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Halloween 2014 – Creating the Content for Castle Brittahytta
You’ve probably realized by now that so much work went into Halloween 2014 that I have to split up the making-of videos into more digestible chunks! Coming up in a few weeks will be the Electronics & Equipment technology and … Continue reading
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Tagged Castle Brittahytta, editing, effects, filming, Final Cut Pro, ghosts, greenscreen, halloween, Halloween2014, outtakes, portraits, princess, queen, spirits, steampunk, Verdigris, video editing, writing
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Halloween 2014 – The Story of Seven Spirits
I am very pleased to announce TWO Halloween videos today! Finally you can experience what it was like to attend our grandest Halloween extravaganza yet! The Main Event is 46 minutes long so set aside some time to watch, but … Continue reading
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Tagged castle, Castle Brittahytta, crystal ball, ectoplasm, ghosts, halloween, Halloween2014, psychic, seance, spirits, steampunk, Verdigris, vortex
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Halloween 2014 – Verdigris Portraits, Family Heirlooms and Other Clues
To summon the spirits in the séance led by the Webmistress via the Spirit Materializer built by Miss Hermione G. Wells, the party guests needed to identify the ghosts haunting the castle by using anything they could find, including family … Continue reading
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Tagged books, calligraphy, clues, cookies, ghosts, halloween, Halloween2014, illuminated manuscript, portraits, runes, spirits, tasty tombstones, Verdigris
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Halloween 2014 – Studying Spirits with Miss Hermione G. Wells
If you follow Britta Blvd or Eerie Elegance on Facebook, you’ve been able to see each ghost video as I posted them on YouTube over the past couple months, culminating in this master walkthrough of all the ghosts. I’m still … Continue reading
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Tagged castle, Castle Brittahytta, ghosts, halloween, Halloween2014, haunting, parties, peppers ghost, projection, spirits, steampunk, Verdigris, video
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Halloween 2014 – The Party!
Sorry for such a delay, but everyone has been super busy, myself as well as my several photographers, so I’ve just barely gathered all the party photos and taken all my catchup photos. I still need to prepare some video … Continue reading
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Tagged castle, Castle Brittahytta, costumes, crystal ball, ghosts, halloween, Halloween2014, parties, portraits, seance, steampunk, Verdigris
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last Halloween update before the party!
ACK! Only 4 days until the big event! Overall we are doing well but it is definitely final crunch time! More wind was frustrating Sunday afternoon as I fought with more pieces flying off the roof, so I am not … Continue reading
Halloween progress so far…
Halloween has been in full swing for me for a whole month already, with too many things to say so I don’t know where to start! First I’ll show you what I just sent with the party invitation. Listen with … Continue reading
Merry Madam Mead & the Phantom of the Pipes
Since my parties are in tight quarters with guests roaming around at will, I never had a good location for a Pepper’s Ghost illusion. You need double the space to hide the original item that is being reflected into your … Continue reading
The Pumpkin Queen & Swashbuckler Sally
Onward to pirates & pumpkins! Both Swashbuckler Sally and the Pumpkin Queen were rear projected onto screens, both using compact specialty-use UltraProjectors, what you might think would be a simple technique, but there were some execution surprises both good and … Continue reading
The Watery Wraith & the Tower Ghost
Of the six ghosts for Halloween 2012, there were two each of three different display techniques, so I might as well group them by technique. The easiest displays were the plain video screens showing the Watery Wraith in the wishing … Continue reading
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Tagged drowning, ghosts, halloween, halloween2012, monitor, parties, projects, screen, tower, video screen, warrior, well
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