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Warner Brothers Studio Tour Hollywood – Potions Experience

4 July 2021
Marcus LaMontagne
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We created an interactive Harry Potter Potions experience for  Warner Brother’s Studio Tour Hollywood – Action and Magic Made Here.
All ingredients were sculpted, molded, cast and painted with animation/lighting integrated. Bases made from solid red oak, ingredient name plates made from brass with electrochemical etching and integrated lighting and capacitive touch sensors. Self-stirring cauldron has internal motor and gearing, addressable lighting effects and hand-sculpted translucent potion top to diffuse leds and haze which is piped in through the bottom. All three interactive stations are controlled by a central control cabinet we produced that houses microcontrollers, dmx dimmers, relays, etc.

Warner Brother’s Studio Tour Hollywood – Lasso of Truth

4 July 2021
Marcus LaMontagne
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We created an interactive Wonder Woman – Lasso of Truth element for  Warner Brother’s Studio Tour Hollywood – Action and Magic Made Here.
With a core of steel that we rolled into the final shape, 700+ addressable leds are inside a silicone diffuser and an industrial mesh material. In idle/attract mode, the piece has a subtle pulsing effect across 36″ of length at hand-level. When a guest grabs the lasso anywhere in that 36″, a sensor knows where it was grabbed and causes the led’s to spell-on in both directions emanating from the guest’s hand, remaining on as long as it is grabbed, and then spells-off when let go. A microcontroller that manages the led animation is mounted in the base.

Universal Studios- Ghostbusters Maze Proton Beams

4 November 2019
Marcus LaMontagne
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We created the static proton beams for Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights. Made from acrylic, leds, silicone, and fiber optic wire, we were able to shape the beams however were needed and then provided a standalone show control unit to adjust brightness and sequencing.

Warner Brother’s Studio Tour Hollywood – Mandrakes

4 July 2021
Marcus LaMontagne
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We created an interactive Harry Potter Mandrake experience for  Warner Brother’s Studio Tour Hollywood – Action and Magic Made Here.
Mandrakes were hand-sculpted, molded and cast in a semi-rigid urethane plastic with aluminum armature. Mandrakes can be lifted by guests up and out of their pots which triggers a screaming Mandrake effects local to each pot. Internal linear bearing system allows mandrakes to only travel up and down with soft stops on both ends of travel and a pneumatic assisted lift and decent. The dirt pile is cast urethane foam with shredded urethane foam adhered to the surface. The leaves are custom made in-house using rugged urethane rubber and an integral aircraft cable for durability and can be un-threaded and replaced if necessary.

Frankenstein’s Lab

27 January 2017
merchantweb
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Created a stylized version of Frankenstein’s lab for a production company on the Universal Studios Hollywood Backlot. We specifically made all of the lab equipment based off the 1930’s Frankenstein Film.  In addition to making the wooden cabinets and tables, custom metal hardware, and sculpted and cast elements, we also implemented a show control system specifically for the lab equipment effects consisting of 140 channels of dmx. Every individual light and gauge sweep were independently controllable and animated. An ambient show runs full time and a 30 second “overload” show is triggered by a large themed knife switch (also fabricated by us) on the wall and is synced to an audio track and the room lighting.


Universal Studios Hollywood – HHN 2021 – Cross

9 May 2022
Marcus LaMontagne
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We created a lightup cross effect and foam-fabicated rockmoster suit for Universal Studios Hollywood, Halloween Horror Nights 2021.
Lightup cross made from polycarbonate with internal LED lighting and printed burned wood covering.
Rockmoster suit made from carved EVA foam and coated with a polyurea rubberized coating and painted with blacklight paint to blend into themed walls.

Westcoaster images courtesy of www.westcoaster.net and taken by Albert Lam @Corkscrewed02

 

Universal Studios Hollywood – The Walking Dead

5 June 2017
Marcus LaMontagne
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The Walking Dead permanent attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. We were responsible for the set dressing and props for the entie attraction. Thousands of items, procured, aged/distressed and installed. We additionally created the prop weapons various performers use throughout the attraction, including a shotgun containing a mini smoke generator and led in the barrel wirelessly tied into the show control system to simulate a report from firing.

Westcoaster images courtesy of www.westcoaster.net and taken by Albert Lam @Corkscrewed02

HHN – Ghostbusters Zombie Taxi Driver

4 November 2019
Marcus LaMontagne
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We recreated the Ghostbusters xombie taxi driver for Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights 2019
We sculpted the character around an animatronic skull, molded, cast and painted the skin before dressing it onto a body form and installing to his cab. We also programed the animation for the character via standalone showcontroller.

Dia De Los Muertos Animatronic Altar

4 November 2019
Marcus LaMontagne
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Custom made animated skull, head can tilt up/down, left/right, and the jaw can open and close. Animation was on a loop that could be triggered.
Shadow box also made and painted in-house. Box was lined with small led pin-spots to illuminate the small frames inside the altar.

The Tick Takeover Experience – SDCC17

19 April 2018
Marcus LaMontagne
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Flipped car display for The Tick Takeover Experience At San Diego Comic-Con 2017. Started with a blemish-free used car, changed the color to red, removed all fluids, added a roll-bar, flipped and anchored to a 3/4″ steel plate, dented and aged to the client’s specifications, and made safe by removing sharp edges and hazards for guests. Provided engineering drawings and LA city welding certifications per request by the city. Wired and programmed the headlights, turn signals and brake lights to be animated, and plumbed the car for fog/smoke effects.