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Finally, the [[colourist]] needs the visual clues from the clapper to establish a baseline.  Knowing what absolute black and absolute white look like under the lighting conditions of the shot is key to being able to subsequently grade the entire episode to a single colour standard.     

Fans who take pictures of public location filming often snap photographs of clappers.  They are the first clue fans get as to what an episode might contain.  Because slates contain episode and scene information, fans can sometimes successfully piece together information about a scene just by looking at the episode and scene information on a clapper. If it's the ''right'' scene, they might even be able to guess at series-ending details.  Clandestinely-photographed clappers can also be the first confirmation that fans are able to have that a particular director has been hired.