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Forty One Thirty – Custom ClapperBoards

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Forty One Thirty – Custom ClapperBoards

Steven Aitchison is the founder of Forty One Thirty, a Camera Assistant and maker of Clapperboards and other camera assistant accessories.Back in the early 2000’s Steven used to help out at a local sign makers where he gained knowledge and experience working with laser cutters and engraving machines. Always having a passion from a young age of wanting to know how things worked and coming from a family of engineers, Steven liked to test out ideas and experiment with the machines and what they could do.Roll on a couple of years and when he started out in the TV industry...

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Louise Ben-Nathan talks more on Filmsticks

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Louise Ben-Nathan talks more on Filmsticks

Filmsticks: The Creation of a Standard in Motion Picture Production There are aspects in every industry that can be improved and the film industry is no different. Refined processes will always help professionals, but innovative, dependable equipment facilitates this and makes improvements in workflow possible. One such product that's present in every professional film shoot is the trusty clapperboard. It's a tool that's been around for more than a hundred years and yet has never been standardised. Having used clapperboards for so long in our working environment, Filmsticks started to look at how the numerous incarnations that had been used...

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Felicia Smith Shares The Benefits of Filmsticks

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Felicia Smith Shares The Benefits of Filmsticks

Brand Ambassador, Felecia Smith, recently received her shipment of Filmsticks clapper sticks & acrylic boards, and put together the following video talking about an iconic, and worldwide recognised product, the Clapperboard! Felicia goes on to talk about some of the features of a clapperboard, and also manages to put her own twist on why having a waterproof clapperboard is a big benefit when on set!  Felicia is a Melbourne based Director of Photography and Photographer working on both narrative and TVC work. After completing her studies at Swinburne, Felicia became a camera assistant and very quickly gained experience on TV drama, features and TVCs. Five wonderful...

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Filmsticks: The Creation of a Standard in Motion Picture Production

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Filmsticks: The Creation of a Standard in Motion Picture Production

There are aspects in every industry that can be improved and the film industry is no different. Refined processes will always help professionals, but innovative, dependable equipment facilitates this and makes improvements in workflow possible. One such product that's present in every professional film shoot is the trusty clapperboard. It's a tool that's been around for more than a hundred years and yet has never been standardised. Having used clapperboards for so long in our working environment, Filmsticks started to look at how the numerous incarnations that had been used over the years could be improved. It's a privilege to...

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