Board News > December Madness I: 2012
Community, Round 3: Post-Its vs. Spike Tape
PSMKay:
Round 3 for the Community League brings us what may be our hardest decision yet. Two versatile competitors take the field in this match and I'm excited to see all the reasons you guys come up with to choose one over the other. Both can be written upon, are easy to move if needed, are sticky, but they serve very specific roles and I don't know that I'd want to go without either one over the course of a production.
Post-its and post-it flags are one of the hallmarks of a prompt script. We use them to remind ourselves of the next break, to pass notes to our assistants and the director, and to mark cues on the fly during tech.
Meanwhile, spike tape, the narrower sibling of earlier competitor gaff tape, is used not just to mark positions on the fly rail but also to mark furniture, divide up prop tables, turn maglites into bite-able lights, and flag your pencils so they don't walk away. And, in what may be its most important role, it takes the place of the entire set during rehearsal.
Poll runs through Tuesday at noon CST. Allez Cuisine! (Wait, wrong venue.) Play ball!
loebtmc:
I need a minute to think abt this one. Both are vital tools in my kit. I don't want to be without either of them!
On_Headset:
I have met a number of stage managers who can work without post-it notes.
I have never met an acting company who I would trust to consistently hit their marks without spike tape. (Never mind staircases, danger warnings, etc.) Some actors don't require spikes (and I definitely understand the perils of decking a stage out like an airport runway), but there's a critical mass who don't seem able to function without spikes.
Never mind the essential spikes for resets, prop placement, and other recovery efforts.
Advantage: spike tape.
Jessie_K:
Without spike tape, how can label my lunch before I put it in the communal fridge? Without spike tape - someone else may eat my food!! Hungry hungry stage manager...
Bwoodbury:
This is by far the most stressful of all the games so far.
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