Need hi resolution photo of Easter Island moais as seen from a distance for a rain effect window - Other Crafts

MT Mai Tai Tiki Socialite Exotic Isle of Alameda Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 1438	MT Mai Tai Posted posted on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 6:01 PM I wasn't going to use real rain. I had planned on doing this similar to how Disneyland did theirs for their Enchanted Tiki Room. They use strips of clear mylar, and when the "rain storm" approaches, with the rain sound and thunder, they use a fan to blow wind onto the clear mylar strips, to blow them around. It makes for a pretty good effect. I uderstand that the Enchanted Tiki Room in Walt Disney World in Orlando actually uses real water for rain in their windows. I don't think I could pull that off, and would also be concerned about it leaking long term. I'll have a strobe light in the light box, and it will be synced to the thunder claps - whenever there is a thunder clap, the strobe will go off. Tiki Hula did something like this in his Kapili Room, and it worked out really well. As for the clouds, I figured that just a general darkening of the backlighting of the image would suffice for when the clouds roll over. I guess if I wanted to get really fancy, I could have another image of the Easter Island pic, but have someone photo shop it to make it look all coudy and dark and stormy. That image could be placed an inch or two behind the other image, and it could be backlit to make the general overall image look stormy. I don't know if that would work, but I don't have the money to experiment with that for right now. :)

I wasn't going to use real rain. I had planned on doing this similar to how Disneyland did theirs for their Enchanted Tiki Room. They use strips of clear mylar, and when the "rain storm" approaches, with the rain sound and thunder, they use a fan to blow wind onto the clear mylar strips, to blow them around. It makes for a pretty good effect.

I uderstand that the Enchanted Tiki Room in Walt Disney World in Orlando actually uses real water for rain in their windows. I don't think I could pull that off, and would also be concerned about it leaking long term.

I'll have a strobe light in the light box, and it will be synced to the thunder claps - whenever there is a thunder clap, the strobe will go off. Tiki Hula did something like this in his Kapili Room, and it worked out really well.

As for the clouds, I figured that just a general darkening of the backlighting of the image would suffice for when the clouds roll over. I guess if I wanted to get really fancy, I could have another image of the Easter Island pic, but have someone photo shop it to make it look all coudy and dark and stormy. That image could be placed an inch or two behind the other image, and it could be backlit to make the general overall image look stormy. I don't know if that would work, but I don't have the money to experiment with that for right now. :)

Post #404564 by Mai Tai on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 6:01 PM