Monday, June 21, 2010
Planning Challenges 2010
Planning this year’s haunt has been extremely difficult for some reason. There have been a few setbacks but for the most part we were aware of them even before last year’s Halloween. I’ve managed to get myself into the spirit again mentally but not quite physically just yet. There’s still a bit of panic in my thought processes and the fear of “analysis paralysis” setting in.
Part of me says just take what I have and set something up with it. But then there’s this whole new canvas in front of me and a driving force calling me to take the opportunity to build something new and different. And therein lies the rub. While no longer worried about inadequately filling the larger canvas, there is a different problem rearing it’s ugly head. Along with this new canvas and the desire to do something new, different, and fresh. There also comes a desire to do so in a conhesive manner.
I want all the pieces to fit together in a single vision. But when I look at this canvas I also see several unique areas. And while thats all fine and good the real challenge then is to ensure these areas interlock with each other in a cohesive manner.
Often I get ideas for a prop, a character, or a specic element of a set I’d like to do. Sometimes these ideas conflict with my long term vision and its easy to be distracted enough by it that the vision can become fragmented. So for me the challenge is to stay focused on the overall vision.
Last year I began introducing the dystopic realms of Faegoria. A world where legends of the Fae, dark magic, necromancy, steampunk, and victorian nightmares come together. I introduced characters such as Fineas, Edward, Zann, and the mysterious steampunkish demon known as The Collector (a personal favorite of mine so far). As the years go on I would like to continue introducing new characters from this dark realm as well as evolving the mythos through new emotional themes.
The color scheme is definitely lending itself more to a dystopic steampunk palette than to the traditional gothic flare. All the while maintaining a strange creepy otherworldly air. This year’s theme will be exploring plagues and zombies so there’s also gonna be a bit of sickly yellows and greens on the palette.
