Jason Hinkle RIP Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 i've seen on the set gaffers tape colors used to signify the type of film loaded into a mag (daylight, tungsten). i was wondering if there are official industry standards for colors of gaffers tape - or is this something you usually just work out based on what color tape is at hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Gaffers Tape is used primarily by the Grip & Electric Depts.... 1 inch Camera Tape is what the Camera Assts. use. Exposed - BLACK High Speed - RED Daylight Balance - BLUE Tungsten Balance - YELLOW Black & White - WHITE Reversal - Any Dayglow Color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Gaffers Tape is used primarily by the Grip & Electric Depts.... 1 inch Camera Tape is what the Camera Assts. use. Exposed - BLACK High Speed - RED Daylight Balance - BLUE Tungsten - YELLOW Black & White - WHITE Reversal - Any Dayglow Color I always used pretty much the same system except I used white tape for enexposed and used the color tapes for labels. It doesn't matter as long as you realize that black is exposed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Hinkle RIP Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 thank you! looks like i will have to figure out what to do with the hot-pink gaffers tape that just showed up from my ebay order, hehe. (was supposed to be orange) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Hal Smith Posted May 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 thank you! looks like i will have to figure out what to do with the hot-pink gaffers tape that just showed up from my ebay order, hehe. (was supposed to be orange) I've got a box full of gaffer/camera tape leftovers I bought from a woman AC. There's a roll of hot pink in it. I think she may have been using it to tape over the mouth of anyone on the set who was sexually inappropriate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Teulon Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I've got a box full of gaffer/camera tape leftovers I bought from a woman AC. There's a roll of hot pink in it. I think she may have been using it to tape over the mouth of anyone on the set who was sexually inappropriate. :P I bet on the sets that she worked on, there were a few sparks with their mouths taped up...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted May 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 I've got a box full of gaffer/camera tape leftovers I bought from a woman AC. There's a roll of hot pink in it. I think she may have been using it to tape over the mouth of anyone on the set who was sexually inappropriate. Hot pink is my favorite color of camera tape because nobody "borrows" it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Hot pink is my favorite color of camera tape because nobody "borrows" it. And it goes great with your jumpsuit and your Panavision jacket. Bahdump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Thorn Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 And it goes great with your jumpsuit and your Panavision jacket. Bahdump. Also useful when laying marks for actresses because no self-respecting man is going to step up to a hot pink mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted May 29, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted May 29, 2009 Also useful when laying marks for actresses because no self-respecting man is going to step up to a hot pink mark. Also true. I try to use it for the leading lady. They always like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Also useful when laying marks for actresses because no self-respecting man is going to step up to a hot pink mark. Oh, you'd be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Hal Smith Posted June 1, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted June 1, 2009 Also useful when laying marks for actresses because no self-respecting man is going to step up to a hot pink mark. I skipped over "marks for" when first skimming through your post. It certainly changed the meaning of what you were trying to say. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted June 1, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted June 1, 2009 It's a fine thing for us lab people to receive exposed stock in cans with white tape around with black felt marker identification on saying exposure rate footage. It is a very sad fact that many camera people, from 2nd to DoP, cannot leave the original sticker on the can as it is, they scribble and paint and paste over it so that for instance the batch numbers are illegible. Please, simply write on the tape around the rim if you feel you must write besides the camera report. The tape we shall be looking at because, you know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 It's a fine thing for us lab people to receive exposed stock in cans with white tape around with black felt marker identification on sayingexposure rate footage. It is a very sad fact that many camera people, from 2nd to DoP, cannot leave the original sticker on the can as it is, they scribble and paint and paste over it so that for instance the batch numbers are illegible. Please, simply write on the tape around the rim if you feel you must write besides the camera report. The tape we shall be looking at because, you know why. The amount of time and effort that would take would be nearly impossible on a big shoot. With the amount of recans and short ends, multiple units using the same darkroom it would be a headache for the loader. Does Kodak still make the peel off label that doesn't stick to anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 I agree. Once a seal is broken, I don't trust the label info anymore.... I trust what is written on the Can by the person who did the re-can.. (i.e. Stock, Feet, Date of re-can etc...)... or what is written on the Camera Report. Rarely is a stock sent to the lab in the same can it came in.. or even a matching can... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted June 2, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted June 2, 2009 Then it seems to me that I am used to keep order in the dark while the crew produces a mess in the light. Why in the world can an exposed portion not be brought back to its can? Don't you keep empty and unlabeled cans in a place for short ends? I always wonder at how archaic procedures are with million dollar budget film productions (or less) right on the level of film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 Then it seems to me that I am used to keep order in the dark while the crew produces a mess in the light. Simon? Often times you only shoot a portion of a roll.. right then and there you are out of sync as the other part has to go in a different can. Look, cans are cans to 'Set' folks.. that is why we 're-label' them with the correct info. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted June 2, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted June 2, 2009 I beg your pardon. Everything is fine. Have been a bit too sensitive. Like pressure sensitive tape. Never mind :mellow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted June 2, 2009 Share Posted June 2, 2009 I skipped over "marks for" when first skimming through your post. It certainly changed the meaning of what you were trying to say. ;) Hal, you should be ashamed. You have a dirty mind and I like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted June 3, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted June 3, 2009 Then it seems to me that I am used to keep order in the dark while the crew produces a mess in the light. Why in the world can an exposed portion not be brought back to its can? Don't you keep empty and unlabeled cans in a place for short ends? I always wonder at how archaic procedures are with million dollar budget film productions (or less) right on the level of film. Don't argue with the system when it makes your job easier, too. All you have to do is copy a footage, an emulsion batch number, and the date onto some tape. It beats finding the exact can (or keeping track of them all) a particular roll came out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Exactly.... Cans, after the seal is broke, come in two flavors.... 16 & 35 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsty Stark Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Also useful when laying marks for actresses because no self-respecting man is going to step up to a hot pink mark. I once worked with an actress who would *only* let me use pink for her marks, because that's what she had 'been trained to recognise.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted June 3, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted June 3, 2009 I once worked with an actress who would *only* let me use pink for her marks, because that's what she had 'been trained to recognise.' Wow, that's awfully picky. Wonder what would have happened if you couldn't get pink...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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