April Meeting

FRIGHTGUY said:

Greg,

What do you have in mind for your video? Can you list it on here or pm me so I can get a better idea? Id luke to put some thought to it. I am already working in video and audio.clips for.my dark csrnuval this year and would like to add your video to my to do list. If there are specific visuals, effects or audio you need I can start to complie a list of files I may already have that could work for your video.

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Although I don't see this as a group project per sey, there could be a strong group infuence and/or partcipation if anyone is interested.

This is actually a combo of a fake newscast (video) and a live actor (after the video)

Here's what I want as a fake newscast video to start the scene.

1) Start with Static: You know the old UHF type snowball static and sound from 25 years ago.

2) Mix in about 3 seconds of horizontal static here and there (Like the picture is trying to come in) along with some zapping and pops (sounds) like the picture is trying to come in.

3) Through the static which ebs and flows throughout the broadcast, you can begin to make out some shapes and you recognize that this is a news broadcast. Underneath in the scroll area, for a second you can clearly see the headline "MINE DISASTER IN HIGH BRIDGE". and "TOXIC GAS RELEASED" You can barely see and hear the news woman saying "This just in.... High Bridge is the scene of a deadly and mysterious mine disaster with toxic fumes at the old Iron mines on the north side of town. This disaster is a direct result of secret and Illegal mining operations the Mayor said". (Static fades in and out like the power is failing).

She continues, "Federal authorities have quarrantined the entire town due to the reports that a deadly gas of unknown origin has been released". " Originally used to make iron cannonballs in the 1800's, The mine was just recently reopened by a company called Quimby Research, a Biotech company, claiming that they had discovered some unusual minerals that could be worth Billions" "There have been reports of some highly unusual activities....(STATIC)........ "No one will be allowed to enter or leave town untill".....(Static).....There have been widespread reports of pandamonium.....(More static) "as strange creatures have been sighted near"......(Static)

One last time you BARELY see the newswoman (The scene then goes to complete Static just as you hear a female blood curdling scream)....

Then, Go to "End of broadcast day" symbol.. with static.....

Then go completely to static for another 10 seconds

Loop the entire thing.

While the static is looping, waiting to play from the beginning again, a light will come on revealing a Live actor in what looks like a white Lab tech robe with his back to you. He's hunched over facing away from you, Flailing his hands in anger, saying things like, "I can't believe that they went ahead and did it!!. THOSE GREEDY bastards!!! They're going to kill everyone. I TOLD THEM NOT TO DO THIS!!!! DON"T GO IN THERE!!! I Beg You!! Your Risking your LIVES!!!! As he says this, he turns around revealing that half his face is normal and the other half is GROSSLY Mutated! Lastly he says "You'll all Die"

The light goes dark.

End of Scene Combo

Repeat all night

My original thought about how to do this would be to get video clips of some small town-second rate news broadcast as base footage. Since I WANT a lot of static, the fact that you can't really see much will help us dub in our own vocals for the newscast.

There is a lot more that I could do with this, but quite simply I don't want an elaborate production. The Video would just be a GREAT Introduction and would (hopefully) automatically space the crowd out a little bit as those who are curious will watch Both the Broadcast AND the live actor.

Also, Instead of a loop, I might have the actor trigger the scene each time, so we can have it coordinated with the ebb and flow of ToTers and "rents"

PS: I probably wouldn't bring the actor in untill it got darker and most of the "little" tots have cycled through.

what about completing the grave grabbers with a motion sensor and sound (spot light or wall switch sensor) we can run a sound loop and when the motion sensor trips the grave grabber starts to move a light comes on the the speakers get power so that you can hear "Brains Brains I must have your Brains" Or something like that. or maybe just zombie grunting. The weekend of the 17 I am camping so no good for me that weekend.

like these:

The Obelisk would take 1 full build day to complete the basic construction. However to have an effective obelisk you will need to "Finish" it with some wood putty and joint compound and possibly a nice paint job. That would take a second full meeting. Our group is Great at getting (any) basic project done, but to this date (even looking at Jeff's archives) I can't recall our group ever totally finishing an actual project to completion. It would be NICE to do so. Details are sometimes key and it'd be nice to focus on something that we can build to FULL Completion (including details, weathering, paint etc).

Most of us complete our props at home which is fine, But I think a lot of great techniques could be learned by watching how others finish things. Just my 2.5 cents.

In that spirit, I'm thinking we should complete our grabbers. Make the hands, get the cloth on, Aged, and get the bases painted. Don't forget Lube (Easy Ken!!!). We might still have time for the make-up tutorial at lunchtime (1pm-ish)

Other than that I'm also game for everything that was mentioned previously for our April Project.