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.

Shoki Images

In the process of writing the script I use as many images as I can get my hands on to get a better handle of the world I’m creating. What follows are images that I found on the Internet that are pieces of the puzzle in creating my next short film, Shoki’s Bag.

 

We’re using the mythology of a Shoki, a demon qweller, to tell a story of the power and destruction of shame. The first images are of the mythical character Shoki. Shoki mythology is the foundation of the character we are creating. Shoki is a half-man/half wolf character. Not a werewolf, just a creature that does not belong to one realm or another.

 

 

 

 Eyes of Shoki

 Fairy Tale Inspiration for the look and of Shoki being wolf-like

Look of the forest

 More Shoki wolf-like inspiration Water plays a large element in the film, I love the colors in this and the framing

For the water spirte I like this image of fluidity

Shoki when he gets angry

 A statue of a lion-like creature, could be an intresting mix to Shoki’s costume

 A possible look for the water sprite. Very proper but very clean.

  Loved the visual of this as seeing into the roots, reminded me of seeing inside the bag that Shoki carries

  Love the look of this forrest

 Love the color and texure. I’d love the film to look like this.

 The types of places Shoki could roam around in

  Another color and texture picture I dig.

 

 

Kate Slated to Direct “Shoki”

Karmic Courage Production is in development on their next project.

Shoki’s Bag, is a mythic tale of a sub-human creature who struggles to let go of a black bag…a bag that moves.

A film with a visual style in the same vein as Pan’s Labyrinth and 300, Shoki must overcome a shameful past and a haunting venom that attempts to kill him. 

Filming is slated to begin next summer with Kate Chaplin writing and directing.

Auditions and crew calls will be held in the upcoming months.