First draft for Haunt 2002!
Danyael
down on paper.
An abbreviated walk-thru this year, with just 3 stages: Execution
Chamber, Toxic Dump, & Labooorrrratorie! (please insert best "Peter
Lorie" accent here)
Front Yard = Grave Yard: 16 Headstones, a coffin, FC Ghost & Hellpit w/
fog & blk lites + numerous jack-o-lanterns.
At the foot of the driveway visitors will be greeted by a "Bottomless
Pit" effect and a Grim Reaper holding a sign that says, "Enter At Your
Own Risk Touch Nothing"
The TOTers will see 3 facades (flush with the front of my garage & side
yard) when coming up the driveway (from l to r): an Entrance, a Ticket
Boot, & an Exit
The Entrance Facade will be a Mausoleum Style arch leading down the side
yard to the Execution Chamber w/guillotine & headless corpse and a
pneumatic 'head on a stake' pop-up w/air horn for 'startle' effect.
Entering the side door into the garage leads to the Second Stage:
The Toxic Dump will be behind bars (jail door) and have blk toxic waste
barrel, metallic toxic waste barrel (w/ pneumatic pop-up head), oozing
biohazard barrel, rotating red lite & strobe lite w/school bell ring for
startle effect.
Which leads to:
The Mad Scientist's Lab (A theme I've had success with in the past):
Odd tank containing a floating brain with eyes attached.
Brain is "alive" and can interact with TOTers via a speaker. A remote
operated 'Hand on a Test Stand' and a couple other (as yet to be
determined) props will be 'controlled' by the 'brain'. Script writing
for the 'Brian' to 'TOTer' interaction is still open to all suggestions
("Hey, I can't feel anything below my eyeballs; I'm going to wiggle my
fingers, let me know if they move!" type of stuff)
Visitors will exit thru the mouth of a Demon Head Facade (last year's
entrance).
Between the entrance and exit facades will be the Ticket Booth where
candy will be handed out to the kids and information to shamelessly
promote my production business will be handed out to the adults.
I figured that after 5 years of doing this I could be allowed to inject
a little personal commercialism.
A Small section of the garage will be portioned off (about 5 feet in and
the length of the garage) for the Ticket Booth stage and the control
center for the haunt. Though I can't see the front drive, I will be
able to see all 3 stages of the haunt and control them from a central
location.
I'm going to be forced to 'hire' my girlfriend's two teenagers to deal
with visitors out front; my wiccan lady always passes out the sweets
dressed as a witch.
Most of my stuff is built on previous years work, (I started 9 years ago
and this will be my 5th walk-thru haunt) so I have a lot of
lighting/effects/props/previous efforts to build on. To pull this off
this year, I need to build:
A pneumatic pop-up for the 'head on a stick' prop
'Brain in a Tank' prop
'Hand on a Stand' prop
Mausoleum Arch facade
Ticket Booth facade
Switches & wiring for brain/hand/speaker control
Layout of lines (power, control, pneumatic, lighting, etc.)
And you wonder why I consider Halloween a 'year round hobby'
Dan
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satisfying ones" - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
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| down on paper.
| An abbreviated walk-thru this year, with just 3 stages: Execution
| Chamber, Toxic Dump, & Labooorrrratorie! (please insert best "Peter
| Lorie" accent here)
| Front Yard = Grave Yard: 16 Headstones, a coffin, FC Ghost & Hellpit w/
| fog & blk lites + numerous jack-o-lanterns.
| At the foot of the driveway visitors will be greeted by a "Bottomless
| Pit" effect and a Grim Reaper holding a sign that says, "Enter At Your
| Own Risk Touch Nothing"
I'd go with an Orwell / Men in Black theme myself.
Have a Men in Black character ask for "Identification papers citizen,"
then wave a wand over the back of their neck which beeps alarmingly. Then
say, "These terrorists have no identification implant" take them to
detention. Have them stand in a wooden black closet for 2 minutes while a
thin line of light moves up the cabinet walls about 20 times quickly (a
pulley loop with a small battery-powered light attached to the loop provides
the effect of going underground). Then a thump from the bottom (could be a
simple lever on a string attached to a rubber mallet) signifies they reached
the sub-basement. Which should be isolated from being able to view the
outdoors.
Then have another agent (who looks much less human by means of a hard
plastic human-faced mask covered with a liquid latex skin with a "human"
texture) take the "terrorists" to normal living room and offer them rice
cakes. There should be a noise by the visible glow in the dark clock (to
draw attention to it as later it should appear to have jumped forward by an
hour).
Then comes the tricky part. A remote control car (with two levers for
accurate remote control on the remote) covered under a black-painted bowl
and a snakelight with a lime-green cover should move around on the floor and
"inspect" the subjects. It should of course leave quickly after inspection
and the MIB shouldn't allow the subjects to touch or inspect it (also
requiring someone other than the MIB to control the car out of sight).
Then the subjects should be alerted to the clock "time loss" and be
scanned with another wand which beeps a positive noise. The agent should
then tersely thank them for their time and take them to the elevator box
closet (doesn't have to be an actual closet, but a box set close to the wall
with white trim making it look as if it were part of the wall along with a
small ramp to conceal the light motor and the floor thump lever which is
operated by the agent outside the box). Have the second agent scan them
again and then give them candy.
The idea is a low budget feel with a five minute "inspection" /
implantation weirdness. The end should leave the people feeling odd and
disquieted and like they've been implanted with tracking devices.
Danyael
George Johnson wrote:
Very good idea but doesn't fit with the theme I'm producing this year.