[SML] Unaskable Haunted House Question

[Jerry Durand]

On 09/20/2014 09:07 PM, Jeremiah Minh Grünblatt via Stagecraft wrote:
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> Please understand, before I even ask the question, that I am not going
> to let the following occur. There is no chance of it actually
> happening. And yet – the kids I’m working for on this uber-hip haunted
> house next week have asked me to suss out the technical gimmickry
> behind the tough mudder electro shock obstacle. Again, I am not going
> to rig a live mesh of 10,000 volt wires as a gauntlet for the
> unsuspecting public. However, I am interested in thoughts as to how
> best to fake this gag (i.e., a big scary single-pole switch box that
> crackles and looks like it is sending live current through suspended
> wires) and am ACADEMICALLY interested in how we think the actual tough
> mudder obstacle is fabricated.
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> I completely understand if no one wants to touch this question with a
> ten-foot insulated pole, but I couldn’t think of a better group to ask.
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> J. Minh
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Maybe LED rope with individually addressable LEDs, all blue-white. 
Sound effects to go with "sparks".  Fog creeping out of the box and
places the "sparks" are going.

For even better look, but higher cost, have a neon bender make some
crackle lamps for your sparking wires.

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Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.  www.interstellar.com
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