Professional Standard White Acrylic Film Slate with B&W Sticks
This is the industry standard for a long-lasting, hard working slate.
The acrylic is rounded on all edges so it won't cut your hands. The 1" thick sticks are painted in wrap-around B&W stripes. The bracket is tension-adjustable. There are magnets in the tips of the sticks to ensure a definate close. We screen the board with solvent-resistant ink so the printing will last. Uses a dry-erase marker.
These slates measure 11" wide by 9 1/2" tall, and fits in all frontboxes.

Professional Standard White Acrylic Film Slate with Oak&White Sticks
The sticks are slightly thinner than the B&W. The oak is stained and sealed and the stripes are white paint.
Professional Standard Yellow Acrylic Film Slate with B&W Sticks
Folks like the yellow slate for B or C camera, or simply because the yellow has less tendency to blow out in overexposure - making the editor's life a bit easier in both cases.
Professional Chalkboard Film Slate with B&W Sticks
The board is actual chalkboard (painted masonite). Uses regular chalk.
Engraved White Acrylic Film Slate with B&W sticks - $65
The layout is engraved into the board and filled with black ink so it won't degrade with use.

Laminate Slates with Engraved White Acrylic Board - $85 each

Color Reference Laminate Slate with Engraved White Acrylic Board
The sticks are made with laminate stripes in the basic Kodak colors.
The layout is engraved. The reverse side of the sticks is solid photo-gray.

Gray Scale Laminate Slate with Engraved White Acrylic Board
Black/18% photo gray/White laminate stripes with an engraved board.
This slate is the choice of DP's who do not want colors on the slate that might confuse the timer or transfer operator.
The reverse side of the sticks is solid photo-gray.

Double-Sided Film Slate - White Acrylic and Chalkboard - with B&W sticks - $65
The layout is silkscreened on both sides of this board - white acrylic on one side and black chalkboard on the other. The slate is not translucent - but it gives you the option of working in either format, chalk or dry-erase marker. (Please note the chalkboard side cannot be engraved.)

Professional Medium White Acrylic Film Slate - $35 each

B&W or Oak&White sticks
Sized down version of our standard slate - good for CU work
7" wide by 7 1/2" tall.
Silkscreened layout

Neon Sticks Slates - $55 each

Your choice of three colors: Blue, Yellow/Green or Yellow/Red.
The sticks have wrap-around stripes and magnets.
Silkscreened layout.
The Yellow/Red is very popular to use for nite work, or in situations where the sticks need to stand out.
Hot Pink is discontinued.
Trophy Slate - $25

This is used for special productions where you want to feature the talent on the slate, or to give as a special occasion gift or trophy.
Very popular for special recognition awards.

Professional Video Slate - $20

Shooting on tape is supposedly cheaper than film, and this slate is cheaper too.
It doesn't have sticks, but on tape you don't need them..... do you?
The AUDIO area is detailed for professional shooting,
and there is a black/60% gray/white scale on the bottom that gives an accurate stair-step on a waveform scope.
10" x 8"
Insert Slate - $10

For ECU shots. Silk-screened layout. 4.25" x 6".

Chalkboard Economy Slates
Standard - $25           Medium - $20

Chalkboard slates for the film student, as a gift for a Hollywoodphile, or just fun decoration.
These slates are completely professional and functional.
Plastic brackets, no magnets and thinner profile sticks.

Slate Display Base - $10
Our bases are solid pine painted black, with a handsome routed top edge, and felt feet.
The slot has a slight angle to it so the slate will tip back for stability and be easily read.

Dry Erase Marker - $2
We currently recommend Marks-A-Lot brand dry-erase markers.
These markers are readily available at most office supply stores.
(Some other markers, such as the evil Sanford EXPO, will
stain the boards.)
If you're ordering a slate, buy one of the good ones from us and save yourself a trip.

Prices listed are our retail prices.
If you are a retailer and would like to carry our products, contact us for wholesale information.

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