If clapper rails were humans, their grandparents wouldn’t like them as youngsters. They directly contradict that old axiom about how well-mannered children should act — being often heard, but seldom ...

More than the roar of the MGM lion, more than the 20th Century Fox fanfare, the iconic sound of moviemaking is the sharp clap of a slate — although film folks have a language of their own to describe ...

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics. The key to generating sound from ...

Congratulations, you’ve made it: Your dreams of joining a film production have finally materialized, you’re now stepping on a set, and the director is about to call “action.” And then someone arrives ...

During Vietnam War, James Clapper flew 73 combat support missions over Laos, Cambodia He was director of the Defense Intelligence Agency under President George H.W. Bush The Rotary Club of Indialantic ...

For the lazy man who can’t be bothered to buy a proper wattage lamp here’s the Clever Clapper, a Clapper that finally has the ability to dim the lights. Like the clapper we saw last month, [Pete]’s ...

Milan "Miki" Janicin slates a scene on a location shoot for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Given the crowded location, "I'm actually on the phone with my first assistant, so he could let me ...