Shadow falloff trouble with 3D Camera Tracker

I can't shade to shorten.  Choose smooth FALLOFF makes it disappear completely.  Shadow wants to run the length of the shadow catcher as seems.  I'm sure it's something simple, but I just can't understand.  I find working with lights a bit tedious Adobe so I might be overlooking some common things here...

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I've included the project file small if anyone is interested.  Last AE (June 2015)

https://drive.Google.com/folderview?ID=0B3aM3rl7jFBsfldaNHVoT3F0Q0JkS000VThHM3lwa2w1aHdUQW 83WFViNzY2enF0SE5YYWs & usp = sharing

I would try using directional light instead of a point of light. The light in the scene is almost directly overhead and coming of the Sun so your light is

going to have to come from the same direction to match the scene, this means a very short shadow. To position the light, the simplest method is to work in 4 times.

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