Continuing with what the author calls "The Ten Recording Commandments"… today's reading was all about #3. Basically, it's all about slating each take on a recording. Just like a clapboard on a film, slating each take is very useful for reorienting yourself with the material in the edit. You might think you'll remember what everything is/was, but I know from experience that things can get very confusing by the time you go to edit if you don't properly mark and organize everything when you originally record it.
I definitely need some work on this one, both in terms of audio and video. Sometimes I'll slate, but more often than not I won't… and it does get confusing sometimes, especially with the sound effects recordings that aren't tied to a specific scene.
One interesting thing I learned about today was a "slate mic". This is useful if your actual mic is way far away from the recordist, and otherwise hard to slate with your voice. Also learned the term: "tail slates".
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