Making Floating Books
One of the first scenes in the Ghostbusters movie depicts a library haunted by a spirit, complete with flying card catalog cards and floating books. …
Author Archives: Eric Albertson
Somethin’ Great in the Neighborhood
Every year we have Community Painting Days, where friends, family, neighbors and co-workers come to paint props and scenery for the Halloween house. This year…
The Making of a Logo
One of the most iconic images associated with the Ghostbusters is their logo. It appears in every movie, on Ghostbuster uniforms and even covers the…
Making a Model
After creating the design in Photoshop, I often build a quick prototype of the structures out of paper to help me visualize how things will…
Colossal Cardboard Contributions
We rely on donated materials to create the Halloween House. Often that involves us asking businesses who are throwing away large boxes if we can take…
Photoshoppin’
To turn the sketch into reality, I work with Photoshop to create a plan for building the Halloween house. I have the file set up…
Testing Stay Puft
Last year, when I mentioned that our local hardware store had a 13 foot high Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for sale, Michelle decided that it needed…
The 2017 Albertson Halloween House Theme
The theme for the 2017 Albertson Halloween house is Ghostbusters! Visitors will pass ghosts and proton-pack wearing Ghostbusters as they make their way into the…
Hogwarts for Halloween
A magical evening was had by many! Some 1200-1500 visitors walked the grounds of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry on Halloween night in downtown…
Setting Up Hogwarts
After weeks of work, many people painting, cutting, building and helping, the time came to set everything up. On Friday, we set up the backdrop…
Come to Hogwarts!
Come to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on Halloween! The Albertson Halloween House is open on Halloween Night, Monday, October 31st, from 6:00 pm…
The Walls of Hagrid’s Hut
We wanted give the walls of Hagrid’s hut the “made out of stone” look and rather than just paint lines on flat cardboard, we went…
The Great Front Door
What does the great front door of Hogwarts have to do with Panda Express? Well, not much in the books or movies. But, the two…
Making Magical Moving Portraits—Part 2
Previously, we showed part of the process for creating moving portraits—utilizing monitors, filming friends, etc. This post will explore some more parts of bringing this…