Thread: Projection onto mist for eerie ghost effect

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Hello Halloween Forum-ers I was talking with my dad earlier today(not a haunter but a mechanic who has great ideas) and he mentioned the idea of a projection onto a mist screen in a haunt, that as the patrons walk up to it the projection stops, yet they are inthe middle of a cool mist cloud, thus replicating a paranormal "cold spot". Any ideas, suggestions, comments? Any input at all would be helpful. Thanks and Happy Haunting!!
Matthias Grimm

Found this for ya. Looks like a fog chiller piped into horizontal hood with fans directing the airflow down.
YouTube - DIY Fog Screen Test 2

The fog is the right idea, I use to watch a show called "Prototype This" on the science channel and the tried the projection onto mist thing. They were only trying to use water as a medium and couldn't unless it was a full sheet of it. The fog would work great, the only issue is you would need to sync the fogger with the video unless you can get a continuous fogger for it.

Thanks, that is very helpful!

A breeze might make it tough.

I like this thread!

Wow! Those are some great effects.

I'm guessing dry ice in the fog chiller?

Is it the fog machine that is making all the noise?

I think some CPU fans would run nice and quiet, while still pushing a great deal of fog in the desired direction.

awesome trick, maybe hook 2 foggers and stagger the timing so it's continuous? hmmm gives me something for my mausoleum I'm going to start building.... Have the fog coming down from the top of the doorway and make em walk through it...

Any idea where the images are coming from? I know it's a projector, but are the animations from a DVD? Or is it something this DIYer illustrated himself?

This has been discussed before, but only one or two people have pulled it off. I'd be interested to see how this goes for you.

Haze Video Projection
Fog Projection Screen - Success - video
FOG SCREEN HELP - Need feedback on last minute idea

The video above is from this how to: Finkbuilt Blog Archive DIY Fog Screen
He used Mark Gervais's Hallowindow DVD