Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I didn't, either, until someone pointed it out to me. Then it was very hard not to see it after that.
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 <-- also has not seen the wire and have been awed by the effect of the floating Leota
Originally Posted By jdub Well, I learned something new from this thread (and a web search); I now know what a Pepper's Ghost is!
Originally Posted By Bellella What wire? It's so dark in there, I can hardly see the various floating objects.
Originally Posted By Dznygrl The ability to see the wire depends on lots of factors, I suppose. But for me, it's about when you ride. I don't much care for riding it at night anymore. Since my eyes are adjusted to the darkness, everything in the HM you're not supposed to see becomes more visible, such as Leota's wire and the ugly warehouse looking walls. Can't see any of that during the day when my eyes are used to the sunlight outside.
Originally Posted By donnyaz Maybe for nightmare before Christmas overlay they could try my idea of HD Projection.the thing is that instaed of beaming a bright light on AA's they would do a CGI or just tape the AA's and project an HD image where they used to use bright lights to acheive the same effect.This would mean they would have to power the AA's and they would be able to eaqulize the projection to make it look better and use way less power and the guest would never know the difference
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << take out the AA's ballroom scene keep the peppers ghost effect but use HD projection. >> I hate to be overly critical here, but by the very nature of how the Pepper's ghost effect is achieved it is already in "HD." In fact, it's in better than HD since it's not done with any sort of film-based projection system at all. I think you are suggesting that you might achieve more fluid and realistic movements with CGI-developed animations than the more limited movements of the mechanical animatronic figures. That is not an issue of "HD" vs. "non-HD," but an issue of how the characters themselves are rendered. I think keeping the animatronics in the ballroom maintains a consistent feel among all of the characters throughout the attraction -- whether they are images projected by the Pepper's ghost technique or figures that appear anywhere else in the attraction.
Originally Posted By donnyaz What I am trying to show is how clear an hd projection,Towere of Terror does this really well <a href="http://www.mousenation.com/imagepics/PeppersGhost.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.mousenation.com/ima...host.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I always thought the Peppers Ghost AA's in the mansion looked creepier than the projections in TOT, specifically because TOT is quite obviously projected film of actors. Something about that brings the creep factor down, somehow. It's hard to explain, and just a visceral response. I'd be fine with quick CGI projections (like the ghost escaping the coffin) that were quick and more of a background thing. That could be an enhancement. But I think the ballroom scene would work better staying largely as it is.
Originally Posted By donnyaz Yeah I have to agree about the acting int the tower of terror.But I think the idea is solid
