2019 Haunt Photo

For our 2024 Halloween yard haunt we're revisiting our 2019 ghost theme. We have to work out a better system for mounting the digital projection screen in our front window this year. In 2019 we used 3M removable double sided adhesive mounting dots to mount the screen fabric to our vinyl window frames, but the adhesive couldn't keep the screen fabric taught for the entire duration of the haunt. We started to get visible wrinkles and creases in the fabric due to the flexible/stretchy nature of the dots. This summer we're going to test out 3M Command Velcro strips on the window frames paired up with sew on Velcro strips on the edges of the screen fabric. The hope is that the Velcro strips can keep the screen fabric taught or at least allow for quick adjustments.

Digital Projector Effects Test

Tonight we did a test of our new video projector using some AtmosFX "digital decoration" videos with the projection screen up in the window. This was an arduous task. We had purchased a "projector & video" bundle from a big box store back in 2016 to use for a future Halloween. We first tested it out back in September and were extremely disappointed with the output brightness and image resolution of the projector. So we purchased a better projector (VANKYO Leisure 430 3600 Lux Video Projector), but then realized trying to get the projector at the proper height and distance to fill the projector screen window using existing furniture, books, and boxes was not going to work either, so we purchased a proper platform stand (Pyle PLPTS4 Pro Universal Device Stand). It finally all came together tonight! Should be a big hit on Halloween night.