Anhedenia Films News 10/2012

Hello...

Sadly, my father Sidney Walter Jacobs passed away at the start of this month.

I miss him greatly.

I will be back posting next month.

Best,

Evan Jacobs
Anhedenia Films

Anhedenia Films News 9/2012

Hello!!

My documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER is now available! You can order it here.

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 the Writer's Corner…

I am working on a new screenplay with Nasser Entertainment. We are in the early stages of putting it together so I will let you know more when I can.

I finished the long-hand version of FALLING APART. It just needs to be typed up. First, however, I need to finish typing up/rewriting LADY AND THE CHAMP. I have also started preliminary work on a time travel screenplay. I just need to figure out the plot as right now it is all over the place.

I literally just finished editing the 3rd version of SHADOW. I just need to turn it in to the folks at Nasser Entertainment. This version is different but all in all I think it's quite good.

It is my sincere hope that I am done with the rough edit of the INSTED documentary during this month. INDECISION RECORDS will be releasing that.

In addition to working on the young adult novelization of my horror screenplay, WARREN, I recently signed a contract to write a young adult novel titled THE NORMAL BROTHER for Saddleback Educational Publishing. This will be part of their Gravel Road series. I am extremely excited about this as I love young adult fiction. I started off writing YA/kids fiction when I was in 2nd grade so it's nice to be returning to it.

Still working on INSECT in a piecemeal way. I hope to be 50% done with it before the end of 2012. This way it could be finished in 2013 and hopefully released on DVD/VOD later that year.

This was an amazing summer… while I am saddened that my father is again back in the hospital (as he was at the start of the summer), I am hoping he is out shortly and literally back on his feet.

See you next month,

Evan Jacobs
anhedenia@hotmail.com

Anhedenia Films News 8/2012

Hello!!

My documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER is going to be available on 8/14/12. You can order it here.

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 The Writer's Corner…

I am presently typing up my new boxing screenplay LADY AND THE CHAMP. It should be ready to send out by the end of September.

I am about half way through the longhand version of FALLING APART. I am fairly certain that I am going to direct this.

Recently had a meeting at NASSER ENTERTAINMENT regarding the micro-budget movie I made for them titled, SHADOW. Notes were given and I am presently implementing them. I am very surprised that there weren't more of them. We are still trying to work out what the next micro-budget film that I make for them is going to be.

Assistant editing work on the INSTED documentary is going well. I have assembled a lot of the footage of the band members. Now, I need to put that into sections that tells the story of INSTED. From there, footage of other people, live shows, and tour footage will be added. Everything is a process…

The young adult novelization of my horror screenplay WARREN is coming along quite well. I should know this month if (and what) I am going to be writing  a book for this publisher. Here's hoping I can announce it in next month's newsletter!

Work on INSECT is still moving at a piecemeal rate but I have a feeling that will change in the next few months. It is going to take me a while but I am positive that it will be completed. Here is an image I created that I am hoping to use to promote the movie in some way (I think it looks kind of like THE EXORCIST):

One thing the movie business continues to teach me is that no matter how much I accomplish (or think I accomplish), the only thing I have control over is what I do to make myself be successful. And what is this?

Write. Write. And write some more.

See you next month, 

Evan Jacobs 

Anhedenia Films 7/2012

Hello!

I am very sorry this is so late. My father who has multiple health issues did a stint in the hospital and then went to a rehabilitation facility to get his strength back. He recently came home and his progress is being monitored by myself as well doctors, nurses, physical therapists, etc.

I am really glad he's home but he did have a very close call. Doing my best to not do everything for him but also doing enough so he knows I am there.

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 The Writer's Corner...

I finished a longhand version of my newest boxing script LADY AND THE CHAMP. It should be ready to show in about 6-8 weeks. I just need to type it up, add some things and then rewrite it until I feel that it's ready. I am going to show it to NASSER ENTERTAINMENT first and then others after if they don't think they can do anything with it.

I also finished a new script titled LOSING CLEOPATRA. It is a contained, time travel love story. At present I am not sure if it is going to stay with just being this idea... or, if it might be merged with some other ideas for time travel movies that I have outlined.

I have started a new sci-fi/horror script called FALLING APART. More on that when I am further along with it.

Lastly, I finished another script for NASSER ENTERTAINMENT. It is a contained action movie/thriller. Things look like they are moving in a positive direction both with that script and another one they had me write.

ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER is done. DONE. I am getting it ready for its 9/4/12 release. It is going to be playing in Florida in September. You can read more about that HERE. It will be released by AMAZON as well as REVELATION RECORDS. I am also gonna be pounding the pavement for press notices, as well as an overseas distributor, as well as a television sale of some sort. I am planning to spend a year promoting this thing that ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER has a life long after the DVD is released this September.

I have finished the my "director's edit" of SHADOW. I literally just turned it into NASSER ENTERTAINMENT. Hopefully they like it. This is clearly the best movie I have directed from a "professional" standpoint. I am looking forward to seeing what happens with it now. I am currently talking to NASSER ENTERTAINMENT about directing another micro budget movie.

I am about to start my assistant editing work on the INSTED documentary. INDECISION RECORDS will be releasing this documentary with all of INSTED's recordings once it is done.

I am also writing my next Young Adult novel titled WARREN. The best part is that I have a publisher who is interested in having me write a YA book for them! This is a dream come true as, when you get right down to it, I am a writer. I have been doing it since I was in the 2nd Grade and thankfully I've never stopped.

It also looks like I will be resuming work on INSECT again. I am really excited about it. This is going to be a long, arduous process. It won't help that it will be animated, edited, scored and completed in a piecemeal fashion... but it will get done.

So far this summer has had its share of ups and downs. As somebody who believes in G-d I figure there's a reason for everything. I am not saying you have to believe in G-d to realize that, I am just saying that that is what works for me.

I trust everything will work out regarding my dad and everything else. It always does.

Best,

Evan Jacobs

Anhedenia Films 6/2012

Hello everybody!

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 The Writer's Corner...

I have am now working on another screenplay for NGN Productions. It is a contained action/thriller of sorts and I am almost done with the first draft.

The boxing script I mentioned in the last post is still being written but, as is usually the case, certain projects have a way of pre-empting others. I am writing it long hand (which is actually the way I prefer to do all of my first drafts) and I should have a first draft sometime this summer.

I am currently knee deep in the editing of SHADOW. This is the first time I have ever edited anything shot on a Canon 5D camera. Add to this that I've never cut a movie with this much coverage (and that was shot this well), and I will admit that at times I have felt a little overwhelmed. On the plus side, I have edited projects with a lot of footage and I have built up the mental/emotional stamina to work on a project that is a few clicks above the stuff I do on my own. I have posted in image of a prop that was during the shooting of the movie:

I am currently in the clearance/final re-edit phase of ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER. I had to rework the movie a little recently but ultimately this will make for a film that really focuses on all the bands and the scene as a whole. This is why I made ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER in the first place, so once again the point is proven: everything happens for a reason.

I am also going to be working as an assistant editor on a documentary for the band INSTED. Dave Mandel and Indecision Records are going to release a vinyl version of all their stuff and they are going to include the documentary on a separate DVD. I plan to start this once I finish either the first edit of SHADOW or the final edit of ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER.

I have also started turning my screenplay WARREN into a young adult novel. Here is the logline for WARREN:

Two best friends in high school are pitted against each other when one of them is possessed by an ancient Native American curse.

I am writing this book long hand right now. When it is done I will type it up, send it out to agents and publishers, and then self-publish it if I need to.

Lastly, I still plan to make 2-3 shlock films. I already have detailed outlines for two of them. I plan to write them this summer and then try and make one really quick before the end of this year. The second one will be made in the early part of 2013.

See you in July! 

Evan Jacobs

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