Cant...stop...watching....VanOaks...videos! Great stuff as usual. I wired up my LEDs last year, but never got around to using them. This year will be different.
Thanks for another great video. We need to just make ourselves update all our candles like this. We've been avoiding doing the work but its so worth it for the effect.
I just recently discovered what practical lighting effects were and how they work. Thanks for reminding me how "bad" I am at remembering what I've learned.
The controller seems to be available and there's a few different companies who make the eagle eye style bulbs that will work. Just check the "other people have purchased" section of the page and you'll see a few different replacement options.
Alright, it seems no one else is going to ask the obvious question so I will, what cha got on the bench behind you!? Referring to the bust. And whatever happened to the IG-88/11 head? These questions keep me up at night.... so thanks!
Brilliant stuff young man! I am intrigued by your resin candles, finding them more realistic than their PVC counterparts. I could not find a tutorial for making them amongst your impressive array of videos. Any chance you could post a tutorial sometime or otherwise point to a source for making similar candles? Thanks!
For those who have ever wondered why they need SO MANY lights on movie or theatre sets: this is why. Quite often, just the practical lighting isn't enough to "sell the atmosphere." One needs fill lighting, secondary lighting, ambient lighting, pin spots, and any other manner of light to get the scene to "read" the way the designer intended. Thanks for letting us know how you use other lighting to enhance your practical fixtures.
Happen to have a new source for the flicker unit? And, where the heck do you find pre-wired flickering LED bulbs that you use in the candle? I mean I can find them in Canada but have to buy a crazy number of them at a crazy price.
Sweet didn't think of this have a bunch made to cover the mantle of the fireplace made them out of pvc pipe instead tho will def have to pick up some spotlights
I soldered RCA connectors to the wires on one end and stripped the wire on the opposite end. Then I cut the barrel adapter off the power supply, stripped the wire to expose the positive & negative leads. Then I used wire nuts to connect them to the stripped wires (the ones with the RCA connections on the opposite end). One 9v 5a power supply can power about 60 lights.
@@VanOaksProps thank you very much. Do you think running all dc 5.5mm connections would work as well ? By the way I have always loved Halloween haunts and since seeing a video of yours I have gone all out this year. I would love to share some of my work you. Keep up the amazing and inspiring work.
I noticed you list a 18mm eagle eye in this version and a 23mm in the original led spot video. Which one fits the pvc coupling? Excited to add this to my haunt this year! Thanks a ton!
@@VanOaksProps Thanks for your reply!Also How do I connect the flicker controller to the rca power box I made following your other video. I didn't realize the connections were different sizes
Did I hear correctly that you use one flicker controller upstream for the eagle eye spot and the candles? It seemed that the led candles were flickering faster than the spot so I thought maybe you were using one for candles and one for spot.
Another great video Derek! We use this same technique inside the walk through with the amber pin spot on the wall above candles on the wall... It really adds a lot of reality to the scene.
Another outstanding video! Love your channel. I have a lighting question for you which maybe you could answer in a future video - do you know any ways to make an inexpensive gobo projector? I really think projected patterns in a haunt can add so much dimension and depth without the need for extra set design, but gobo projectors are so expensive! Maybe there is a way to modify your LED spotlights?
This is something I’ve been working on for 2 years and I’m still stumped. I’ve gotten close, but not as close as you’d need to be for haunt use. But as soon as I figure it out it will absolutely be in a video.
Thanks! Lighting is the one thing I hear most people asking about how to improve on and reading up on theatrical lighting techniques is a real eye opener. I thought this was a good opportunity to explain the two approaches to lighting using something that so many haunters have in their displays/walk throughs.
@@VanOaksProps Agreed! Theatrical lighting is what we all want, but don’t necessarily know it or how to achieve it! I’d say a lot of haunters will see a photo or even a haunt in person and THINK they can emulate the same effects without knowing how it’s done, and are disappointed with the results. Also, we often tend to revert to the old Haunted Mansion standard of what we see vs. what’s really happening behind the curtain. Lights in general are a good topic to explore... also I’m often fascinated by what the eye sees vs what a camera sees...
Yeah. So many Haunters get frustrated that their lighting isn’t as good as photos they see online, but they don’t realize it’s often the camera’s long exposure that is enhancing it and it doesn’t look at all like the photo to the naked eye.
@@VanOaksProps long exposure, Photoshop, total lies... it’s honestly difficult to light a haunt for in-person ambience, and also expect a good photo or video without some “help.”