Haunted House Halloween Handbook - Jerry R. Chavez

Haunted House Halloween Handbook

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
148 Seiten
1997
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-0375-2 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
All aspects of the successful haunted house are covered here. There is information on site selection, logistics, design, security, budgeting, sponsorship and volunteer management. This is followed by detailed descriptions of many inexpensive illustrations for your haunted house, accompanied by illustrations.
Every October, schools, civic clubs, scout troops, little leagues and charity groups of all kinds sponsor Halloween "haunted houses" as fundraisers. But where do they go for good information on how to do it? How to make the rotting corpse that scares the bejeebers out of everyone or the demonic knife-wielding doll or the living, beating heart that visitors swear is real? And what about the mundane details (e.g., permits and insurance) that make the haunted house a profitable and safe venture? Where does one find out about that?

All aspects of the successful haunted house are covered here. There is good information on site selection, logistics, design, security, budgeting, sponsorship and volunteer management. This is followed by detailed, descriptions of many inexpensive illusions for your haunted house; each is accompanied by illustrations that further explain how to make the effect successful. Floor plans, advertising flyers and design worksheets are some of the sample materials included.

Jerry R. Chavez has been designing and producing haunted houses for over twenty years. He lives in Fountain Valley, California.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgements    

Preface    



1. GETTING STARTED    

Start-up Costs and Sponsorship    

Accounting    

Workforce    

Location    

Legal and Safety Considerations    



2. LAYOUT AND CONSTRUCTION    

Floor Plans    

Basic Construction Tools    

Lumber    

The Wall Frames    

Building Temporary Walls    

Electrical Cord Organization    



3. BASIC EFFECTS    

Appearance or Vanish    

Transformation    

Penetration    

Animation or Levitation    

Physical Paradox    

Sensory Assault    

Threatening Object    



4. PROPS    

Special Tools    

Special Materials    

Surface Treatments and Finishes    

Using Color    

Some Basic Props    



5. COSTUMES    

Latex Mask Making    

Some Basic Makeup    



6. SOUND, LIGHTING, AND SPECIAL EQUIPMENT    

Sound Effects    

Lighting    

Other Effects Equipment    



7. ADVERTISING    

Media    

Publicity Stunts    

Postings    



Last Words    

Appendix A: Task Checklist and Sample Timeline    

Appendix B: Threatrical Supply Companies    

Index    

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.11.1997
Zusatzinfo photos, worksheets, appendix, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Gewicht 435 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie Volkskunde
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-7864-0375-6 / 0786403756
ISBN-13 978-0-7864-0375-2 / 9780786403752
Zustand Neuware
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