About Evening Films Welcome to Evening Films - web site of filmmaker and composer Hans Stiritz. In addition to providing turn-key production services, we also serve as an integrated creative resource to other filmmakers looking for assistance in all aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production - particularly in the areas of cost-effective production/video acquisition (Panasonic HVX200 HD), video editorial (Final Cut Pro), and music scoring and music supervision. We hope you'll get in touch if you'd like to know more about our shooting, editing and scoring: 479-970-1397. E-mail address is on the contact page. Latest Project News and Clips News about our latest projects is posted below. Commercial work and trailers that we've shot, cut and/or scored are on-line at our video clips page. For information about my music and all the old news, my old web site will be up for little while longer: http://www.musikhaus.com. Thanks for stopping in! |
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Music video for Claire Holley and a music score for By the Brook We're kicking off the summer with a music video for LA-based indy singer/songwriter, Claire Holley. Claire has a new CD, her fifth studio recording, "Hush," just released in May. Visit her web site to learn about her music - you can hear some tracks from the new album at her MySpace page. We had a one-day shoot with Claire here at the house in May. After some pick-up shots in June, we plan to have the video ready later this summer. And another music score is in production for Linda Booker, producer and director at By the Brook Films, for a promotional film for the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Commercial Work for Fried Green Media, and "Ducky!" at the Little Rock Film Festival It's been a busy winter/spring 2008 season, highlighted by three commercial/web video projects - all shot in HD on the HVX200 - for producer Tim Jackson at Fried Green Media. You can see clips on the media page. And our very own "Give Me Ducky!" screened again in May at the 2008 Little Rock Film Festival. We had a great turn out for both screenings! "Love Lived on Death Row" at Siskel Film Center in Chicago North Carolina director Linda Booker's film, "Love Lived on Death Row" (which we scored in 2006 - more details below) premiered in March 2007 at the Longbaugh Film Festival (Portland, Oregon) followed by additional screenings around the country last year. "LLODR" kicked off 2008 at the Gene Siskel Film Center at the Art Institute of Chicago with two screenings in January. Additional screenings continue nationwide at festivals and special venues. Movies and music at Indie Memphis in October October 2007 took us once again to Indie Memphis' Soul of Southern Film Festival - our third visit in three years! Two films that I scored, "Love Lived on Death Row" and "Where's My Close-Up, Mr. Thornton?," screened at the festival, and I was also part of a terrific panel discussion on music in film. Thanks to Les, Emily, and all the festival volunteers and fellow filmmakers, for a great weekend! "Looking For Lurch"? Currently in the works at Evening Films is documentary material that we're shooting and editing for producer/director Tim Jackson of Category One Entertainment about "Lurch," an African Watusi steer and his owner, Janice Wolf. To find out what's so remarkable about Lurch - and he really is remarkable! - check out his web site at Lurch and the Herd. Lurch has been featured on several Japanese television programs in recent years, and last fall, Evening Films and Category One shot video for Zazou Productions on behalf of Nippon Television Network for a program to air nationally in Japan late last year. Good times at the inaugural Little Rock Film Festival Three films with music scores that I composed screened in May 2007 at the inaugural Little Rock Film Festival: "Before," "Where's My Close-up, Mr. Thornton?," and "Love Lived on Death Row." "Before" is our very own Evening Films production, and we also edited and scored the trailers for all three films (see side bar for links). "Where's My Close-up, Mr. Thornton?" received the festival's Best of Arkansas award - congratulations to the entire Thornton team on this award! - and special thanks to LRFF organizers Brent and Craig Renaud, Owen Brainard, and Jamie Moses for a top-notch, first-class festival. Visit the LRFF website for the wrap-up on their entire schedule - we're looking forward to next year's festival! A visit to the Ozark Foothills Film Festival "Give Me Ducky!" screened in 2007 at the Ozark Foothills Film Festival. I also worked camera at the festival for producer Tim Jackson of Category One Entertainment, covering the Q-and-A after the Phil Chambliss retrospective. It was great fun watching Phil's work before the Q-and-A - if you haven't heard about his unique films, check out the OFFF web site for a quick introduction. Music video for Deas Vail In 2007 we completed a music video for Arkansas band Deas Vail. You can check out the video on our media page. Deas Vail's debut album, "All the Houses Look the Same," produced by Mark Townsend (Relient K, dc Talk) and released by Brave New World Records, and their earlier EP "Collapse" are both available at the iTunes Music Store - this band is terrific - check them out! Edit and score on new documentary Late in 2006 we worked with Linda Booker, producer and director at By the Brook Films, on her latest project: "Love Lived on Death Row." This heart-rending documentary features the story of the Syriani family: in 2004, the four adult Syriani children reconciled with their father, who was on death row in North Carolina for his 1990 murder of his wife/their mother, only to face the prospect of his imminent execution in late 2005. Linda did a great job assembling a compelling story from interviews with the Syrianis and others associated with the case. Evening Films provided additional editorial services as well as a sparse musical score for this remarkable film. "Give Me Ducky!" Our second short film, "Give Me Ducky!" - a two-minute tale of attack and revenge and a toy duck - screened in 2006 at Indie Memphis' Soul of Southern Film Festival. I was able to make it to the screening - nice to see Les and Emily again and meet some other talented filmmakers too. Earlier in 2006 Ducky visited the great Northwest, screening at the Port Townsend (Washington) Film Festival in September. We also had a nice screening at the T Tauri Film Festival in July. Thanks Peter, Jim, Bob and Judy! |
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