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Clapper Board Emoji 🎬

A black-and-white film slate, clapped shut to mark a take — that's the clapper-board emoji. It's used for filmmaking, movie nights, and anything framed as 'lights, camera, action,' from an actual film shoot to a group chat planning what to watch.

What 🎬 means

A rectangular board with a couple of lines and maybe even inscriptions within these lines, the upper rim of which is glued to a black and white plank that's mechanically attached to another plank of the same.

The 🎬 Clapper Board emoji signifies timing; the beginning of a new scene, the end of a take, or even an abrupt cut in between. This emoji essentially represents movie direction, filming, and even theatre.

How and when to use it

If you're talking about new beginnings or a second chance at something, 🎬 would be a smart emoji. Like, "Everyone deserves a second chance 🎬" or "It's not just a new chapter, it's a new life 🎬".
Even while using the action of 'cutting' something, 🎬 can be interjected (pun intended). For example, "Not everything you cut off is a bad thing. Sometimes it's a necessary improvisation 🎬".
🎬 could also refer to dialogues or 'lines' in any context; a text message, a post caption, or even a social media story. For instance, "As long as you say the right things at the right time, you're good 🎬. And that, my friend, is the challenge".
Speaking of dialogues 🎬 could be used if you wish to credit a movie or a play for the quote or line you're patenting in your post caption.
You could also use 🎬 in the context of 'timing - "Trust the timing 🎬" or "Everything is better when the timing is right 🎬"

Other Names

🎬 Clapper
🎬 Clapperboard
🎬 Slate
🎬 Slateboard
🎬 Cue Card
🎬 Clapboard
🎬 Time Slate
🎬 Sync Slate
🎬 Smart Slate
🎬 Sound Marker
🎬 Dumb Slate

The lowdown

Category: Objects › light & video
Codepoints: U+1F3AC
Emoji version: Emoji 0.6
Shortcodes: :clapper::clapper_board: Discord
Keywords: action, board, clapper, movie

How it looks across platforms

Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.