Patent ID: 7200320

Claim:
A system for generating, synchronizing, and displaying time code to be recorded on film or videotape during the recording of the video portion of a film or videotape in production, to be utilized in conjunction with a master clock time code recorded in a system for the recording of the corresponding audio portion of the film or videotape in production, wherein the audio recording system is external to the displaying system, wherein the video time code displayed by the displaying system is synchronized with the audio time code recorded in the audio recording system, and wherein the system comprises a slate, comprising: a generating element for generating, synchronizing, and displaying the video time code, mounted in the system; a display for displaying the synchronized video time code, to which the generating element is connected, mounted in the system; and a rate-setting element for enabling the setting of a video frame rate in the slate, and a rate-warning element for warning the operator if the video frame rate set in the slate is different from an audio frame rate set in the audio recording system external to the slate.