Thread: How can I build walls?

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I want to build some temporary walls to look like a room. (basically like a three wall set like you have on SNL). Are there any tutorials here, or on the web, about building walls like that? I was thinking of maybe something using foam insulation and wallpaper/paneling, but I'm not sure if that would work well.

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Wall partitions

Are you planning on reusing them or are they a one-time setup?
I made a frame out of 1x2's and stapled some cardboard on.
Total cost of that : about $3 ( for the lumber ).
To make a set out of those panels , you can either use scene setters or you can make your own like I did. I used 1/2" and 1/4" styrofoam which is also pretty cheap. Of course , it'll take a lot more time to build your walls than just using scene setters.

sorry , double post

they'll only be a one time thing, but I'm actually wanting to use them to shoot video that I'll have on the TV on Halloween. But I want it to look like it's actually a room. Problem is, I want to splatter fake blood on the walls during the video, and also I don't have a room like the one I want to build. I was thinking of constructing it in my garage, since that's the most open space area. But it should look like a bedroom, like you would find in a doublewide trailer. Cheap wood paneling, or ugly wallpaper, dingy, etc. Might be too big of a task.

Search this forum for "facade" and/or "walls"... I think there are even threads about this on the first page of this section...

Originally Posted by djsmackmackey

they'll only be a one time thing, but I'm actually wanting to use them to shoot video that I'll have on the TV on Halloween. But I want it to look like it's actually a room. Problem is, I want to splatter fake blood on the walls during the video, and also I don't have a room like the one I want to build. I was thinking of constructing it in my garage, since that's the most open space area. But it should look like a bedroom, like you would find in a doublewide trailer. Cheap wood paneling, or ugly wallpaper, dingy, etc. Might be too big of a task.

You can go with the creepy wallpaper scene setters. They are relatively cheap and come in 50ft rolls. And if you build those cheap wall panels I was talking about , you should be set. Shouldn't take more than a few hours to complete the whole room scene.

Something like this :

Halloween Decorations - Halloween Signs

scene setters, from what I've seen, are more halloween specific. I want to make it look like a room you could find in a run down home. Like a dingy doublewide trailer bedroom, or something to that effect. It's ok, I'm probably biting off more than I can chew anyway.

I'd like to make it where the walls look like this.