New Book in the Works

Kate Chaplin, author of “The Belief Test: Questions to Ask Yourself on the Journey of Life” is working on a new book entitled “The Celebration Diet.”

The new gift book will feature hundreds of activities that don’t revolve around food. Each activity is far more memorable and personal than just celebrating at a fancy restaurant.

The book will also feature sub chapters such as; Celebrate the Holidays, Low on Money & For the Young (or young at heart).

There will be tons of great suggestions to make your next celebration not only one to remember but one that won’t add to your waist line.

“The Celebration Diet” will be release by Karmic Courage Press Spring 2010. Keep an eye on this blog for more details, signings and events.

“Sam Sonoma” article

Last summer Kate Chaplin was asked to help co-write and co-produce a film for the 48 hour film project. Here is the story of the teams success.

http://hamiltoncountybusiness.com/2009/11/05/making-movies-in-hamilton-county/

Q&A with Author and Filmmaker Kate Chaplin

FREE EVENT!!

Award-winning filmmaker Kate Chaplin will be on hand at Elwood Public Library to answer questions for those interested in a career in filmmaking.

Kate Chaplin is the writer/director/producer of the multi-award winning short film FIRST THEY CAME FOR… FTCF was the winner of the Audience Choice award at the 19th INDY Awards and also the Silver Award winner for defying stereotypes at the Gold Award Film Festival held on Oscar Sunday in Hollywood, CA.

Kate Chaplin works freelance as a Assistant Director, Script Supervisor and Production Assistant on many Indiana based productions. She is the Head of Production for Karmic Courage Productions and is working on 4 film projects for 2010.

Copies of FIRST THEY CAME FOR.. as well as Chaplin’s book “The Belief Test” will be on sale at the event.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 7:00pm-9:00pm, Elwood Public Library, 1600 Main Street, Elwood, IN.

Beverly Lane

Kate Chaplin has been named Script Supervisor for Joshua Hull’s webseries, BEVERLY LANE.

Casting is complete.

Filming is slated for March, 2010.

For more information check out http://www.facebook.com/pages/BEVERLY-LANE/170523760833

SCALENE project

Kate Chaplin has been hired to be the Production Coordinator for Zack Parker’s feature film SCALENE.

Casting has begun.

Filming is slated for late April.

For more information about the project visit www.alongthetracks.com or become a fan on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/SCALENE/186016059605?ref=ts

New Project – LEAH NOT LEIA

Multi-award winning Karmic Courage Productions in collaboration with Inverted Staircase Productions is seeking cast and crew for its fourth short film, LEAH NOT LEIA, filming Spring 2010 in Noblesville, Indiana and its outlining areas.

The casting call has since past, but interested actors are asked to email a link to a 2 minute comedic monologue via You Tube or Vimeo. Email the link to officekcp (AT) gmail (DOT) com and attach a resume and headshot to your email. Deadline is Jan 29, 2010.

Karmic Courage Productions is seeking:

Lead female “Leah” – Caucasian – can play age 22-28

“Harrison” – male – Caucasian – father figure 1970’s look – can play age 21

“Great-Grandpa” – Caucasian – can play 70-85

“Uncle O” – male – Caucasian – 30-40

“Scotty” – male – all races – can play age 21-25

“Anastasia” – female – Caucasian – mother figure 1970-1983 look – can play age 21-27

“Aunt B” – female – Caucasian – 30-40

“Nurse” – female – African American – 1970’s look – 25-40

“Nurse 2” – female – all races – modern look 25-40

“Neighbor Lady” – female – all races – can play age 25-30

“Waitress” – female – all races – 19-30

“Stormtroopers” with costumes

“Ewoks” with costumes

Children – all races – age 3-10

Extras – all races – all ages

Crew positions open: Gaffer, Grips, Costumer, Hair, Production Designer, Set Dresser, Production Assistants, Stand Ins, Transportation Captain, Slate/Focus Puller, Prop Master, Boom Operator, and Public Relations Manager.

Crew is asked to submit a resume to officekcp@gmail.com Interested partied will contacted for an in person interview.

This project is a micro budget, non-paying, non-union production but a great opportunity to network, add to your production resume, and exposure for your work. All contracted cast and crew will receive a DVD copy of the finished film, on set meals, and their name in the credits.

Past Karmic Courage project have shown at film festivals, high schools, and sci-fi conventions nationwide. Its latest project FIRST THEY CAME FOR was the winner of the INDY Award for audience choice, the Gold Award for defying stereotypes, and was nominated for the Hoosier Lens Award from the Indianapolis International Film Festival.

About the Project:

A dark comedy about a baby girl born during the STAR WARS boom in 1977 who shares a similar name to a certain Jedi Princess that wasn’t allowed to wear underwear.

For more information about the production, or to schedule an interview, contact:

Kate Chaplin, Head of Production/Writer – officekcp (AT) gmail (DOT) com

Thomas Johnson, Producer/Director – tjohnson (AT) invertedstaircase (DOT) com

Nathaniel Savidge, Producer/Director – nsavidge (AT) invertedstaircase (DOT) com

Chaplin at DragonCon!

Filmmaker, Kate Chaplin will be 1 of the 40,000 attendees at this years DragonCon Sci-fi Fantasy Convention in Atlanta, GA. She’ll be there shopping for props, costumes, talents for her upcoming steampunk webseries, Mythic Waters.

“We’ll be handing out a couple thousand signed postcards and talking about our new series” says Chaplin. “My posse this year includes my Execuitive Producer (Mark Lastovich), Casting Director/Costumer (Tamara/Rulon), Art Director (Nathan Bechtold) and Sound guy (Chuck Budreau).”

Chaplin Guest Speaker at Indy Stage and Screen!

Filmmaker, Kate Chaplin was the special guest speaker at the August Indy Stage and Screen networking meeting. Members included stage, commercial and film actors of all backgrounds and experience levels. Kate was invited to answer questions from the other side of the camera and also learn more about the acting side of the film industry.

“It was a fab night of sharing info and frustrations about making films in the mid-west” says Chaplin. “I think that actors are under-rated in the Midwest. I think producers need to seek out professional actors and then pay them for what they are worth. We have too many talented actors moving to the west coast because of the lack of adequate paying jobs here.”

Chaplin is hoping to be able to do her part on her next project, a webseries entitled Mythic Waters. Casting will begin this fall/winter for the first episode.

Chaplin & IWG Hosting a Writing Roundtable at Borders!

President of the Indy Writers’ Group (IWG), Kate Chaplin will host a roundtable discussion at Borders in Noblesville.

From Borders.com

Please join us at 1 PM on Sunday, August 23rd for our first roundtable discussion at Borders in Noblesville. The group includes writers of all genres and experience levels, and the roundtables are open to anyone with an interest in writing. The topic for August will be Finding Time to Write. Stay tuned for the announcement of the upcoming dates and topics for September through December.

48 Hour Film Project

Kate Chaplin had the joy of working on the writing team for Brian Pearce’s 48 hour film project “Sam Sanoma – Private Eye.” Chaplin worked with; Mike, Bridget Hoare, Jim Pearce to write a 5-7 page script at lightening pace that incorporated: a character named Shirely or Sherman Cane, a ball as a prop and the line “I’m not talking to you.”

The film showed to a packed house at the Toby Theater in Indianapolis on Thursday August 6th.