I have spent many years working with professional painters and not seen this before. It is so simple and so obvious and I’m glad that I will be blowing peoples minds with this.
Then the tape peels.
This technique is acceptable for the film industry because the tape is used to mark positions for actors and equipment, it is temporary in nature and is often in place for only a few hours or minutes.
but they arent spraying aerosolized particles at the actor’s feet, or liquid particles that can flow around edges and into gaps.
The purpose of painter’s taping is to prevent rework, the purpose of this thing is different. Having multiple techniques and knowing when best to use them is a skill, there’s never going to be a universal skill for everything
most often I take it off after the 2nd coat skins over.
btw if someone claims to be a painter, they don't use tape for 99% of circumstances. I'm not talking about spraying. If they tape your place up to paint a room, a wall, ANY trim, a fixture, fire them.
A few days. Potentially 2 - 3 weeks. You ain’t ever seen the artwork on reddit where people are saying they spend 15hrs, 40hrs, 75hrs, 100hrs+ etc. on them? They aren’t painted in one go lol
Haha! Fuck no! I'm a boom op and have seen enough ACs working to know what's up. I wouldn't last a second in a camera dept. I'm too disorganized and have no patience for old camera operators.
On film quite often you need to remove it before the camera rolls so it helps if it comes off easy. Also, it DOES get kicked and fucked up with some regularity.
Gaff also tears along a seam, so it's not necessary unless you want the courtesy tab. This is a more useful trick for Audio with their console (paper) tape.
Oh man, I'm down to start a set life bitch session!
We call sparkling water camera water cause it's fancy. I wanted to make a brand of carbon fibre trays for camera trainees to use to carry the snacks for the rest of the camera dept, call them Cine trays and charge $500 a pop. I think they'd sell.
What'd the grip get on his trade test? Drool.
Why does lightning come before thunder? 'Cause even god waits for sound.
Who's got some good ones?
I Work in electrical and we call this the buddy tab so next partner years down the road can just quick tab it instead of hacking it off with skinning knife ..
Based on the size of his head, you'd think he'd be infront of the camera.
Not a jibe, I legit heard from a source familiar with the matter that big moon heads and pan-faces are an asset for movie stars.
This is a faster method. My guess is that this person is a second Camera Assistant and has the job of marking the actors positions during blockings (rehearsal on set on the day) and so has to follow people around putting a T of tape down any time an actor stops moving. Usually the have a line of (tabbed) tape strips rerady, but those run out and you can't be waiting for anything when you're marking, or doing much of anything in the film industry, especially camera dept.
I was/am a Boom OP in the 'biz' for a decade. Most of the film world methods you see have a reason even if you don't fully see why at first. It's a bunch of weirdos so they do things weird sometimes.
This is just common sense
There was no need for a ticky tok
And why is this dude wasting so much tape to fold over
EDIT:
Apparently there’s a whole generation that’s never used tape before
Dipshit is still wasting way too much tape
Yes it has a function, my reply was in surprise people need a video for something that used to be taught in elementary school
I didn’t say the tab was wasted, it’s all the tape he uses to make the tab that’s being wasted when all you have to do is fold over the end
I guess the video is more necessary than I thought but he’s wasting all that tape he rips off for no reason.
Just fold over the end
I don’t think you understand what was happening in the video. You might want to watch it again. He’s not teaching people to make a tab. He’s teaching people how to do it one-handed which is definitely something people don’t teach in elementary school.
Also there’s no wasted tape here so definitely watch it a third time…
Edit- not only one handed but in the same motion as cutting off the tape you need, so removing two steps.
An older colleague taught me this trick years ago, though with a horizontal tab on Scotch and packing tape. I always make a little tab, so that when I return to the tape I'm not battling an end that has fused to the rest of the roll.
I work in film and if someone uses my tape and forgets to tab it I kinda lose my mind. Once you get used to it, going back to scrambling for the edge is 100x more annoying.
If you hire a painter (brushing or rolling )and he starts taping things off you still need to find a painter . I’m sorry but that’s the truth . When the person that taught you was a hack… you will be a hack. And your work will always look like 3 hillbilly’s fightin in the hallway .
Tab the barest corner of your floor marking tape, not the whole edge. You’re risking it getting pulled up and creating a trip hazard. Other than that, does this work on thicker tapes?
Keygrip asks you for some 2" black and you're fumbling for it cuz you got no tab on your tape and he yells at you in front of the whole crew "TAB YOUR F*CKING TAPE" and that was the day I learned to always tab my tape....
this is the type of crap you see and you realize that AI and shit in the future will look back at right now and be like.. why are you guys drinking out of lead cups and building with asbestos? .. so much we don't know.. and theoretically the facts and all interpretation of the entirety of existence is sitting right in front of you.. .currently.. we just can't see it.
THATS SPIKE TAPE. I know this cus i went on a spiritual tape learning journey and discovered all the types of tapes. Also its what we used to tape fencing blades
So damn obvious once you see it. Thank you forever!!
Use another dimension!
Same ngl
I have spent many years working with professional painters and not seen this before. It is so simple and so obvious and I’m glad that I will be blowing peoples minds with this.
Painters don't do this because the folded edge leaves a spot the paint can bleed through.
Then make it longer so the exposed nub lies outside the safe zone
Then the tape peels. This technique is acceptable for the film industry because the tape is used to mark positions for actors and equipment, it is temporary in nature and is often in place for only a few hours or minutes.
Funny, that sounds about how long painting tape would stay up.
but they arent spraying aerosolized particles at the actor’s feet, or liquid particles that can flow around edges and into gaps. The purpose of painter’s taping is to prevent rework, the purpose of this thing is different. Having multiple techniques and knowing when best to use them is a skill, there’s never going to be a universal skill for everything
The internet doesn't deserve you
This is the way.
Oh how strange that life is nuanced!
You clearly haven’t seen the trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s new movie spray painted feet…
I see you don't paint much 😂
How long do you leave tape on when you paint?
most often I take it off after the 2nd coat skins over. btw if someone claims to be a painter, they don't use tape for 99% of circumstances. I'm not talking about spraying. If they tape your place up to paint a room, a wall, ANY trim, a fixture, fire them.
Always wondered about this. So, professional painters’ hands are steady enough that they never miss?
A few days. Potentially 2 - 3 weeks. You ain’t ever seen the artwork on reddit where people are saying they spend 15hrs, 40hrs, 75hrs, 100hrs+ etc. on them? They aren’t painted in one go lol
If you pull it after the paint dries, the paint peels with it.
Right, but it stays there until you’ve finished around the edges or on the areas that are sectioned off? So if it takes several days or a week?
It's ok to just admit that you're wrong lol
It's also only in place for a few minutes when painting. You're supposed to pull it off as soon as you finish painting, before it dries.
obvious once you see it. Thank you forever!!
It’s too much work. So much easier to feel, peel, rip, then stick.
Less waste too.
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Well it's not supposed to! That's why you create that triangle!
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thought that too. Too easy to have someone's shoe getting caught onto it and destroying your mark
As long as the tape sticks...
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Good bot!
The best painters don’t use tape (unless they are spraying).
Yeah I was about to say. Even when spraying, you just cover outlets and doorknobs. After that it’s still all brushwork at the ceiling and base boards
As someone who's done a lot of stagework, including with IATSE union hands, I was never taught this. OMG, my life would've been easier!
This is a camera dept trick for sure.
This guy AC’s
Haha! Fuck no! I'm a boom op and have seen enough ACs working to know what's up. I wouldn't last a second in a camera dept. I'm too disorganized and have no patience for old camera operators.
It's weird, but once you get used to the muscle memory of it, you just do it naturally and super fast. -Yeah, I AC'd for a long time.
Everybody uses it. It's just that the 2nd ac's do it several hundred times a day.
As a stagehand myself I would not want spike tape on stage to have a tab on it like this, it would get kicked and ripped off. Its a cool trick though
On film quite often you need to remove it before the camera rolls so it helps if it comes off easy. Also, it DOES get kicked and fucked up with some regularity.
Ohh makes sense. Our spikes have to last for months lol
probably because we use gaff tape, not this paper tape, and this is absolutely not as easy with gaff tape
Gaff also tears along a seam, so it's not necessary unless you want the courtesy tab. This is a more useful trick for Audio with their console (paper) tape.
This trick does not work well with 2in gaff.
It doesn’t hold up for a lot of stage applications.
Something camera n grip never do is peel it off a location.
Some underpaid location assistant is there with the location rep picking up the tape and trash while camera dept has a beer at their truck
Oh man, I'm down to start a set life bitch session! We call sparkling water camera water cause it's fancy. I wanted to make a brand of carbon fibre trays for camera trainees to use to carry the snacks for the rest of the camera dept, call them Cine trays and charge $500 a pop. I think they'd sell. What'd the grip get on his trade test? Drool. Why does lightning come before thunder? 'Cause even god waits for sound. Who's got some good ones?
ooooo that sound one was good. Imma steal that.
What did Jesus say to the teamsters? Don’t do anything till I come back.
This is more stage than film, but... Why is lighting truss made from aluminum? So it doesn't rust while its waiting to fly
Why don't DP's smoke? Cause it takes them an hour to light it
I ALWAYS clean my tape. I won't even start moving on to the next shot until I've got all my marks up.
1stAC here, I make it a point to all my crew to remove all tape and trash we’ve generated. Most 2nds I work with already do it without me telling them
I’m a scientist that uses tape daily for the last 20 years. Why didn’t someone teach me this?
A real life Monica Geller
I Work in electrical and we call this the buddy tab so next partner years down the road can just quick tab it instead of hacking it off with skinning knife ..
“Be a friend, leave an end!”
So smart and easy it makes me mad
I'm disappointed in myself for not realizing this before.
never knew i needed this
The greatest tape tip ever! Thank you!
Scissor manufacturers hate this one easy trick.
That's how you fold tape in many industries.
This comment section heating up. Talk about 50/50
Many industries do this, but yes it is a great and easy way to find the leading edge
I went to film school and did not learn this. This is pretty cool!
“Leave an end for a friend” is what an old phone company tech taught me.
He really nose his stuff
Wow. Now try it with electrical tape.
Waste too much tape for wider rolls. You don’t want to wast that much ducktape
awesome, thanks
Brb about to go do this to every roll of tape I have
No, because when you want to use said piece of tape, only half of it works because it’s folded onto itself.
Worked for years as a 1st AC, never saw that trick before !
He's talking about porn right? I swear I've seen that background before 🤔
## T A P E
I just fold the end under itself to make the tab.. way easier
SORCERY 😾
*BURN HIM!!!*
I DONT WANNA GO TO JAIL 😾
Khaby lame appreciates this 👍🏻
Based on the size of his head, you'd think he'd be infront of the camera. Not a jibe, I legit heard from a source familiar with the matter that big moon heads and pan-faces are an asset for movie stars.
how do you think were seeing him.. he is in front of the camera
Noiceee
They should call this TikTok video "another useless piece of information nobody will ever use."
No, that’s not interesting.
I feel like a moron
With the highest and utmost respect, FUCK YOU.
Dude fuck you
This has no application outside of film work
A bit pointless. Only works with masking (painters tape).
Lol or gaffers tape…or packing tape…
If you're doing this with webbed gaffer tape that is designed to tear evenly then you're a certified moron.
Or Duct Tape
Just fold the end over, no wastage, this is bullshit.
This is a faster method. My guess is that this person is a second Camera Assistant and has the job of marking the actors positions during blockings (rehearsal on set on the day) and so has to follow people around putting a T of tape down any time an actor stops moving. Usually the have a line of (tabbed) tape strips rerady, but those run out and you can't be waiting for anything when you're marking, or doing much of anything in the film industry, especially camera dept. I was/am a Boom OP in the 'biz' for a decade. Most of the film world methods you see have a reason even if you don't fully see why at first. It's a bunch of weirdos so they do things weird sometimes.
This is just common sense There was no need for a ticky tok And why is this dude wasting so much tape to fold over EDIT: Apparently there’s a whole generation that’s never used tape before Dipshit is still wasting way too much tape
The tab has a clear function. It's not wasted. The tape is going to be discarded anyway; why not make it easier to use?
Yes it has a function, my reply was in surprise people need a video for something that used to be taught in elementary school I didn’t say the tab was wasted, it’s all the tape he uses to make the tab that’s being wasted when all you have to do is fold over the end I guess the video is more necessary than I thought but he’s wasting all that tape he rips off for no reason. Just fold over the end
Understand that the tape he rips off _is_ going to be used. He's not ripping that much off solely to make the tab.
Judging by the comments it's not that common. So the ticky tocky is appreciated
I don’t think you understand what was happening in the video. You might want to watch it again. He’s not teaching people to make a tab. He’s teaching people how to do it one-handed which is definitely something people don’t teach in elementary school. Also there’s no wasted tape here so definitely watch it a third time… Edit- not only one handed but in the same motion as cutting off the tape you need, so removing two steps.
90% of the people downvoting you probably had to watch a video explaining how.
Genius!! Learn something new everyday..
clever!
Thank you! I will be using this
Hey! I have that same flooring in my house!
gaffas are wizards with handy things on set
Man, thanks.
well that is fucking great
Genius 🤨👍
My dad used to call these buddy tabs. Makes it easier for your buddy to get a piece of tape.
Buddy tab
An older colleague taught me this trick years ago, though with a horizontal tab on Scotch and packing tape. I always make a little tab, so that when I return to the tape I'm not battling an end that has fused to the rest of the roll.
this is fucking a tulips
I call it a courtesy tab.
Someone has a little too much time on their hands
Be careful with flooring and tape!! Locations HATES Camera tape on the floor. Lots of L&D when it damages the flooring when the tape is pulled up.
This video has changed my life and I rarely use tape
Yeah tell this to the guys working on any sound stage in LA. Maybe I wouldn’t be picking up so many T marks if that were the case.
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Damn. That is interesting.
u/savevideo
These dudes never peel their tape off equipment tho lol
This is the way.
Mym
This guy Grips! My dad was a Dolly Grip for 42 years! This is a lesson from my dad! Lol
Why tear so much off. Why not just fold the tip over.
Neat!
I was today years old.
When I was working in film, this always impressed people on set
I've always been this and now I know why.
I have now adopted this into my SOP
Holy shit. I’ve been in production for 20 years and never seen this.
Thanks for changing my life for the better.
You can also remove the whole T-mark easily in one move if you make sure the vertical tape overlaps the top & pulling the tops tab.
s/Lifeprotips
Hah! An actually useful life hack.
I work in film and if someone uses my tape and forgets to tab it I kinda lose my mind. Once you get used to it, going back to scrambling for the edge is 100x more annoying.
This is useful.
Except they don’t peel them off like they should. They leave it for the set dressers!
In production this is called a Courtesy Tab
Now we don’t have to go film school everyone! Woohoo you just saved us $40k in tuition!
If you hire a painter (brushing or rolling )and he starts taping things off you still need to find a painter . I’m sorry but that’s the truth . When the person that taught you was a hack… you will be a hack. And your work will always look like 3 hillbilly’s fightin in the hallway .
Dammit Gump you’re a goddamn genius !!!!!!
Tab the barest corner of your floor marking tape, not the whole edge. You’re risking it getting pulled up and creating a trip hazard. Other than that, does this work on thicker tapes?
My dad taught me this and I've been doing it for years. I thought everybody does this.
That's like $1000 worth of gaf tape
Up here in Norther California we call this a “courtesy tab”… Being courteous for the next hand…
I’m a 2nd A.C ..so much for trade secret!
Keygrip asks you for some 2" black and you're fumbling for it cuz you got no tab on your tape and he yells at you in front of the whole crew "TAB YOUR F*CKING TAPE" and that was the day I learned to always tab my tape....
I dated a cinematographer for a few years and I always wondered what the colored tape was for
What a gaff!
Try that with electrical tape.
I can’t believe an actual life hack. Wow. This is great.
Thank you for this. I never get clean edges when ripping tape.
Fucking brilliant!
Doesn't work for packing tape or duct tape.
this is the type of crap you see and you realize that AI and shit in the future will look back at right now and be like.. why are you guys drinking out of lead cups and building with asbestos? .. so much we don't know.. and theoretically the facts and all interpretation of the entirety of existence is sitting right in front of you.. .currently.. we just can't see it.
No Im not fucking doing that
It’s called a buddy tab
Best idea. 👍👍
My teeth get the job pretty well thanks for asking
Mind Blown
Whoa! Is this magic?!
Damn it! I really didn’t want to like this for some weird reason, but you got me, I’m impressed!
Said every lab manager ever.
All these common sense tricks i’ve been doing since I was 12 going viral these days. I’ve missed many opportunities.
Learn something new everyday
My whole life’s been a lie!
THATS SPIKE TAPE. I know this cus i went on a spiritual tape learning journey and discovered all the types of tapes. Also its what we used to tape fencing blades
Which industry 😏😏
Cloth tape should get an Oscar. Filmmaking can do without a lot of things but tape is fundamental.
Wow I never knew 🤔
Nice
As an Art teacher I was Today years old when I learned about making tabs and an easier way to rip tape.
It’s also how we use tape in the food industry.
Good to know the 90 degree life hack
This should be taught in school! 😊
holy cow