Thread: My take on Disney's Madame Leota

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I finished my Madame Leota prop today. Originally I wanted to do a projection, but just did not have the time or patience to do so. After much thinking, I really needed something to accommodate my Haunted Ouija Board (Haunted Ouija Board) and skull candles (Skull Candles) so I decided to do a twist on the "Magic Mirror". Only I would consider it more of a "Magic Portrait". For all you Disney buffs out there, you should recognize the portraits that I used in between the Madame Leota video, they are all (2 shown, there are 4 in all) from the stretching portraits in the Haunted Mansion. The total video is 6 minutes long and will loop throughout the night.



Here is a picture of the back of the frame:

SavageEye ,

That's a clever solution to not using projection . Your Ouija board and candles combined with your frame will make a creepy Seance scene.

Did you remove the monitor frame or build over the top of it ?

O.M.G. I LOVE it! That is one of the best props evah.
The black kitty sleeping behind it is pretty great also!

Originally Posted by theundeadofnight

SavageEye ,

That's a clever solution to not using projection . Your Ouija board and candles combined with your frame will make a creepy Seance scene.

Did you remove the monitor frame or build over the top of it ?

Thanks. I completely removed the monitor frame. It was too bulky. I will be spraying the back flat black (say that 10x fast). I used an aluminum "L" bracket from Home Depot to attach the frame and the LCD screen (top and bottom). When you take the housing off of the screen, there are 4 tiny screws (2 at each end), I used these screws, combined with mating holes that I drilled in the bracket to attach to secure the two together.

Originally Posted by hollow

O.M.G. I LOVE it! That is one of the best props evah.
The black kitty sleeping behind it is pretty great also!

Thanks Hollow. Funny thing, I did not even see the cat there until you mentioned it!

That's a really nice prop you built there! I'm jealous!

Great work.

this is a really cool prop. We just got rid of several 15" lcd at work and I was smart enough to grab a few, though I had no purpose for them when I grabbed them but now I do!

Nicely done! From where did you come up with the video footage of Madame Leota?

I love it!!! Is there any chance of getting a copy of the video? I would love to use this for my window! I'm a huge Disney fan. My birthday last year was at Disneyland. I was lucky enough to have lunch at Club 33 and dinner at The Blue Bayou.

You did a great job with the prop!

seems like you could do a pretty easy mirror with some of that window film.

add a PIR sensor to it and figure out how to wire that into the serial port on your computer to trigger the animation and you'd have a pretty sick magic mirror.

love your execution. good job!