FRIDAY JUNE 6th SEMINAR LINEUP presented by Minispotlight! SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS REGISTER NOW at the following link: midwesthauntersconvention/attend/register/ 10:00am | Room B – 3 hours Detailing Tips, Tricks and Secrets! Mike “Tattoo” Krausert, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group Learn intelligent and practical application and creative techniques for turning an average room design into a highly detailed “Disney-level” attraction. Detailing, tips, tools of the trade, and advanced methods will be demonstrated and discussed with plenty of opportunity for Q&A along the way. 10:00am | Room A – 1 hour The Professor’s Long Lost Sketchbook…I Open my Secrets to You! John Denley, Professor Nightmare Entertainment In this class you will have access to John’s personal sketches and designs. He has consulted for Theme Parks all over the world and now it’s your turn. Each attendee will receive a copy of 15 of his design sketches!!! a) Scare Designs b) Maze Designs c) Room and Theme Designs d) Sources that will save you thousands of dollars…Let John put over 25 years of experience to work for you!! You can’t afford to miss this class…each design will be discussed with Q & A following. Let John solve your haunting problems!!! 11:00am | Room A – 1 hour Designing Amazing Scenes for Outdoor Events Eddie McLaurin, Woods of Terror Designing amazing scenes outdoors it not as hard as it seems. With a little bit of creativity and determination, you can be successful! In this seminar Eddie will show you what he has learned over the past 20 years of haunting outdoors. Your customers will not only be amazed but they will be lost in the level of realism of your scenes and sets. 12:00pm | Room A – 1 hour Build to Scare – The Best Shocks You Can Build into your Haunt! John Denley, Professor Nightmare Entertainment People have one question they ask your cashier. “Is it scary?” Let me show you how to create the SCARIEST show in town!!! People love to be scared but there are many reasons why some haunts fail this mission. I will help you turn your haunt into a “Scream-Machine!” In this fast paced class, you will learn the secrets of: The importance of a great maze design! The 13 best scares that won’t frighten your wallet! How to make sure “all” your guests get the full experience! How to make your guests feel vulnerable! How to turbo-charge your ghouls! The importance of building it right the first time! Common mistakes to avoid! The only thing scarier than this seminar is missing it! Sign up now!!! 2:00pm | Room B – 3 hours Total Fabrication and Application of Silicone Prosthetics Allen Hopps, Stiltbeast Studios / Darkest Hour In this class Allen will sculpt, mold, clean the mold, mix silicone, pour silicone, allow the silicone to cure, pull the prosthetic, and apply the prosthetic. Yes all of that and several types of prosthetics will be made. All questions will be answered. We will go over the dos and don’ts, as well as adhesives. Attendees should walk away with the ability and knowledge to create silicone prosthetics for their attraction faster and cheaper than they thought possible. 2:00pm | Room A – 1 hour Preparing Budgets and Business Plans for Haunted Attractions Frank MaMana This course is for anyone in ownership or who wants to be a part of the management staff at a haunted attraction. It identifies and discusses topics that are necessary to create an accurate budget and how to put together a thorough business-five year plan. This is a wide open topic that doesn’t just look at numbers, but discusses everything such as code compliance, location issues, security, props, marketing, demographics, scheduling, actor training, merchandising, design, the psychology of fear and much more. 3:00pm | Room A – 1 hour Going the Extra Mile: How to Make your Customers Feel Special Margee Kerr A key to creating an event that will keep customers returning is through providing an experience that makes them feel special. But how do you do that when you’re processing thousands of people a night? This seminar will go through a variety of simple strategies, methods and implementations suitable for large attractions to small backyard haunts designed to make each customer feel they’ve had a unique experience. 4:00pm | Room A – 1 hour The Next Dimension of Haunt Advertising and Marketing Dick Terhune & Craig Hines, Voice from Hell & Dark Imaginings What do you get when not one, but two Masters of the Dark Arts (of Advertising & Marketing) join forces?? A whole lot of killer advertising strategies and mind-blowing marketing innovations that will grow your traffic and keep your audience talking about you all year!! DICK TERHUNE (the “Voice From Hell”) and CRAIG HINES (the Evil Genius of “Dark Imaginings”) team up to give you powerful and proven ways to put your ad dollars to best use, and get your marketing inside the heads of your customers.
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