This was my tool to get my mother to take me seriously about this and show her the real side to the industry "behind the masks". I figure, what the hell, post it up here and see what the pros think. I tried to think of all the aspects of designing and running a haunt. Feel free to critcize, add too or throw in your own opinions based up what I have here.
TASK NAME
Master Plan
Code compliance and research
Business plan development
Insurance
Research EMT services[/list:u:8d76ae83ee]Theme Creation
Misc. Scare design (hallways, etc.)[/list:u:8d76ae83ee]
Construction Drawings
Marketing strategies
Equiptment for staff
Installation Supervision
Pretty much open ended, I threw this in Microsoft Excel and added other blank columns such as duration, % complete, start date, finish date, and predecessors
TASK NAME
Master Plan
- Ticket selling procedures
Crowd control
Security
Location[list:8d76ae83ee]-Parking
-Haunt sq. ft.
Code compliance and research
- -Fire
-Zoning
Business plan development
Insurance
Research EMT services[/list:u:8d76ae83ee]Theme Creation
- Determine Theme
Create Story Line
Character development[list:8d76ae83ee] -Main characters
-Minor characters
- Number of houses
Themes for each house
Number of rooms per house[list:8d76ae83ee]-Design of rooms
-Scare design
Misc. Scare design (hallways, etc.)[/list:u:8d76ae83ee]
Construction Drawings
- House layout
Room/scene order/layout
Exact floor plans
Exits
Exit strategies[list:8d76ae83ee] -Both fire and chicken-run
- Cost summary
Operation research[list:8d76ae83ee]-Ticket booth procedures
-Safety training
-Employee contracts
-Character assignments
-Orientation techniques
Marketing strategies
Equiptment for staff
- -Radios
-Traffic wands
-Ticket equitpment
-Fire extinguishers
- Construction costs
Prop costs
Costume costs
Actor payroll
Security
Staff
Insurance
Misc. Equiptment
Mid-haunt repair budget
- Construction
Installation Supervision
- Painting
Scene construction
Fire retardent
Prop installation
Saftey check of path
Final run-through
- Hiring of actors
Scare training
Employee coordination
Work scheduling
Fire saftey training
Emergency operation training
Actual operation management
Pretty much open ended, I threw this in Microsoft Excel and added other blank columns such as duration, % complete, start date, finish date, and predecessors
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