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  1. Fire!

    What is it about a fire? Think about all the "Halloween-y" images that involve fire. Bonfires. Jack-O-Lanterns. Candles. Torches - with or without pitchforks. What would Halloween be without fire?

    As an advocate of The Art of Living Dangerously, and as a home haunter, I am always looking for a way to incorporate fire into my Halloween in a new way. Don't get me wrong - in the actual haunt, the only flames allowed are the silk or flickering LED variety. Part of The ...
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  2. Of Light and Shadow - Reprise

    The last time I wrote of the use of light and shadow, it was specifically about Carl Dreyer's "Vampyr". In that film, shadows act of their own accord - sometimes independently of the objects casting them, and sometimes with no original objects at all! It just seemed like such a great idea to me...

    Anyway, I got to thinking about the other ways old B&W directors had to use light and shadow to create effects. They had no computers, of course, but they also could not ...
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  3. Pondering the "Clown Haunt"

    Clowns!
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    They are soooooo scary, right?
    Well, to some they are. Certainly to a lot of children, their first encounter with a clown can be disturbing with the bright colors and garish behavior. That fear might carry on into adulthood.

    The thing is, as our own AZ Haunter Jud (an actual clown) has observed, there is no need for the "crazed clown" masks resembling the characters from Killer Klowns from Outer Space. When
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    Updated 05-22-2021 at 05:50 PM by JustJimAZ

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  4. Of Light and Shadow

    This week I wanted to share with you a fascinating sequence using light and shadow from Carl Theodore Dreyer's 1932 horror movie Vampyr.


    The two parts I think are most effective are the man climbing the ladder (0:22) and then sitting on guard duty (1:14). It's also pretty cool the way the same shadow apparently climbs through the window (0:11).

    What a great and imaginative use of backlighting and ...
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  5. Podcasts! Part Deux

    This is a continuation of yesterday's entry. These are the OTR, makers, and "Others".

    I hope you find a new favorite thing to listen to while building stuff. Please let me know if i missed any of your favorites, and also if any of the links end up dead.


    OTR
    https://nitratediva.wordpress.com/20...des-halloween/
    https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.co...lloween-horror
    http://www.oldtimeradiofans.com/hall...adio-shows.php ...

    Updated 04-24-2018 at 09:28 PM by JustJimAZ

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