Anhedenia Films News 5/2012

Hello!

Thank you all visiting Anhedenia Films! Can you believe the year is almost half over?

Here is a trailer for my documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. This film is a unique look at the Orange County, CA punk/hardcore music scene from 1990-1997. You can watch the trailer here.

Click here to check out the ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER Facebook page.

You can purchase the DVD/Blu-ray of KNOCKOUT. This is the boxing film that I co-wrote and it stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. For the best price I would go to BestBuy.com.

Also, you can order all of my available films via Amazon.com by clicking here.

Finally, if you want to order a copy of my first young adult novel, MY SUMMER OF HATE, you can do so by clicking this link. If you live in Orange County, CA you can also check it out of the library.

In Anhedenia Films Writing News…

I just turned in the fourth draft of my script RIDE ALONG to NGN PRODUCTIONS. I am about to start another one that I am going to see if they want. If they don't, I will take out myself but they have been great to me so I like to give them first crack at anything I do. This new script is going to be a boxing movie but it will have a unique twist. At least, I hope it's unique.

I am currently logging footage for the movie I directed called SHADOW. Once that is done, my plan is to do some sound work, add some music, then a soundtrack and see what the "powers that be" think.

ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER is done. At least this current version is. I plan to clear everything over the next 3 months. I will do a quick re-edit at the beginning of August and this project will officially be done and released.

It feels great to get OCHS done because I can now go back to working on my next animated movie, INSECT. Check that out here. As I said in my last post, the INSECT page is going to be updated a lot. Sadly, I just haven't had the time to work on it to do said updating. Hopefully, I will have some more images to share next month!

Lastly, my plan for making 2-3 schlock, exploitation films a year is slowly taking shape. I have my ideas for what the first three films will be (to be made in 2013), and I almost have the script for one of them completed. The other two should come together in short order. I have even lined up financing for them… it is micro-budget financing but financing nonetheless.

So far… 2012 is going great!

Evan Jacobs
anhedenia@hotmail.com

Anhedenia Films News 4/2012

Hello!

I am very sorry this is late.

Here is a trailer for my documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. This film is a unique look at the Orange County, CA punk/hardcore music scene from 1990-1997. You can watch the trailer here.

Click here to check out the ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER Facebook page.


You can purchase the DVD/Blu-ray of KNOCKOUT. This is the boxing film that I co-wrote and it stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. For the best price I would go to BestBuy.com.


Also, you can order all of my available films via Amazon.com by clicking here. 

Finally, if you want to order a copy of my first young adult novel, MY SUMMER OF HATE, you can do so by clicking this link. If you live in Orange County, CA you can also check it out of the library!

In Anhedenia Films Writing News…

I am currently working on 2 scripts for my friends at NGN Productions. Both are presently in the rewrite phase and they are going well. I am really trying to push myself more when I write. I am trying to bolster the scripts with better scenes, better dialogue and overall trying to make things more unique. Not sure how well that is going but I am trying.

I am almost done with my research and I am about to start writing another boxing movie. This one has a somewhat unique premise so we will have to see how it goes.

I might be doing some sound editing on SHADOW, the film that I directed. Patrice, the gentlemen that shot the film, has delivered a cut and now we need to cut in the extra voices. Looking forward to seeing how this thing came out.

As I write this I am knee deep in the ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER edit. I should have it done in less than 72 hours! It also looks like I am going to be doing a first pass edit for a documentary on the band INSTED, and then after that I am going to begin work on a documentary for REVELATION RECORDS.

Somehow, amidst all this I am also going to make my next animated movie, INSECT. You can read more about here. I also plan to update the INSECT page regularly so keep checking back as it will be changing.

I have come up with a long range plan for making more movies. This could always change but once all of the documentaries and INSECT are done, I plan to make a slew of quick, schlock films with titles like IT CAME FROM THE TOILET, FALLING APART, CYBER CAT, etc.

See you next time! 

Evan Jacobs
anhedenia@hotmail.com 

 Insect 

In 2007 my mother died. She had been sick with a form of cancer for about 8 years but during that time she never looked sick. She had many chemotherapy treatments but they weren't the type that made her suffer physically or in her appearance. Then, in the summer of that year, she caught a cold, it didn't go away, and then a few days later she was on a respirator in an ICU. Then she passed away. Aside from my life changing a lot, I was forced to confront many of my fears after she died. I was amazed at how I could go long periods of time feeling okay, and then all of the sudden I was almost crippled by the idea of the long road of life that laid ahead of me. I mean... how do you go on after the person that gave you life loses theirs? So I came up with with this idea of two brothers who lose their mother (their father is already dead) and there is the possibility that the older brother is going to leave the younger brother when he turns 18. Inspired by PHANTASM and THE GATE, I made this a horror movie so that this subject matter would have some context and be entertaining as well.

INSECT - Synopsis

After the death of Reggies (14) and Dons (17) mother, the boys find themselves without parents. As their Aunt and Uncle get their home ready for them to move into, Reggie and Don are allowed to stay alone for a week in their mothers house. Shortly after their moms funeral, Reggie starts to hear strange noises. He also begins to see things such as dead insects, dead rats and even dead people in his home. On top of this, his cat Tallman has mysteriously gone missing and Reggie keeps finding a strange, crust-like substance all over the house.

Reggie tries to talk to Don about this but he is too busy with his girlfriend and his own life. With his brother only months away from turning 18, Reggie is terrified that Don is going to leave him alone with their Aunt and Uncle. He continues to experience strange events which eventually boil over when Reggies best friend Angus spends the night. After disappearing when he goes to check out a noise emanating from Reggies and Dons mothers bedroom (a room the brothers made a pact not to enter), they soon discover that what has taken him is scarier than they could have ever imagined. Reggie and Don must now band together if they are going to save Angus and themselves from the deadly Insect in their mothers bedroom.

As I am presently drawing this movie please keep checking back as I am planning to update this page on a monthly basis. 

You can check out an unedited scene from INSECT here. (In the final film there will be a lot more coverage happening during this character exchange.)

For more information please email Evan Jacobs at:

anhedenia@hotmail.com

Anhedenia Films News 3/2012

I have been late with many of my monthly posts so I decided to do this one slightly early.

Here is a trailer for my documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. This film is a unique look at the Orange County, CA punk/hardcore music scene from 1990-1997. You can watch the trailer here.

Click here to check out the Facebook page.


You can purchase the DVD/Blu-ray of KNOCKOUT. This is the boxing film that I co-wrote and it stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. For the best price I would go to BestBuy.com.


Also, you can order all of my available films via Amazon.com by clicking here. 

Finally, if you want to order a copy of my first young adult novel, MY SUMMER OF HATE, you can do so by clicking this link. If you live in Orange County, CA you can also check it out of the library!

In Anhedenia Films Writing News…

I am presently writing another screenplay for NGN Productions. It is going well. I should have my first draft turned in within the next two weeks.

I am in the process of researching another boxing movie. Once I do a rewrite on a script called RIDE ALONG, I am planning to get to work on this. I have a fairly solid outline of the script and the research I am doing is only making that outline better.

Well, after 5, 12 hour days, I completed directing work on a micro-budget movie for NGN Productions. It is titled SHADOW. It is a thriller about a man who receives a phone call that changes his night and his life. It was an incredible experience. All of my films before this were no-budget ventures. However they prepared me for being able to make SHADOW. I had to answer a lot of questions, approve a lot of set details, defend my choices in the script but what truly won out was the collaborative spirit on the set. Everybody worked extremely hard and I cannot thank them enough. I think this film is going to be something special.

Here is a picture from the production:


 












 (I am consulting with the DP Patrice Cochet)


I am back to work on the final edit of ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. At the end of March I should have this thing fairly wrapped up. I wish I was a little further along but that's how things go sometimes.

After that is done, I am going to resume work on my next animated film titled INSECT. This movie is a cross between PHANTASM and THE GATE. It deals with loss of a parent, growing up, and a huge creature-like insect that the main character (a 14 year old boy named Reggie) must confront. I will have a separate post telling more about this project next month!

The work continues!

Evan Jacobs
anhedenia@hotmail.com

Anhedenia Films Unlimited Distribution

 

Anhedenia Films Unlimited offers worldwide physical media and digital distribution. We’ve been around since 1995 with our first film WALKING BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS and have had our micro-budget films distributed physically and digitally all over the world. 

Our rollout for most the films we release is as follows:
- Worldwide Digital release through our VOD platform Anhedenia Films On Demand on Vimeo
- Potential DVD release via SRS Cinema depending on subject matter/genre (For example if you’ve made a dramatic film it will probably just be available to stream and download. If you’ve made a horror movie it will probably be available on DVD as well.)
- Promotions on various social media platforms

Anhedenia Films Unlimited doesn’t offer contracts, nor do we ask you to make your film exclusive to us.
You can terminate your agreement at any time and so can we. 

Anhedenia Films Unlimited just wants to work with passionate filmmakers and help promote films that we enjoy. We assume that you are promoting the films on your end as well.

You will set the price of your film digitally and on DVD. Anhedenia Films Unlimited’s distribution fee will be postal costs (we send things out media mail) plus $.50 for every unit sold. The rest of the money goes back to the filmmaker. 

We can create the artwork for your title but ideally (as that is not our strong suit) that is something the filmmaker provides. Also, it is helpful if you can provide a trailer. 

Please email anhedenia@hotmail.com if you have any questions, seek additional info, or would like to submit your work for distribution. Thank you.

The New Anhedenia Films!

Hello,

My name is Evan Jacobs. I have been doing a website called Anhedenia Films since 2004 (I have been doing Anhedenia Films since 1995). Recently my hosting company decided to raise their prices and in an effort to simplify things I decided to stop doing my site and turn it into a blog.


This new version will be a monthly post about all the goings on at Anhedenia Films. It will all be in this centralized place and it will all be easy to follow (I hope).


Right now Anhedenia Films (me) is the busiest we've ever been. 


I am working on some commercial editing projects, I have a bevy of screenplays going, I just directed a microbudget feature called SHADOW in 5 days, and I am finishing up a documentary titled ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. Among other things...


I would write more but this change from website to blog is recent and I am too swamped at present. Starting in March this blog will be updated as often as is necessary (most likely not more than once or twice a month).

So... I am going to leave you with the final Anhedenia Films post... Thank you for caring about Anhedenia Films.

Evan Jacobs
anhedenia@hotmail.com

Anhedenia Films News February 2012



I am very sorry this is late. I am up to my ears in projects and that is a good thing.

Here is a trailer for my documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. This film is a unique look at the Orange County, CA punk/hardcore music scene from 1990-1997. You can watch the trailer here.

Click here to check out the Facebook page.



You can purchase the DVD/Blu-ray of KNOCKOUT. This is the boxing film that I co-wrote and it stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. For the best price I would go to BestBuy.com. Just click that link and you will be even closer to cinematic happiness. 



Also, you can order my animated film 1985-1986 by clicking here.  

If you want to watch my newest film Audience you can do so by clicking here.



Click here to order the first film in the Anhedenia Films canon, WALKING BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS. Click here to get Brimstone Productions version which is titled WALKING BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS: REVISITED.



Finally, if you want to order a copy of my first young adult novel, MY SUMMER OF HATE, you can do so by clicking this link. If you live in Orange County, CA you can also check it out of the library!

In the Writer's Corner…

I have turned in my first draft of RIDE ALONG to NGN Productions and I've been given notes on it. Basically, I need to make the characters and the needs of the characters stronger. I look forward to doing this as the script is basically where it needs to be plotwise.



I am about to direct a microbudget feature for NGN Productions called SHADOW. I have made 10 no budget movies. Even though this film is going to be made very inexpensively, it is by far the biggest movie I have ever directed. I am working with producers, casting directors, wardrobe people, set designers, etc. I am very excited about this and I am looking forward to seeing what I bring to the whole thing. I wrote the script, I am working with the actors… this should be very interesting. And we're shooting it in 5 days over 2 weekends.



In addition to this, I also have another movie with NGN going into production in the middle of this month. That is a movie that they hired me to write. It is a Christmas themed movie.

 

Due to me wanting to get ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER done, I am putting INSECT on hold until May.



Speaking of ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER… The hack edit is almost done. The plan now is to watch it a bunch of times and then re-edit it. That should be done in April. At that point, I am going to spend May-July clearing all the music, video and pictures in the film. Then in August, I am going to do a final tweak re-edit (if need be) and then it looks like MVD is going to release the movie on DVD, VOD, streaming, and anything else.



In addition to this I am getting swamped with possible job offers to edit or even write scripts. Some seem legitimate… others might not be… whatever the case this is the busiest I have ever been. This situation isn't ideal but is it ever?



Best,


Evan Jacobs
anhedenia@hotmail.com