What does the black rectangle clipper when filming films and movies actually do? Why do they need one at all?

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Sound is recorded remotely from the camera and often it is added in after by the Foleys. There’s a need to make sure the sound and the video is matched so the clapper gives a visual and a sound to synchronize to.