| Special Effect Lighting | | | | the internet and local library. You can tape your own |
| Halloween is all about darkness, shadows and the lack | | | | sounds like clanking chains, heavy footsteps or |
| of light. However, the right kind of lights really | | | | footsteps on dry leaves, screams and animal cries. |
| enhance what we may not want to see! Props such | | | | Hide your recorder in a closet (door slightly opened) |
| as skeletons, ghosts, or witches really come to life | | | | or an area where it will not be noticed. |
| with a colored light. Place a clip on or swing arm lamp | | | | Sinister Signs |
| to shine on the prop at an angle. Try to find the best | | | | Hang creepy signs on doors, gates, pillars to add to |
| angle to be effective. Tape a cellophane gel | | | | the haunted decor. Signs like "beware, stay out or |
| approximately 2 inches from the light. You can buy | | | | else, skull and cross bones, enter at your own risk". |
| color heat resistant plastic and gels at photo shops, | | | | You'll come up with plenty to keep visitors away! |
| film or theatre stores. | | | | Make these signs out of old boards painted with red |
| For a even simpler lighting effect, just use colored | | | | blood to indicate that they were painted with blood. |
| light bulbs which are available at hardware and electric | | | | Fog and Smoke |
| supply stores. | | | | Electric fog or smoke machines can be purchased or |
| Strobe lights, strobes' simulating lightning strikes, or | | | | rented. Most spew out mist or fog and do require |
| black lights add special effects is you wish to spend | | | | dry ice of water. These are very effective in |
| the money. | | | | creating a haunted place. |
| Creating Illuminated Images | | | | Motion Effects |
| You can create images out of things such as bats, | | | | Place a motion sensor connected to a fan blowing |
| spiders, witches on the wall of a dark room. Cut out | | | | under curtains or bed sheets. |
| the desired image about 1 inch long (small) from black | | | | Floating Ghosts |
| paper. Center it over a flashlight and secure it in place | | | | Put helium balloons with light weight white sheets |
| with tape. Hold together two identical magnifying | | | | draped over the balloons. Paint eyes on these sheets |
| glasses in front of the light and experiment with until | | | | and let them gently sway on the balloons which are |
| you get the right focus on the wall. Cut a piece of | | | | anchored to a heavy object ie. rocks if outside. |
| cardboard tube to fit the correct distance between | | | | These are just a few of the many ideas out there |
| the flashlight and the lenses. Tape the apparatus | | | | that you can easily do or copy. Once you start, your |
| together and place on a sturdy table or chair which is | | | | imagination will inspire you to try even more. Make |
| out ofsight. | | | | sure that you are also dressed to kill for this |
| Sound Effects | | | | occasion. There are excellent Halloween Costumes to |
| Every haunting requires eerie noises. You can find | | | | complement any frightful decor, because you |
| soundtracks or creepy music, screams, howls, | | | | definitely do no want to be the one "out of place" |
| spooky laughter, footsteps, animals like wolves | | | | Halloween Night!. |
| howling, owls hooting, cats and dogs etc. Check out | | | | |