How can I make my own 4D movie?

Question

It would be sooo!!!! cool! to make my own four d movie useing a TV i have and some how have an electrict chair that moves like there is in those movies like the fun house 4D and log adventure 4D And I want to make a very very very small 4D theater in my house about the size of a normal room without spending any money i will spend some money i guess but not like thousands of dollers any ideas how to create my own 4D movie?

Answer 1

You first challenge will be making the 3-D movie.  Most home equipment isn't setup to do 3-D.

My suggestion would be to do it the way the pros do.  You'll need to cameras, mounted at "eye" distance apart (you should experiment to find the optimal distance).  Once done, you'll need software (I don't know anything cheap or free) that will piece together the two video streams.  At the low end, these products will recolor green and red to match red/green 3-D glasses.  If you want to go better (which means being able to have full color films), you don't need the software, but you'll need two projectors.  Fit polarizing lenses in front of them and project at the proper angles.

As for the 4-D aspect, you'll need to match the effects to the film.  Water sprayers, fog machines, vibrating chairs are all good.

As for budget, keep in mind that professional 4-D theaters cost several million to create.

If you're mechanically handy, know how to build your own triggering mechanisms, and care build your own controller board to hook up to a computer... you might be able to put something together will throw away items.  But you'll need access to some serious equipment to cut, weld, and otherwise assemble.

A cheaper way to go... use people.  In other words, you shake the chair, squirt the hose, and otherwise create the effects.  I did this with my sister when we were 10.