Video Tag
Every video tagged “layout planning” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
8 videos
In this mid-season planning vlog, the creator walks through the 2023 design vision for Port Chum, a nautical-themed haunted hayride hosted at Fearville/DK Farms. The video covers the overall layout, the unique constraints that come with designing scares around a moving hayride format, and ideas for props, animatronics, and scare actor placements. It offers an inside look at the creative decision-making process before a haunt season kicks off.
Haunt Former (Mak) kicks off the 2022 build season with the first vlog entry for the Cotton County Crematorium home haunt. The video walks viewers through the overarching theme and backstory driving the haunt's concept, then transitions into a detailed walkthrough of the floor plan and room layout blueprints. It serves as a foundational planning episode that sets the creative and structural direction for the entire build. Fans of narrative-driven home haunts will find this a compelling look at how story and layout work together from day one.
This is the opening episode of Haunt Former's 2018 haunted house build series, focused on planning and layout for a home haunt called 'The End.' The creator walks through the floor plan, covering where animatronics and special effects will be positioned throughout the space. It serves as a foundational planning overview before physical construction begins.
The creator documents the early planning stages of 'Shelter 16,' their first haunted trail, built on a farm property. The video walks through how they chose the location, developed a thematic concept, and translated ideas into a physical layout and hand-drawn blueprints. Key creative decisions — including prop placement, actor positioning, wall configurations, and a standout room called the 'Doom Chamber' — are explained in detail. A physical walkthrough of the site gives viewers a real sense of how the design maps to the actual space.
This opening episode of a 2014 home haunt build series introduces the creator's garage-based attraction themed around phobias. The video walks viewers through the planned layout for the space and touches on a potential static prop the builder is considering creating. As a series kickoff, it focuses on concept and planning rather than hands-on construction.
This is the eleventh installment in the creator's 2014 home haunt build series centered on a phobias theme. The video focuses on revealing a revised floor plan or layout for the PHOBIAS haunt. As a short update episode, it offers a look at how the overall haunt space is being reorganized or reimagined mid-build.
This is the first installment of a multi-part series documenting a 2014 Halloween village build. The video covers the initial layout planning and introduces a zombie three-pack as part of the overall scene. It offers an early look at how the creator is organizing and designing the display before it comes together fully.
Hauntcast's 'Something Wicked' segment features host Wick-Ed Gannon walking through how physical scale models can be used as a planning tool in the haunt design process. The technique helps haunters visualize layouts, traffic flow, and scene placement before committing to a full build. At roughly 16 minutes, it functions as a focused, practical design talk rather than a hands-on build tutorial.
