A back lit acrylic sign with laser cut metal frame for the letters
Custom made mounting to secure 40" monitor to a cut-out in a wall.
Cut and milled slots in angle iron to fit the VESA specs of the TV and fit within the wall supports. The angle iron is connected to CNC wood parts via T-nuts and the wood is bolted to the vertical wall section.
Inside of the laser tunnel before the laser holes are drilled out, one of the metal fuse box games as well
Inside of the fuse box game. Players must work with other team members to trade fuses so that all of the readings in the different boxes are within the acceptable range
After drilling out a couple holes with the holesaw
Full-length view of the tunnel
Now with some lasers! Many more will be added too, but the basic effect can be seen here
The backs of doors with different fiber optic patterns created to produce a normal looking door from the front that magically lights up with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
Pneumatic pistons designed to elevate a hinged platform to 45 degrees and then retract flush to the wall
This panel is a platform for buttons that allow guest to play a game on the monitor we previously mounted
Birds eye view of the outside of the show!
Full size rocket models! The short one doesn't have the middle section in yet
The top sketch concepts from our intern group! All are dealing with a new Castle themed show
3 of my top ideas! Here is a wall with bricks protruding, guests have to press the bricks in the right order or they all push out and you have to start over!
Here is an adaption of the sword in the stone story . Guests find a room with sword fragments scattered about the floor. Once they puzzle al the pieces together the sword glows, and then they insert it into the center receptacle to open the next door! Once they pass the electromagnet in the hilt turns off, disconnecting all the pieces and they fall through hidden chutes out the bottom of the base so that the next group once again finds the shattered fragments.
In this idea, I envision a table with a cauldron in the middle and two concentric rings each with smaller disks placed around the radius, all that can be lit up with a specific insignia. In one of the rings will be a set of vials filled with natural oils to give off a specific scent. Players have to match the vials with the corresponding lit-up disk to advance, and once they do, the other ring will light up with randomly placed logos as well for the next group.
Cool room with circuit board etched walls, we wired all the lights to power supplies controlled by DMX
We installed RGB lights to enhance the high tech feel
Giant 5 ft infinity mirror in the ceiling!
The other side of the TV mount from earlier with the screen covered for protection during painting above the button panel connected to the pneumatics
Different colors!
Metal vent that the spies must crawl through
The 5 Wits Espionage assembly floor!
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5 Wits Productions Externship!

My January 2014 Externship with 5 Wits Productions! We are currently constructing projects to install in 5 Wits shows as well as design future adventures.

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Kendall Helbert
Student at MIT Cambridge, MA