Halloween window projection

Pirate Galleon

The original — a skeletal crew sailing through your front window.

A ghost ship sailed through my window. It is still there.

What this uses All builds

Loop in production

This build's video is on the way. The prompt and the full shopping list are below, so you can generate the loop yourself tonight and be ready when the clip lands.

Four steps. One evening.

Works in a rental, works on any size window, comes down in five minutes.

01

Hang the fabric

Pin a white sheer curtain or thin sheet across the window, on the inside. Keep it loose — wrinkles break the image.

02

Put the projector behind it

Aim the projector at the back of the fabric from inside the room. Nothing sits between the projector and the window.

03

Kill every other light

The projection competes with every lamp in the room. This step matters more than any projector spec.

04

Play it and go outside

Loop the file fullscreen, then walk to the kerb. If you can read it from there, it works.

The prompt that generated it

Paste this into a text-to-video tool to recreate or remix it at a different scale, speed or colour. 

Decorative Halloween projection animation on a black background: a ghostly pirate galleon with skeletal crew and ragged sails drifting sideways through swirls of pale fog, cold blue luminous tones. High-contrast luminous tones, bold silhouette shapes, clean composition centred in frame, no text, no borders, seamless looping motion.
Write your own instead of buying a loop. No subscription or stock licence needed. Hand this to Claude or ChatGPT, fill the brackets, and paste the result into a video tool: 
Write a text-to-video prompt for a Halloween window projection.
Subject: [WHAT IT IS, e.g. a skeletal pirate crew on a galleon]
Style: pure black background, high-contrast luminous silhouette, bold shapes
Motion: [SIMPLE MOTION, e.g. drifting slowly sideways through low fog]
Framing: centred, wide 16:9, nothing near the edges
Exclude: no text, no watermarks, no borders, no camera shake
Loop: the first and last frames must match so it repeats seamlessly
Give me the finished prompt only, ready to paste into a video tool.

One subject per clip — crowded scenes turn to mush through a curtain.

What this build uses

Projector, screen surface, and the atmosphere items that make the street stop walking. Brightness matters more than resolution once a porch light is on.

Outdoor Movie Projector, 15,000 lumens
native 1080P HD, high brightness
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Projector screen material fabric, 69x118in
the projection surface
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Extra-wide sheer curtain, white, 84in
see-through street glow
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1000W fog machine, wireless remote
the sea mist
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BORGOVA 1000W fog machine with timer
timed fog bursts
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Pyle portable Bluetooth PA speaker, 600W
cannon sound and music
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Low-lying ground fog machine, 1200W
fog that stays on the ground
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Projector screen, 100in ceiling mount
indoor backup screen
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Questions about this build

Short answers on the projection, the loop, and doing it yourself.

What is the Pirate Galleon window projection?

The original — a skeletal crew sailing through your front window. It is a looping video you play through a projector aimed at a sheer curtain from inside the house, so the image shows through to the street.

Is the Pirate Galleon loop free to download?

Yes. The loop is published free once the nightly build finishes; the prompt below lets you generate your own version tonight.

What projector do I need for this?

Brightness matters more than resolution here, because the projection competes with porch lights. The list below covers a budget tier and a higher-brightness tier — either works for a window.

Can I make this myself with AI instead of downloading it?

Yes. The prompt used to generate this loop is printed on this page, along with a reusable template you can hand to Claude or ChatGPT and then paste into a text-to-video tool.

How long does the setup take?

About an evening. Hang the fabric, aim the projector from inside, kill the room lights, then check it from the street. Four steps, no tools, nothing mounted outdoors.