Thread: Semi-Vortex like effect

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That sounds pretty cool. Never tried it... large scale of that seems like it could be expensive!

just got finished putting together the room i built and tried your ideal...and i gotta tell you that the effect works great it actually made me and my duaghter and the others helping put together our haunt kinda dizzy walking thru. i found that the dimensions i used were just 4 feet by 16 feet long hallway and the moonbeam at the top and aimed toward the entrance from where the tots are walking, add fog and it really messes with your balance. great ideal and thanks for the inexpensive trick will try and video it but don't know if it will show the true effect of this trick.

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I used the moonflower installed horizontally at eye level near the end of a tunnel filled with fog. It was an excellent effect. It didn't so much cause the tipping effect, but it messed with ones perception of distance. The tunnel was about 15' long but it looked like it was hundreds of feet long. Some people walked right into the pallet wall I put up in front of the moonflower (to keep them from running into the device).

Looks very nice! I can't afford the purchase of another unit just for this one effect so I improvised: I did a time tunnel effect a few years ago with a rotating Mr. Christmas light show projector ($6 at the thrift store) and one of my fog machines. I made a blue gobo slide that basically looked like a hoop (or a doughnut with a really large hole) and shot it along the same axis as the fog machine from the roof of the house. TOTs coming up the sidewalk had the impression of walking into a slowly rotating time tunnel. Worked great! If I set it up for my pirate cemetary this year I'll get a picture and post it.

Was thinking it'd be kind of cool to slowly have the tunnel spin faster and faster. Here is the basic concept of most simple moon beams.

What about drilling a few holes in the bottom of a large coffee can and inserting a spot light. Rotate said can and ya should have a similar effect.

Couple rollers, cordless drill, elastic and a zip tie ( for the trigger) should get you can rotating.