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Clip Tape

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Synonyms: Recruiter Tape
See also: Recruiter Vid, Picspam, Clip, Clip Theft
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A Clip Tape is a video-based recruiting tool, where a collection of scenes are carefully chosen to show the appeal of a character or show, or to highlight a pairing -- similar to modern picspams, but using video.

Examples of cliptapes

One well-known example is from the Sentinel fandom. The Lofttape is composed of clips of Jim and Blair being domestic in the loft.

In 1996, fen on Virgule-L made tapes of slash recruiter scenes for all of the major and minor fandoms of the time:

TAPE 1:

TAPE 2: