Filmmakers Diary for Shoki's Bag
  • Conner Prairie Location Scouting
    Hannah (Location Manager) and Katy (Intern) went location scouting at Conner Praire, here are some pics they took.
  • “Shoki” Strongman Show
    Gavin Rulon star of the upcoming “Shoki’s Bag” preformed at the Circle City Socialites Roller Derby on Saturday June 20th. Children of all ages were amazed and awed by his 6 feats of strength. In front of a eager crowd, Gavin bent steel bars, rolled frying pans, bent horseshoes and drove a nail through a board [...]
  • Making Shoki OOZE
    The script asks for a mythic black ooze to be inside the bag that Shoki carries with him. We need the ooze to be practical as well as CGI. So the Interns at the Karmic Courage Production office did some tests with green ooze that we can chroma key to be any color we want [...]
  • Strongman Show June 20th
    Our very own star of “Shoki’s Bag” Gavin Rulon, will be preforming a strongman show June 20th at the Hamilton County 4-h fairgrounds. Check it out. Kate Chaplin and crew will be there filming the event!!
  • Waterfall Scene
    Have we found our waterfall for the final scene? 
  • Love this image
    Great image on the new Field Museum website. Made me think of our “Mythic Waters” saga.
  • Shoki & the IWG
    A section of the “Shoki” script was read at last night’s Indy Writers’ Group meeting. I’ve been struggling with the scene between Nix and her father The King. Something about it is off. So I enlisted the help of the fab IWG and they provided great feedback and support! Thanks IWG! You Rock! [...]
  • Photo’s from first Location Scout
    Went to check out Turkey Run for possible locations for “Shoki.”  I took lots of photos not sure which area would work best what which scene. There were so many amazing spots that would make great shots in the movie it’s going to be hard to pick.  Enjoy the photos in no particular order –at least so [...]
  • Film Production Seeking Interns
      This fall/winter, Karmic Courage Productions is beginning principal photography on a motion picture entitled “Mythic Waters: Shoki’s Bag.”  The film stars Gavin Rulon and is being directed by Kate Chaplin.  We are currently looking for interns to work with the production, and their duties would include: answering phones, filing, running errands, photocopying, and generally assisting staff members [...]
  • Table Read Actors Confirmed
    I’m so excited we got such a great response for table reads!! It made me wish there were more parts and many of the parts had more lines! But alas…there will be plenty more table reads, plus the big casting call coming up. I look forward to the many talents and voices I’ll hear for [...]