The Film

The Lake tells the story of two sisters, each dealing in her own way with the childhood loss of their father. Claire still lives at home with Mom and spends her days on the lake in their father's old rowboat. Laney has built her own life in the city, but when she comes back to visit, the sisters' discoveries will dredge up the past and the secrets that bind this family together may just tear them apart.

Behind the Scenes

Tarakata Films is a DC-based independent production company dedicated to producing affecting, character driven, and often quirky films. Our goal is to create work for the talented, passionate, and hardworking film professionals in the DC/Baltimore area. We also strive to promote the role of women in filmmaking and to produce films that feature interesting, complex female characters, especially in the horror genre.

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Tara Garwood, Tarakata Films
Producer/Writer/Director
http://www.tarakata.com/
http://tarakata.wordpress.com/

Tara Garwood, writer and director of The Lake, is currently finishing the Digital Filmmaking program at Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts. Born and raised in the DC suburbs, Tara has been acting professionally since the age of twelve. She founded and served for three years as Artistic Director for the first traditional Grand Guignol theatre company on the East Coast. It was there that Tara became enamored with the satisfaction of seeing a production through from beginning to end. However, her geeky side would not let her be satisfied with that. She began studying radio production, then video editing, and found that filmmaking was her true love. Tara's first short film, "Lonely" (a post-apocalyptic love story... with zombies), has been an official selection in three film festivals: HorrorFind Film Festival 2010, Horror Society Film Festival 2010, and Balticon 2011.

William R. Coughlin, Tohubohu Productions
Producer/Director
http://www.tohubohu.tv/
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0193599/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2454347/

William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and is one of the founders (and primary financier) of Tohubohu Productions  which basically means that even on pictures he doesnt direct, he can at least squeeze in an Executive Producer credit. He is also a director with The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before segueing into video and multimedia, and then eventually into the ranks of creative department management. He also enjoys acting, voiceover performance, design and illustration, editing, three-dimensional animation, and writing autobiographical comments in the third person. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes, has provided schematic graphics for several HBS case studies, designed the acclaimed Protg clay poker chip line, served as the Critic at Large for the online literary magazine Inkblots, was a judge for the 2010 TIVA Peer Awards, voiced the iHealthBeat and California Healthline weekly podcasts, and is an accomplished ambigram artist.

CAST:

Bette Cassatt
Claire
http://www.bettecassatt.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1354603/

Tara Garwood
Laney
http://www.taragarwood.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308846/

Gale Nemec
Mom
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2766303/

Carl Randolph
Dad
http://www.agencyprotalent.com/carlrandolph
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1301871/

The Impact

By helping to fund this film, you are supporting women in the filmmaking industry AND local indie filmmaking. How's that for bang for your buck? :)

What We Need

To make our film as great as it can be, we'll need to rent equipment, pay location fees, feed our talented cast and crew, and purchase (and make) props, costumes, and special effects makeup. This film will be made no matter what, but your support will help us rent better equipment and feed (and hopefully pay) our deserving cast and crew.

What You Get

Here's what our fabulous supporters will get for their donations...

$10: Paddleboats will be listed as such and thanked most graciously on our FaceBook page and our blog!

$25: Rowboats will be listed as such and thanked on our FaceBook page and our blog and will receive a digital download of the completed film!

$50: Speedboats will be listed as such and thanked on FaceBook and on our blog and will receive a digital download of the film and a poster signed by the director and actors!

$100: Cruisers will be listed as such on our FaceBook page And our blog and will be thanked on FaceBook, on our blog, and in the ending movie credits. You will also receive your choice of a digital download or DVD of the film and a poster signed by the director and actors!

$500: Yachts will be listed as such on our FaceBook page and thanked on FaceBook, on our blog, in the ending movie credits, and on IMDB. You will also receive your choice of a digital download or DVD of the film, a poster signed by the director and actors, and a piece of lake detritus from Claire's haul. Yachts will also be invited to a private screening with the cast and crew!

$1000: Cruise Ships (Associate Producers) will be listed as such and thanked on our FaceBook page and our blog. You will also receive your choice of a digital download or DVD of the film, a poster signed by the director and actors, and a piece of lake detritus from Claire's haul! The Associate Producers will also be invited to a private screening with the cast and crew, and will be listed as an Associate Producer in the ending movie credits and om IMDB.

$2000: The Lake Monster (Executive Producer) will be listed as such and thanked on our FaceBook page and our blog. You will also receive your choice of a digital download or DVD of the film, a poster signed by the director and actors, and a piece of lake detritus from Claire's haul! The Executive Producer will also be invited to a private screening with the cast and crew, and will be listed as the Executive Producer in the ending movie credits and on IMDB.

Other Ways You Can Help

Whether you have a few bucks to donate or not, please use the share tools above this section to help us spread the word about The Lake! It will be greatly appreciated!

You can also find out what's happening with The Lake on our production blog at:

http://tarakatafilms.wordpress.com

Or our FaceBook page at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Lake/14251530...