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“Forensic Mysteries”
FEATURED AT:
Action/Cut Short Film Contest - 2005
— Semi-Finalist
L.A. International Shorts Festival - 2005
Bethel International Film Festival - 2005
CAST
Tiffany Wilson - Casie D. Waller
Curtis Walsh - Rich Skidmore
Detective Brad Norland - Steve Barr
Dakota Beaumont - Noelle Kenney
Mrs. Wilson - Janet May
Billy Ray Howard - William O'Hara
Re-Enactment Tiffany - Rachel Grow
Re-Enactment Billy Ray - Axel D. Ramberg
Crime Scene Tech - Danny Grossman
Lab Tech - Jon D'Amore
Ozzy the Dog - Foster
PRODUCTION CREW
Written and Directed by
Daina Manning
Produced by
Ed Wright
Executive Producer
Michael Manning Jr.
Music by
KnuckleFinger
Director of Photography
Timothy K. Clark
Edited by
Marshall McAuley
Line Producer
Shelly Carney
Assistant Directors
Tim Clark & Ed Wright
Location Manager
Jon D'Amore
Script Supervisor
Mariama Myers
Lighting Director
Michael Manning Jr.
Sound
John Hays & Ryan Polito
Makeup Artist
Jennifer Amorella
Post Production Sound
Larry Brown & Leamon Gamel
Logo Design
Ryan Polito
Casting
Steve Barr
Technical Advisor
Paul Huebl
Additional Photogaphy
Marshal McAuley & Paul Heubl
Craft Service
Mike Gilvary & Danny Grossman
Production Assistance
Joey Anderson
Heather Hale
Shelly Howell
SPECIAL THANKS
Mary McAuley
Karen Clark
Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott
Melanie Buckowski & Family
The North Hollywood Masonic Lodge
Dedicated to the memory of Bundy, 1989-2003 |
SYNOPSIS
What really happened to murdered teenager Tiffany Wilson? A true crime TV show veers off badly shot actual police footage, lame re-enactments and self-serving interview segments and segues into the surreal.
A scientist re-enacts his examination of crime scene evidence for the hit TV show, "Forensic Mysteries".
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
"I say, as a joke, that in my fiction work, I’m the sex-and-death girl, but it really is true. Forensic Mysteries brings together a number of themes that are important to me, that also reoccur in my
feature scripts.
Who survives in life and who doesn’t, and why? Why does society present beauty and sexiness as the female ideal, when in reality those qualities frequently cause you to be preyed upon? Why are the dead given this weirdly condescending saint/victim image, by the very people who didn’t treat them well and let them down while they were
still alive?
Which led to the thought of, how would I feel if I was murdered and people talked about me the way they do about the victims on those true crime shows on TV? And the answer was, really fucking pissed off. And Forensic Mysteries
was born."
- Daina Manning
High quality actual crime-scene re-enactments are a hallmark of the TV show, "Forensic Mysteries".
A SoCal Film Group presentation
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