The show began as a simple yard display of tombstones and a few yard lights. Beginning in 2001, effects similar to The Haunted Mansion ride from Disney appeared in the display along with many Haunted Mansion soundtrack elements. As the attraction proved popular, the show's producers decided to create a unique story.
Lori Merkle Ford created the basic story line in the spring of 2007, which revolved around a young Hollywood starlet of the 1930s who had just married a shady Hollywood screenwriter. Ed Valentine, a prominent television screenwriter, was contracted to develop the script, and pre-production began in full earnest in June 2007. Christopher Hoag, an Emmy-nominated composer, joined the production team shortly thereafter, and about a month later the fully developed score and story were finished.[1]
Corey Burton, famous for his rendition of Paul Frees at The Disney Haunted Mansion, came on board to provide the voice of "Jack", the show's narrator, whose character is manifested as a giant talking pumpkin.
The show was created and produced by Matt Ford, an Emmy-winning lighting designer, and Lori Merkle Ford, a singer, actor and dancer, both based in Los Angeles.[2][3]
Attractionedit
The House at Haunted Hill has run yearly since 2000, usually the last three days of October. Unlike most other seasonal haunted attractions, it is a "walk-by" show viewed from along the fence-line of the street. (The city began closing the street to vehicular traffic in 2009 to facilitate the large crowds.) Although it is scripted, it does not use live actors, instead relying on video projections and animatronics. In style, it is a "ghost show" with no shock, blood or gore.[4][5]
Technologyedit
The recorded show repeats every 15 minutes, similarly to many amusement park rides. Instead of live actors, it uses high-definition projections of the characters to tell the story, using stage illusions such as the Pepper's ghost effect, and high-tech projection and lighting methods. It is controlled by an Alcorn McBride show control system synchronized to SMPTE timecode. The control system coordinates the motion control subsystems, animatronics, lighting, and special effects. The show also makes extensive use of projection mapping provided by the company Spectral Illusions.[6]
The 24-channel sound track utilizes speakers strategically placed along the attraction. The lighting system is controlled by a Vari Lite Virtuoso and makes extensive use of LED and ultraviolet lighting technology.
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house, haunted, hill, this, article, about, haunted, attraction, woodland, hills, similarly, titled, film, house, haunted, hill, high, tech, haunted, attraction, home, woodland, hills, california, attraction, technically, yard, haunt, showcases, mixture, trick. This article is about the haunted attraction in Woodland Hills CA For the similarly titled film see The House on Haunted Hill The House at Haunted Hill is a high tech haunted attraction at a home in Woodland Hills California The attraction technically a yard haunt showcases a mixture of age old tricks such as Pepper s ghost and advanced special effects and multi channel audio The House at Haunted HillJack narrates The House at Haunted Hill LocationWoodland Hills CaliforniaCoordinates34 08 59 N 118 35 48 W 34 1496373 N 118 5965743 W 34 1496373 118 5965743OpenedOctober 31 2000Operated byMatt Ford Lori Merkle FordThemeGhostsOperating seasonFallWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 2 Attraction 2 1 Technology 3 Characters 4 ReferencesHistory editThe show began as a simple yard display of tombstones and a few yard lights Beginning in 2001 effects similar to The Haunted Mansion ride from Disney appeared in the display along with many Haunted Mansion soundtrack elements As the attraction proved popular the show s producers decided to create a unique story Lori Merkle Ford created the basic story line in the spring of 2007 which revolved around a young Hollywood starlet of the 1930s who had just married a shady Hollywood screenwriter Ed Valentine a prominent television screenwriter was contracted to develop the script and pre production began in full earnest in June 2007 Christopher Hoag an Emmy nominated composer joined the production team shortly thereafter and about a month later the fully developed score and story were finished 1 Corey Burton famous for his rendition of Paul Frees at The Disney Haunted Mansion came on board to provide the voice of Jack the show s narrator whose character is manifested as a giant talking pumpkin The show was created and produced by Matt Ford an Emmy winning lighting designer and Lori Merkle Ford a singer actor and dancer both based in Los Angeles 2 3 Attraction editThe House at Haunted Hill has run yearly since 2000 usually the last three days of October Unlike most other seasonal haunted attractions it is a walk by show viewed from along the fence line of the street The city began closing the street to vehicular traffic in 2009 to facilitate the large crowds Although it is scripted it does not use live actors instead relying on video projections and animatronics In style it is a ghost show with no shock blood or gore 4 5 Technology edit The recorded show repeats every 15 minutes similarly to many amusement park rides Instead of live actors it uses high definition projections of the characters to tell the story using stage illusions such as the Pepper s ghost effect and high tech projection and lighting methods It is controlled by an Alcorn McBride show control system synchronized to SMPTE timecode The control system coordinates the motion control subsystems animatronics lighting and special effects The show also makes extensive use of projection mapping provided by the company Spectral Illusions 6 The 24 channel sound track utilizes speakers strategically placed along the attraction The lighting system is controlled by a Vari Lite Virtuoso and makes extensive use of LED and ultraviolet lighting technology Characters editJack the narrator played by Corey Burton Julietta LaRue a young Hollywood starlet played by Heather Marie Marsden Billy Valentine her new husband played by Todd Fournier Lily Billy s deceased ex wife played by Lori Merkle Ford Moira Billy s deceased daughter played Alexendra Vicich 7 Snapper Bixby a Hollywood paparazzo played by Neil Patrick Harris References edit House at Haunted Hill 2017 Review Whitnall Rebecca October 25 2012 Woodland Hills Residents Prepare House at Haunted Hill Woodland Hills Patch Retrieved September 4 2017 Review The House at Haunted Hill 2012 Theme Park Adventure December 29 2012 Retrieved September 4 2017 The House at Haunted Hill Hollywood Gothique 2016 Retrieved September 4 2017 The House at Haunted Hill 2013 Theme Park Adventure December 5 2013 Retrieved September 4 2017 Collins Mike 2010 Coaster Radio Show 501 The House at Haunted Hill Retrieved September 6 2017 from 23 30 to 44 30 Bartholomew Dana October 30 2009 Halloween Goes Hollywood Daily News Archived from the original on June 21 2011 Retrieved September 6 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The House at Haunted Hill amp oldid 1182690540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
