HT2004LetsDecorate
From Simreal
Hi, I had a couple of set/station ideas to run by you guys. Usually, the first thing most people in westerns do when they arrive in town (if they aren't criminals) is go to the hotel.
FIRST STATION where the guests "register" for the trails can be a hotel lobby? There could be a simple front desk, a few chairs and one of those red velvet round seat things. We should be able to make that cheaply out of hay bales, plywood and red 'velvet' or damask. That item could be where the guides pick up the group to take them to the saloon where the action starts.
STATION TWO could be a saloon with a whiskey barrel bar and mirror. We could use a mylar sheet or plexi spray painted with silver paint to imitate a mirror. That mirror could be one of those "odd" elements to indicate an alien presence. A local winery that makes port or sherry might loan us the barrels to make the bar. If this is a "mining town" then this set up would be relatively authentic.
A few tables with some actors playing typical characters would round it out.
STATION THREE could be the jail where the guests are taken because of the ruckus they "started" at the saloon. This could be a ploy to round up people that "won't be missed" to experiment on out at the basin. The sheriff could take them and when they get there the town drunk could warn the guests about the basin.
STATION FOUR is a holding pen before the loading chute. It should be a hidden room behind the jail cell so if we end up stacked here (hopefully not) it will give us breathing room between groups.
STATION FIVE To "load up" the guests we could make a cattle chute and herd them into the "alien transporter" or van. I assume that is the way to explain to the guests the modern transportation?
RIGHT IDEA, or am I barking up the wrong tree? (Sorry I screwed this up earlier, didn't understand how this works...Still Don't. Have mercy, I'm an artist not a (Java)script-writer)
CRAWLWAY: How about a tunnel that has a "Y" in it? The guide has the guests stay back while he checks out the "wrong way". This way "swallows" him up, screaming in agony with "blood" squirting at the guests. Then another guide comes and encourages the guests to go the other way. Additionally, I thought we could use thin layers of batting to lend a "cocoon" feel to the tunnel. A few chunks of flesh lying around in it would make it extra gross and fun. If the tunnel was "soft" at the section where the guide gets eaten, it would be easy to swallow up the guide by drawing up a rope around the outside of the tunnel.
GOVERNMENT AGENTS: LOVE IT. EASY COSTUMES TOO. Any objection to "borrowing" the mind eraser from MiB? The guests could see them using it on an actor or two at the beginning of the trail. Easy to do just need a camera flash with a red filter on it. That red flash could follow them around the basin too. Be kind of nerve wracking seeing that flash over and over again.
