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Spike 定位記號（貼 mark）
A tape mark on the deck showing exactly where a piece of scenery, a furniture leg or a performer belongs. Spikes are what make a scene change repeatable in the dark, so stage management lays them and everyone else is expected to work around them.
中文
貼在台面上的記號，標出佈景、家具腳或演員的準確位置。有了 mark，暗場中的換景才做得出一樣的結果，所以由舞監組負責貼，其他人繞開它工作。
Regional usage
| Where | Term | Note |
|---|---|---|
| TW | 馬一下 | 從 mark 來的現場俚語，「幫我馬一下」就是用膠帶貼記號。 |
| HK | 貼 mark／打 mark |
Easy to get wrong
In audio and electrics a spike is a transient overshoot in a signal or a supply. Same word, opposite meaning, and it turns up in the same building.
Spike tape is thin low-tack tape made for marks. Gaffer tape is not spike tape, and pulling the floor finish up with it will be your problem.
「定位」單獨用也可以指吊桿的高度定位。講地面記號時說「貼 mark」比較不會被誤會。
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Sources
- Spike (stagecraft) — Wikipedia primary
- 請走、拉fly、下舞台？劇場黑話大破解 — The News Lens 關鍵評論網
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