Now it looks like there is a ghostly hologram of a skeleton still inside the coffin! The effect is really impressive in person, and pictures don’t do it full justice. To set up the hologram for final viewing, we removed the real skeleton from the coffin, replaced the film plate, and illuminated the film plate with the laser light again from the same position as the exposure. Because the film develops as it is exposing, you can see the hologram image immediately after the exposure! Sitting in the dark with the anticipation of viewing your hologram does make the time feel longer, but it was well worth it when we got to see the finished skeleton hologram in the image. Our exposure time for the full hologram was about 12 minutes. 10 minutes of settling time worked well for us. We did one hologram exposure that only waited about 2 minutes, and parts of the skeleton were not visible in the final hologram because of the slight motion of “un-flexing” during the exposure. ![]() Because the skeleton was a slightly flexible plastic, it is important for the any movements to have time to settle out before the hologram is exposed. Here’s an advanced tip: Let the film plate sit for about 10 minutes before exposing the hologram. Now it’s time to make the skeleton hologram! With the skeleton sitting in position inside the coffin, we turned off the lights, got out a 4″x5″ film plate ( LitiHolo Instant Hologram Film), and put it into place sitting on top of the binder clips and leaning back against the top of the coffin. The entire laser mount from the Hologram Kit was positioned about 14″ from the film plate, and propped up at an upward angle with a small piece of wood so that the laser light was centered on the film plate for exposure. The laser from the 4″x5″ Hologram Upgrade Kit was oriented to have a vertically elliptical beam, which fit the vertical orientation of the hologram film plate when illuminated from below. Because the coffin is sitting back at a slight angle, the film plate rests on the binder clips, and just leans back against the coffin during the exposure.įor the hologram lighting and exposure, we used “under lighting” which gave a cool spooky lighting, but also allowed us to position the laser below the hologram right on the table. It’s helpful if you let the binder clips stick out a little, to give a nice ledge for the film plate to sit on. To hold the film plate, we used small binder clips attached to the sides of the coffin where the bottom of the film plate would rest. We wanted the hologram to focus on the head and rib cage, which looked amazing when lit up with the laser light. The 4″x5″ hologram plate was going to be positioned with the top edge lined up with the top of the coffin. The skeleton’s legs were sticking out the bottom of the coffin, but could have been removed as well. We did have to remove the skeleton’s arms to fit him into the coffin (he didn’t mind), and then positioned the coffin sitting up on the table and leaning back against the wall (you could prop it up on something else, or hot glue it to something for better stability). We started with the subject for our hologram, a great looking skeleton from Michaels and a simple paperboard coffin that was about the same size, also from Michaels. ![]() So let’s start first with the hologram-making. You will need our LitiHolo Hologram Kit, and the 4″x5″ Hologram Upgrade Kit, but additional parts beyond this cost us about $19 plus some AAA batteries for powering the thunder/strobe unit that we got from Halloween City. But the best part is that everything is activated by a standard doorbell switch, which not only activates the laser illumination, but it also has a great thunder sound effect and flashes the laser light to look like lightning flashes!Īnd the best part is that we did everything with off the shelf components, and it took us 1 afternoon to put everything together! All of the components for this project are listed at the end. ![]() This is a 4″x5″ hologram of a skeleton in a coffin. Welcome to Holo-ween! Here’s a fun hologram project that we’ve been meaning to do for a long time for Halloween, and it actually turned out to be much easier than we expected. ![]() Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit
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