Episode One: The Local Legend

**The Local Legend** is the first episode of Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story. The town of Sleepy Hollow is introduced to viewers as Ichabod Crane explores the town and attends the Mayor's invite only party.

## Plot

Ichabod Crane, Sleepy Hollow Middle School's new science teacher, has just moved into Sleepy Hollow and gotten directions from Deidrich Knickerbocker in the form of a song. However, Ichabod has some trouble following these directions and ends up in a cursed bog. After some uncomfortable squishing, he eventually finds his new abode, an old Dutch House. When he opens the door, he is met by his new landlady Douffe Martling. During their conversation, she continues to raise his rent while explaining that she can do whatever she wants. She also explains that Judy Gardenier, the Mayor's assistant, has left him an invite to Mayor Van Tassel's annual Autumn Gala. He is very honoured. Ultimately, his rent raises by $1,000 which causes him to need a roomate.

While putting up posters for a roomate, Ichabod stops by Colonial Drugs 'N' Stuff. There he meets a mean witch named Matilda Bishop and the snarky and lovely Kat Van Tassel. Kat talks with him about why he came to town and the mysterious disappearance of the last science teacher. She says that many locals suspect it was something strange in the forest or a curse, but she thinks he just got tired of Sleepy Hollow and left (who could blame him). He tries to ask her to show him around town, but she turns him down. Instead, they discuss the Mayor's annual Autumn Gala that is happening tomorrow night. Eventually, Icabod leaves to continue his search for a roomate.

The next day, he attends the mayor's invite only Autumn Gala. Judy greets him at the door and helps him meet the other townsfolk. He is introduced for the first time to Eugene Trousers, Ramona Trousers, Dr. Geoffrey Crayon, Trevor Trinkets, Mayor Baltus Van Tassel, Tripp, Cal, Blair, and Brom Bones. Brom is also Ichabod's coworker at the middle school; he teaches gym and attempted to be the substitute science teacher. While speaking with Brom, Ichabod spots Kat and Matilda out on the patio. He leaves Brom and his babes to go and try to talk to them. The pair does not seem to enjoy him interrupting their conversation, but they try to humor him. Matilda turns his white wine to red to prove to him that she is a witch. However, Kat cautions that he should not drink it because she probably poisoned it. After Matilda leaves, Kat and Ichabod talk about their lives before they met eachother. Ichabod explains that he wanted to see the world, so he moved to Sleepy Hollow. Kat believes this is a lie. Brom bursts in during their conversation. He takes it upon himself to reveal that he is more into the subjects of english and history such as The Headless Horseman.

but Ichabod is skeptical. Once Ichabod leaves the party, Brom tries to mimic the Horseman and scare him. However, a far scarier foe- the real Headless Horseman- scares them both.

## Cast

James Tolbert as Rip Van Winkle

Jon Cozart as Diedrich Knickerbocker

Sean Persaud as Ichabod Crane

Joanna Sotomura as Douffe Martling

Sinéad Persaud as Matilda Bishop

Mary Kate Wiles as Kat Van Tassel

Krystina Arielle as Judy Gardenier

Mai Jensen, Erin McKenna,& Lisel Perrine as Party Goers

Curt Mega as Eugene Trousers

Kim Whalen as Ramona Trousers

Parvesh Cheena as Geoffrey Crayon

Christopher Higgins as Trevor Trinkets

John Rubinstein as Baltus Van Tassel

Sarah Grace Hart as Lucretia Lazenby

Gabe Greenspan as Brom Bones

Joey Richter as Tripp

Corey Lubowich as Cal

Brian Rosenthal as Blair

Tom DeTrinis as The Headless Horseman

Odysseus as The Headless Horseman's Horse

## Production

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Episode One was filmed over the course of multiple days at Heritage Square and Rustic Oaks. The scenes including the horse were actaully filmed on Shipwrecked's final day at Rustic Oaks. They filmed at night and it was very cold (for LA). If you go onto Twitter, several PAs have shared BTS pictures relating to this episode. To film certian scenes that allowed two focuses on camera that were on different planes, Shipwrecked used a tool called a split diopter.

## Crew

Written & Created by Sean Persaud & Sinead Persaud

Directed by William J. Stribling

First Assistant Director - Ryan Murtha

Second Assistant Director - Nick Dugan

Script Supervisor - Davis DuBose-Marler

Production Assistants: Willoughby Atkinson, Stacy Baker, Lawrence Carter, Dominique Ellis, Atlas Fitzhugh, Madi Flesch, Mai Jensen, Lisel Perrine

Executive Producers: Gregg Gibbons & April Morris, Paul Komoroski, Shao Chih Kuo, Michael Walsh, Jane Leach

Produced by: Sarah Grace Hart, Sean Persaud, Sinead Persaud, Mary Kate Wiles

Line Producer: Liam Parry

Director of Photography: Alex Gallitano

First Assistant Camera: Devin Hassan

Second Assistant Camera: Nic Palermo, Osiris Larkin

Second Unit Director of Photography: Adam Gundersheimer

Gaffer: Lawrence Le

Key Grip: Brian Scott

Best Boy Electric: Nicholas Lombardo

Best Boy Grip: Jess Paul

Additional Electric: John Elkin, Emma Forthofer, Michael Liska, Christian Medina

Additional Grip: Alex Burdick, Edgar Machuca

Swings: Ethan Beretz, Bowas Yang, J.D. Arterberry

Production Designer: Alexander Whittenberg

Art Director: Duncan Reddy

Assistant Art Director: Rey Romero

Art Department Assistants: Erin McKenna, Matthew Pinkney

Wardrobe Supervisor: Sarah Grace Hart

Headless Horseman Costume Designed by Morgan Gannes

Makeup Artists: Roxanne McDanel, Maddie Webb

Hair Stylist: Crystal Blockson

Edited by: Raymond Fraser

Visual Effects by: FXitinPost

VFX Supervisor: Christopher Clements

VFX Artists: Ivan Hryhorjuk, Martin Siuda, Cody Stoltz

Digital Intermediate Services Provided by: Sodalite Color

Colorist: Tam Le

Di Editor: Justin Allison

Di Coordinator: John Daniels-Riveros

Logo Design: Corey Lubowich

Original Music by: Dylan Glatthorn

Original Songs by: Jon Cozart, Sean Persaud & Sinead Persaud

Saxophonist: Ryan W. Garcia

Production Sound Mixer: Will Kioultzopoulos

Post Production Sound Facility: Mayer Sound

Re-Recording Mixer: Jeremy Barr

Sound Design: Jeremy Barr

Foley Artists: Horst Schnattler, Eli Frauscher

Horse Trainer: Lia Coulombe

Stunt Rider: Chelsie Coulombe

Stunt Horse: Odysseus

Covid Compliance Officer: Erin Elizabeth Parry

Heritage Square Museum Site Rep: Kori Capaldi

Rustic Oaks Ranch Site Rep: Mike Stuart

On-Set Photographer: Christopher Higgins

## Trivia

- The episode is Shipwrecked's 150th public video on their channel.

1. ↑ Mary Kate Wiles explaining split diopter