Improving LED Candle Halloween Props
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- Over the years I've spent a lot of time on improving the LED candles in our haunt, so in this video I’m going to break down how they’re made, how they’re wired, and the secret trick to improve any LED candle in your own haunt.
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Cant...stop...watching....VanOaks...videos! Great stuff as usual. I wired up my LEDs last year, but never got around to using them. This year will be different.
Haha. I appreciate it!
GREAT idea using the RCA plugs!!!!! BRILLIANT!
Thank you!
Thanks for another great video. We need to just make ourselves update all our candles like this. We've been avoiding doing the work but its so worth it for the effect.
I didn't even think of adding secondary lighting. This channel never ceases to impress me with its original and easy to follow content. Thank you.
Happy to share what I know!
It is incredible the difference the spotlight makes in the effect! I had no idea.
Every video you post I try to figure out how it would fit into my tiki bar. This may be another success!
I love that.
Same here - there are a lot of Trader Sam's elements that I'm planning doing in my own at some point down the road.
@@ggdail very cool idea!
I am so overjoyed with seeing this is going to happen tomorrow. I don't think I can sleep tonight
HAHAHAHA
I love the idea of adding a flickering light to the candles to add even more to it. Thank you so much for sharing this!!
You bet!
I just recently discovered what practical lighting effects were and how they work. Thanks for reminding me how "bad" I am at remembering what I've learned.
For all of the great stuff on RUclips, it seems to be pretty lacking in terms of tutorials for lighting effects and lighting design.
Thanks for the shopping list!
You bet!
Thank you Derek! Love the look of this, not to mention the extra spotlight really brings it all together!
Thanks, Michelle!
I love this idea. Need to use it around my porch this year.
This is great! I love using the flicker effect controllers and the way you've used them for your motivated light source is awesome.
Thanks! They're great little units that are so flexible for haunt applications.
This is awesome! Thanks for sharing
Fantastic video
Looking forward to seeing lots more of your videos before Halloween.
Stay happy healthy and fluid
For those who have ever wondered why they need SO MANY lights on movie or theatre sets: this is why. Quite often, just the practical lighting isn't enough to "sell the atmosphere." One needs fill lighting, secondary lighting, ambient lighting, pin spots, and any other manner of light to get the scene to "read" the way the designer intended. Thanks for letting us know how you use other lighting to enhance your practical fixtures.
Thanks!
Another great video Derek!
We use this same technique inside the walk through with the amber pin spot on the wall above candles on the wall... It really adds a lot of reality to the scene.
I thought you might. It really does give more bang for your buck.
Well done video!
Thank you! It's an honor to know you're watching!!!
Awesome!!! Thank You!!!! 👍😎
No problem 👍
wonderful!
Thanks for checking it out!
That secondary light really sells the effect!
Yeah. Learning about theatrical/cinematic lighting will really open up your approach to haunt lighting. I know it did for me.
Awesome video Derek! The external light really takes it to another level too, great idea buddy! Cheers🎃😄👍
Thanks 👍
interesting and practical, thanks for the links.👌
You bet!
Genius Derek!
Thank you!
Really cool effect! I will have to do this. I would also drill a couple of drain holes in the bottom of the candles so rain can't pool inside them.
Great idea
Can't wait Derek!
See you there!
I need this as I do candles down my front stairs every year.
Nice explanation and demo of practical and motivated light! I think I spend the most time energy and money on lighting!
Thanks! Lighting is the one thing I hear most people asking about how to improve on and reading up on theatrical lighting techniques is a real eye opener. I thought this was a good opportunity to explain the two approaches to lighting using something that so many haunters have in their displays/walk throughs.
@@VanOaksProps Agreed! Theatrical lighting is what we all want, but don’t necessarily know it or how to achieve it! I’d say a lot of haunters will see a photo or even a haunt in person and THINK they can emulate the same effects without knowing how it’s done, and are disappointed with the results.
Also, we often tend to revert to the old Haunted Mansion standard of what we see vs. what’s really happening behind the curtain. Lights in general are a good topic to explore... also I’m often fascinated by what the eye sees vs what a camera sees...
Yeah. So many Haunters get frustrated that their lighting isn’t as good as photos they see online, but they don’t realize it’s often the camera’s long exposure that is enhancing it and it doesn’t look at all like the photo to the naked eye.
@@VanOaksProps long exposure, Photoshop, total lies... it’s honestly difficult to light a haunt for in-person ambience, and also expect a good photo or video without some “help.”
Sweet didn't think of this have a bunch made to cover the mantle of the fireplace made them out of pvc pipe instead tho will def have to pick up some spotlights
Nice! I hope we can actually do Halloween this year!
Fingers crossed!
Great tutorial as always. Now I'm going to convert some battery candles over to electric. Thanks.
Go for it!
I found you through the Smugglers Room channel....this is good shtuff! :)
Awesome! Thank you!
Lighting is badassss i need to go with Led spots HFL!!
Yeah man!
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Wow what a difference the added light is! And that statue is stunning. Is it an antique or prop?
Thanks! The bust is a prop. I found it in the clearance section of my local OSH a few years back and gave it a new paint job.
Brilliant stuff young man! I am intrigued by your resin candles, finding them more realistic than their PVC counterparts. I could not find a tutorial for making them amongst your impressive array of videos. Any chance you could post a tutorial sometime or otherwise point to a source for making similar candles? Thanks!
I'll see what I can do!
+1 to seeing how to on resin based candles!
Can you provide some info on the green statute/bust towards the end? really cool looking.
Sure. It’s a garden statue I found at a local garden center that I faux painted to have that verdigris patina.
Another outstanding video! Love your channel. I have a lighting question for you which maybe you could answer in a future video - do you know any ways to make an inexpensive gobo projector? I really think projected patterns in a haunt can add so much dimension and depth without the need for extra set design, but gobo projectors are so expensive! Maybe there is a way to modify your LED spotlights?
This is something I’ve been working on for 2 years and I’m still stumped. I’ve gotten close, but not as close as you’d need to be for haunt use. But as soon as I figure it out it will absolutely be in a video.
American DJ sells $35 gobo projectors. In my opinion, they are pretty good!
Great video! Where did you buy the flickering lights you used inside of the candles?
Thanks! I got them at Lighthouseleds.com
I noticed you list a 18mm eagle eye in this version and a 23mm in the original led spot video. Which one fits the pvc coupling? Excited to add this to my haunt this year! Thanks a ton!
They’re different bulb types and each has its own size pvc pipe that they fit into.
@@VanOaksProps Thanks for your reply!Also How do I connect the flicker controller to the rca power box I made following your other video. I didn't realize the connections were different sizes
@@bransencaperton5046 I clipped off the connectors and replaced them with RCA plugs.
Did I hear correctly that you use one flicker controller upstream for the eagle eye spot and the candles? It seemed that the led candles were flickering faster than the spot so I thought maybe you were using one for candles and one for spot.
Happen to have a new source for the flicker unit? And, where the heck do you find pre-wired flickering LED bulbs that you use in the candle? I mean I can find them in Canada but have to buy a crazy number of them at a crazy price.
They’re still available at the link in the description. As for the flicker leds, try lighthouseleds.com
@@VanOaksProps Hmmm, says currently unavailable when I go there, but I think I found some on ebay so should be good. Thanks.
Hi I was wondering how you connect the dc 5mm adapter end to the RCA lines and how many lines/ lights can you get off of one adapter ?
I soldered RCA connectors to the wires on one end and stripped the wire on the opposite end. Then I cut the barrel adapter off the power supply, stripped the wire to expose the positive & negative leads. Then I used wire nuts to connect them to the stripped wires (the ones with the RCA connections on the opposite end). One 9v 5a power supply can power about 60 lights.
@@VanOaksProps thank you very much. Do you think running all dc 5.5mm connections would work as well ? By the way I have always loved Halloween haunts and since seeing a video of yours I have gone all out this year. I would love to share some of my work you. Keep up the amazing and inspiring work.
@@anthonyhodgson3427 Yeah, you could definitely do that. I'd love to see what your haunt looks like. You can find my email here: ruclips.net/user/VanOaksPropsabout
Where do you buy your LEDs and power supplies mainly?
Lighthouseleds.com
Where do you get all the rca hook ups and lights? Thanks
Amazon or eBay
Do your pillar candles have resistors attached?
They do. The pre-wired bulbs come with them installed.
How do you make your candles
They’re made of resin.
Alright, it seems no one else is going to ask the obvious question so I will, what cha got on the bench behind you!? Referring to the bust. And whatever happened to the IG-88/11 head? These questions keep me up at night.... so thanks!
The bust is from an earlier video. It’s there as a reminder to finish working on it, plus it’s cool looking. The IG bust will be in next weeks video.
Flickr controller and eagle eye leds are not aviable anymore. Too bad.
The controller seems to be available and there's a few different companies who make the eagle eye style bulbs that will work. Just check the "other people have purchased" section of the page and you'll see a few different replacement options.