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‘Throwaway’ – Short Horror Film

  • Posted on August 7, 2011 at 7:39 am

SUMMARY: Abby is new to Los Angeles. She takes a job working the graveyard shift at a home security company as an operator. With such a tough schedule, she spends her days like a vampire, sleeping while the sun is up. This rotation gets disturbed, however, when Abby is repeatedly awoken each day by the sounds of a Bum rummaging through her apartment’s dumpster (which rests directly outside her bedroom window). When Abby decides she’s had enough, she confronts the Bum in the hopes of negotiating for some daily solace. Only the Bum has other plans for Abby that have nothing to do with a little spare change. If you sleepwalk through your days, you could bump into a nightmare. PRODUCTION: ‘Throwaway’ was written and directed by Dennis Widmyer & Brian James Fitzpatrick. It was shot by Michael Halper on the Panasonic HVX200. Halper also edited, colored and sound mixed the film. Additional edits for this director’s cut (7 mins shorter than the original version) were done by Craig Dewey. The production lasted 4 days of actual shooting over an extended weekend. Most of the location is our apartment in Los Angeles, CA. The actress, Andra Carlson, was really put to the test and had to work with bondage photographer and consultant, Jim Weathers, on the bedroom scene. Our ‘monster’, played by Gil Gayle (“Deadwood”, “Surveillance”) had to sit through some tedious SFX make-up sessions all while sweating in the LA summer heat. The garbage truck sequence was tricky. It took some re-shoots …

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