tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784285653010648547.post3662092494386285365..comments2024-03-18T19:12:59.148-04:00Comments on PUMPKINROT.COM: The Blog: Haunt Theory: LightingRothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11329750481399948095noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784285653010648547.post-13832154076931736682023-11-15T08:10:05.972-05:002023-11-15T08:10:05.972-05:00I love the Haunt Theory posts. Have for years.
...I love the Haunt Theory posts. Have for years. <br />It's something I wish you were still writing about.DryRotAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493521904304176420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784285653010648547.post-62176824787291892022009-02-02T15:28:00.000-05:002009-02-02T15:28:00.000-05:00I was going to suggest the idea of a fence too, bu...I was going to suggest the idea of a fence too, but you're right, the size is something to consider. Then again, some fences could be made that are just enough of a deterrent, but don't visually trample the rest of your layout. Maybe a a rope-fence or something.<BR/><BR/>I finally put up a small fence in mine this past year, but I felt it was more a necessity. Since my grave-plot is on a concrete driveway, the gravestones are held in place by 6" nails sticking up out of a plywood base. I've been afraid that some idiot would walk over, fall into my graveplot, and impale themselves on those nails. The fence at least helps keep people back a few feet. Previously I just put up danger-tape, but I suspect people might think it's part of the display and not dead-serious.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06768898431190954030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784285653010648547.post-79586510803819894502009-01-31T17:45:00.000-05:002009-01-31T17:45:00.000-05:00I toyed with the idea of a fence to keep my family...I toyed with the idea of a fence to keep my family out, but I fear the small size of the front lawn might get accentuated and the whole thing might seem dinky.<BR/><BR/>I should just nerve gas their house on Halloween morning.Rothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329750481399948095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784285653010648547.post-22071737762700887402009-01-31T11:20:00.000-05:002009-01-31T11:20:00.000-05:00This is a great piece, man. I really appreciate yo...This is a great piece, man. I really appreciate you sharing some of the details of your lighting setup. This is, without a doubt, THE hardest aspect of a haunt in my opinion. Even over prop building. Placement is a close second after lighting. <BR/><BR/>It's so hard to get that balance of light and shadow that lets people see enough to be scared. I use a combination of 2 pin spots and 3-4 standard landscaping floodlights with colored bulbs in them. The longest and most challenging part of my setup is figuring out where to put them. Especially since I usually do it the day of Halloween. There's nothing like testing lights in full sun. <BR/><BR/>This year I'm planning to sketch my setup in advance and do a lighting "rehearsal" a few nights ahead.<BR/><BR/>Have you considered putting a creepy fence or some other kind of barrier around your haunt to help direct traffic? I have a similar issue with a hill in front of my house. This year I'm solving it by directing people between two stone walls and toward our garage.<BR/><BR/>Again, great piece. Lots of humor and some good stuff to take away, as well.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>JonJon Glassetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767386136781990569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784285653010648547.post-55831561079287707792009-01-31T07:12:00.000-05:002009-01-31T07:12:00.000-05:00That's something I really want to work on this yea...That's something I really want to work on this year, lighting. My pictures make it look a lot brighter than it actually is, and most everyone likes the lighting but to me it is still lacking that special something. I use a ton of extension cords and have metal handheld landscaping edger that I use to make a small trench along the driveway to run the cords in, then most of the rest run along my fence or through areas that no one "should" be able to get into. I'm always scared of someone tripping on one of the cords, so I get a little O.C.D. in hiding them.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369930481493283849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-784285653010648547.post-10289917420469251902009-01-30T22:46:00.000-05:002009-01-30T22:46:00.000-05:00At the risk of giving you a suggestion you've alre...At the risk of giving you a suggestion you've already tried and discarded, for your cauldron fire, how about a battery pack for your string of lights? They sell those at Christmas, one battery pack per something like 25 or 50 lights, and it's wired into the light string. Hope that helps.<BR/><BR/>Of course, you can't keep your family from finding some OTHER way of annoying you and ruining your effect. *sigh*ShellHawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705072702016925284noreply@blogger.com