ANOMALY TRAILER SHOOT A SUCCESS The Trailer for AMOMALY was shot on Friday May 18th and Saturday May 19th. The shoot went incredibly well even though a few curve balls were thrown at the production. |
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| Terry says, on Friday morning Liz McKendry came in and did the bubble bath scene playing Jodie Newman. "Liz was very enthusiastic and looked terrific in the scene. The ghost costume that Paula purchased worked much better than I anticipated. Kevin Austin did a fine job of making the ghost creepy." |
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Friday evening, Daisy Taveras performed the scene playing Monica getting molested by the ghost. "Daisy brought tremendous sensuality to the scene and true touch of terror. What Daisy did affected the whole crew. This scene was not easy for Kevin as the ghost because he was in the costume, under the sheets and couldn’t see a thing. But we had a lot of fun doing this scene." | |
| Saturday brought some difficulties, Terry admits, "Not getting the ambulance from the fire department, which was set a month prior to the shooting, made things pretty intense during the morning/mid-day. But this forced me to change the scene. I re-wrote the scene an hour and a half before our call time. I gave the actors the heads up so they’d be ready and they definitely responded. This pressure really stirred our creative juices as the scene turned out better because there was more character development and dramatic conflict between the characters." |  |
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Rain came down throughout this first scene shot Saturday night, which made DP Orville Herry a little nervous about the equipment getting wet. But the positive result was the atmosphere the rain created on film. "The entire crew pulled together and ignored the water & cold temperature to go for it. Paula did a wonderful job making sure we had a couple canopies & tarps to use as shelter between takes. Ellen Trapani was very valuable working as Continuity, Clapper and Terry’s Assistant. Lenny Viviano & Eric Press helped set up things and a surprise phone call from Steve Jones all proved vital to this shoot. "We were having some difficulty getting the generator to work smoothly but Steve’s cell call with Lenny was like a message from heaven and Kevin joined in to help solve the problem." | |
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| "I don’t know if you
can work with a better actor than Brian Townes. To get ready for the scene where Brian was playing Geoff Sykes, who’d been hit by a car, Brian found a patch of dirt on the ground, rolled around to get dirty. At one point, he had Kevin drag him across the ground to stain his wardrobe. I’ve never seen anyone do anything remotely like that. Then while Brian was on the cold pavement, he constantly asked me to make sure he was bloody, bruised and wet. I really admire that kind of dedication. The whole cast & crew was impressed with Brian’s performance." |
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"Lindsay Drew brought everything I was looking for in the character Paula. She was caring, passionate and beautiful. I’m really glad that I didn’t rush and settle for someone else in the part." | |
| "Cornelius Jones gave needed contrast to the scene in his character’s attitude and tone of voice. To me, he made the scene much more interesting because he went against what the other characters wanted to do to help Geoff." |  |
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The second scene shot on Saturday night was the opening scene for the trailer. " I liked the chemistry between Ed Bergtold, Brian, Rick Toscano and Vinnie Petrosini. The guys really ironed out the scene and nailed it. We actually finished a ½ hour early." | |
| Orville Herry did a commendable job as Cinematographer. "Orville captured little nuances of some of the films I had referenced for this shoot and he did work pretty much non-stop. He had some good help from his AC Erin Hurson and Gaffer John Mele Jr. The cinematography team is always the backbone of the principal photography. Without them we don’t have a movie. I look at them like the offensive line of a football team. They set it up so that the actors and the rest of the filmmaking team can excel. I can’t thank them enough for their hard work." |  |
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The only real negative thing from Saturday night was that Make-up Artist Tina Esposito had to leave abruptly because her boyfriend’s father passed away right before we started shooting Saturday night. "Tina was a real asset to the production not only in doing the make-up but she helped any many other ways paying attention to little details. We send the best to her and her boyfriend’s family during this trying time." | |
| Terry has moved into the next phase of production having Editor Sean McGinn run off the footage onto DVD. "I’ll be spending the next week or two logging all the footage and making my notes for the editing. Then I will get together with Sean who will edit the film. It’s always exciting to see what Sean will bring to the table." |  |
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| Check back soon to keep updated on the progress of the trailer for ANOMALY. | ||
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| CHRISTINE unable to shoot
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After preparing for over a year to be in ANOMALY, Christine Pomponio-Pate will be unable to shoot the trailer for ANOMALY due to recently discovering she is pregnant. Terry says, "I’m very happy for Christine and her husband. I hope they have a beautiful, healthy child. At the same time I know that both of us are somewhat disappointed that we can’t work together on this trailer." Last summer Christine started attending acting school to broaden her acting skills and she arranged her figure competing & modeling to focus on doing the trailer. Terry says, "I do believe that we will work together one day soon." | |
