Half-inch blue spike tape is a core color in any serious marking kit, the narrow cloth tape that puts precise, durable, instantly recognizable marks on the floor, in a blue that stands apart from every other department's spikes. When multiple actors, multiple cameras, and a dolly all need their own marks in the same six square feet of floor, color is the only thing keeping the system sane.
The universal convention on set is one color per actor or per position, and blue is almost always among the first assigned. The second AC lays a blue T-mark for one actor's first position, a blue toe mark for their second, and from then on that actor owns blue for the day, finding marks without hunting and without stepping on a castmate's color. Dolly grips use a distinct spike color for camera positions so actor marks and dolly marks never get confused during resets. Stage managers spike furniture positions in their own colors for changeovers. Blue reads clearly on both light and dark floors, which makes it one of the most flexible colors in the pouch. Like all proper spike tape, it is a narrow cloth tape that tears instantly into legs and tabs by hand, sticks hard to wood, marley, tile, and concrete through a full day of foot traffic, and lifts at wrap without leaving the location a souvenir.
Marking is redone constantly as blocking evolves, so spike tape is bought as a true consumable, several colors at a time.
• 0.5-inch wide blue cloth spike tape
• Distinct color for actor and position coding
• Reads well on light and dark floors
• Tears by hand into precise T-marks
• Withstands foot traffic, removes cleanly
• Essential for multi-actor blocking days
Half-inch blue spike tape is in stock for purchase at Lightbulb Rentals in NYC, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, and it can be added to any rental order alongside the rest of your marking colors.
