CE Crew

FRANCISCO J. PADILLA. Production Manager -- We were extremely lucky to have the services of
Francisco as Production Manager.

Francisco was born in Nicaragua and has lived in San Francisco since 1987. He is a registered Civil
Engineer and holds a certification as a Project Manager and Web Designer (he got us started on our
website). He is a self taught Digital Designer with a passion for any form of art (some of his original
artwork can be seen in Cassandra's Echo). Visit his site at www.franciscopadilla.com

MARIANNE McCARTY. Production Assistant -- We first contacted Marianne about being an extra. It
turned out her work schedule meshed with our shooting schedule and we asked if she'd also take on
the role of Production Assistant. Fortunately for us, she agreed.

Marianne is a native of New England. She moved to San Francisco in 1971. After working for 20
years as a travel agent, Marianne is now a bartender at what's said to be one of the best dive bars in
San Francisco -- The Hearth (Geary & 11th).

When Marianne isn't helping out fledging filmmakers and working at the bar, she enjoys growing
orchids, knitting, and reading mystery novels.

ANTHONY WESLEY. Anthony was sound recorder on two days of shooting. He recruited our main
sound recorder Michaela, and Paige who plays one of the acting students and the young Mrs. Drumm.
When Anthony wasn't busy helping with whatever needed to be done on the set, he shot some
behind-the-scenes footage. Anthony plays the Good Samaritan in Cassandra's Echo.

HAIR & MAKE-UP -- A tale of two artists:

Hair and makeup for Cassandra's Echo was originally to be done by a friend of cast member and
sometime sound recorder Anthony Wesley. When that friend's mother took ill very shortly before
principal shooting was scheduled to begin, we were sent scrambling for a substitute. Up until the day
before shooting was to start we had no one to do hair or makeup. We finally were able to make a
last-minute connection through reeldirectory.com, hiring India-born Pallavi Jindal to report to work on
the set the following morning. The talented and gracious Pallavi was right on time -- and eight months
pregnant. Despite her skill and obviously good-natured work ethic, we were very concerned about her
continuing on the project because principal shooting was scheduled to continue for another month and
we felt that the last complication we needed was a birth on the set. Nevertheless, Pallavi was able to
work with us for the next week of shooting, while we set about finding a replacement.

Eventually we made online contact with the equally talented and gracious Kimberly Doss
(makeupbykim.com), who eagerly agreed to come in on the project and help us out. Of course . . .
having the same due date as Pallavi, Kim showed up eight and a half months pregnant at that point.
And sure enough, towards the end of the shoot, we received word that Kim would not be arriving to do
makeup and hair that morning because she was on her way to the hospital to have her baby. Given
both the timing and our budget limitations, the actors had to struggle on doing their own makeup, or
doing without entirely. Fortunately, the plot of Cassandra's Echo is such that a little muss towards the
end was not at all out of place.