"Sound design for the outdoor area is important. A lot of the people standing in a cue line are trying to imagine what horrors must await them within the haunt. Exposing them to scary sounds and/or music helps to fire their imagination. If you hear the horror, but do not yet see it, your mind can create horrors of its own that are far more terrible than anything a haunt owner could build in reality. As a pro Sound Designer, I personally like it when the outside area of a haunt is loud (pumping up the energy level), and then once you enter the first area of the haunt, everything gets dead quiet (and very dark). That kind of transition makes you feel as if you're leaving the land of the living, for the land of the dead. You also become very aware of the fact that the horrors can hear you coming. The fear level rises in the silence, until the first scare hits them with an accompanying wall of sound. It's all set-up by the sound design outside, and how the transition is made to the indoor area." (TikiEntertainment)
This sounds like a great way to really start out with a great impression and scare the customers right off the bat. From then on they will be on their toes and there would be no thought of "cheesyness". This sound system however seem extremely difficult to produce. How in the world do you keep from sounds (especially the loud sounds from the ticket/cue line room from bleeding into the quiet area in the beginning of the haunt? Any advice on how to keep sounds from blending together too etc?
~Nate the Great
www.Fearoverload.com
This sounds like a great way to really start out with a great impression and scare the customers right off the bat. From then on they will be on their toes and there would be no thought of "cheesyness". This sound system however seem extremely difficult to produce. How in the world do you keep from sounds (especially the loud sounds from the ticket/cue line room from bleeding into the quiet area in the beginning of the haunt? Any advice on how to keep sounds from blending together too etc?
~Nate the Great
www.Fearoverload.com
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