Pepper's Ghost Effect

[nsjabfilms]

the glass in the ball room is the size of the room and the dolls under and above the backoney are animatronic robots some lit with black light and some lit with a spot

Most of those trick's in the haunted mantion were old magishion tricks from a a while back. I know how most of how all the rides work. Thats what I study. Most of the disney imagineer's were animators in the disney movies.

[koen7b]

Could you maybe make a drawing or a model to show us how the glass is angled and where it is in the ride i now know how the trick works but that part still confuses me ty a lot if you do ill syb to you so i know when its up.

[nsjabfilms]

@koen7b if you go on you tube a find clear video's of the hautned mantion ball room look for the up close poles and the class is attached to the poles and the robots are below

[koen7b]

So there a robots in there somewhere dancing around but how can you see it from top down like in the attraction wouldnt that destroy the effect and if you are moving left and right the ghost moves aswell but the almost not moving ghost at the piano doesnt move at all im confused

[FutureImagineer1]

@koen7b the glass panel is not right up against the side of the track. The glass is about 10 feet in front of the 'ledge' the buggies run on. beneath the cars, there is a mirrored replica of the ballroom (with the glass acting as the line of symmetry), except everything in the replica scene is painted black, except for the animatronic ghosts (which are white). This allows for only the ghosts to be seen in the reflection (much like in my video).

[FutureImagineer1]

@koen7b Because the glass is some feet away from the cars, the reflection is still seen. This same effect is seen with windows. If you stand in front of a window, and put your hand beneath your eyes to prevent you from seeing anything thats below you, you can still see the reflection of things below you in the glass.

Hope this helps.

~Dan

FutureImagineer1

[nsjabfilms]

in the haunted mantion ball room under the balocney and abouve are robots that I think are painted with black light paint and reflect in the big plates of glass. If the glass cracks they would have to remove the roof to repaire the glass or get a new plate

[RevyReL]

wow, that is really cool! i always thought the haunted mansion ghosts were holograms.

[KuzzNshazziie]

watched this in skl...

[MarjanPindakaaz]

I'm doing an internship now at a studio in Amsterdam where they use this technic

[gethsoftware]

hatsune miku is made by this effect

[Aurochhunter]

Hey thanks pal, I already knew how Pepper's ghost worked, but you explained it far better than any of the articles I read.

[ttapodcast]

whats that stuff you got at target?

[Thejumanji300]

I dunno what the hell i did wrong to mine bcu it wont work!

[TECfan1]

I had no glass or plexi-glass so I used an old front of a cd case. xD

[salman6896]

@TECfan1 is plexi glass in stores?

[tdwiffle]

what did you use for the ghost?

[TECfan1]

@tdwiffle you can just print a ghost and cut it out.

[MrDjaslights]

I wanna do this when i grow up i wanna do lighting check out my vids on lighting

[FutureImagineer1]

@MrDjaslights yeah i wanna do set design with a lighting emphasis. Lighting is so creatively awesome!

-D

[gt4611]

Great career choice bro, because that's what I wanna do as well! Maybe we'll work together someday! (by the way, would plastic or plexiglass work because I dont have any glass)

[FutureImagineer1]

@gt4611 anything that is see-through yet still reflective would/should work. i only used glass because i had it readily available (i used glass from a photo frame)

[gt4611]

@FutureImagineer1 thanks!

[SkittleE275]

what?!!!!!!! thanks for ruining the illusion! jerk!(not realy

[lasaboteuse]

Your setup lasted more than two minutes and you never actually demonstrated the effect!

[NickanapFilms]

can you explain how peope do the effect where a person morphs into someone else using peppers ghost?

[Guitarisma]

Listen to Pepper's Ghost by Buckethead =]

[IamTheRealSolidSnerk]

You sound like Mclovin!

[KatyPalmTree]

If your username is any indication, I'd say that you are aiming for an exciting job. I wish you the best of luck, and thanks for the informative video!

[FutureImagineer1]

@KatyPalmTree thanks so much!! :D and yes Imagineering is my passion and dream! :D

[myronwouts]

@FutureImagineer1 Cool, someone with the same dream. I want to become an imagineer since my 6th!:P

[zamardi]

The glass i situated at a 45 degree angle. So when the incident ray bounces off the glass, since it acts like a mirror, there is a partial reflection that goes to your eye and since your eye assumes that light travels in straight lines the image/hologram thing appears.

[narcovice]

that ghosts is barely seen let alone the furneiture in the dark needs more light

[Nevanator7]

hey if i or someone were to replace the "ghost" and move around on a much bigger scale would that still work?

[FutureImagineer1]

yes, in many disney attractions such as Haunted mansion, Tower of terror, and The Seas with Nemo they all use peppers ghost on a much, much bigger scale! So yes, as long as you ahve a piece of glass with something to reflect you'll be good!

[Nevanator7]

@FutureImagineer1 alright thanks! i've always thought it was a projection of the ghost i never knew it was a window thing. i attempted to make one in a shoe box but i failed yours turned out very good!

[Brokent3eth]

pretty cool

[theboombody]

This effect is kind of interesting.  You don't need any mirrors at all? Just the glass?

[meestahp]

the glass is reflective and is thus your mirror.

[zamm0rock]

can u make a tutorial

[GoofyIndian92]

I have to say that I love your screenname because that is my all time profession. And I made one too. But obviously yours was done better because for some reason the light has to be weirdly placed in order to see my ghost

[FutureImagineer1]

Thanks. Its my dream. But with yours, one thing that I didnt mention is that for some reason it reacts the best under florescent light (which is what i used in the video). And you're right that you are limited to a specific angle. But im glad to see youre interested. Message me with any more questions or if you just wanna chat.

[GoofyIndian92]

Yeah. I played around w/ it and got it to work better. ITs my dream too. If I were to be an Imagineer, the Special Effects Field ("Illusioneering") would be where I would wanna go.

[FutureImagineer1]

yeah id like that. but im really hoping for some kind of art position like show set design or creative development.

[GoofyIndian92]

Thats sounds cool. I would love designing but im not that good when it comes to the pencil and paper.

[FutureImagineer1]

yeah I've always been interested in it. And on top of that I love theming things (wait til u see what i do for Halloween!) ill post that stuff in like July-august. :P

[GoofyIndian92]

Me too. I wanted to do a Haunted Mansion themed haunted house this year but my parents arent big on the whole Halloween thing. I can't wait to see what you do!

[FutureImagineer1]

I just would like to say thank you to everyone who posted postive comments! I will be working on other 'hidden' tricks in the World of Disney and Entertainment. Stay Tuned!

[kometmoment]

awsome, but can you use plexiglas?

[FutureImagineer1]

Sorry, I havnt logged in in quite some time. But yes, you can use plexiglas. You can use anything as long as it can reflect a picture around a 90 degree corner.

[STNautilus]

plexiglas would work, as long as you get a thick piece of it, other wise it would bend and warp and distort your reflection. Glass works better since it's rigid, as long as you don't get glass too thick or you'll get a double refraction image.

[schuchnet]

@kometmoment I used an inexpensive "half-mirror" from ebay on mine.  It has a slight mirror coating (like sunglasses) giving more reflection.

[iscrapman]

Nice explanation ... should show more of the effect tough .

[omardude39]

you should add a black pole to the ghost's stand that comes out of the box, so you can move it about inside your virtual scene ;)

[tallak42]

GREAT WORK