“I must be in the front row…”
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Interesting Places, Sports, Tim Frakes Productions
So, my daughter, Emily gets Connor and I $20 Bulls tickets in the nose bleeds. At half time, a guy with a walkie-talkie taps me on the shoulder and asks if we want to sit courtside? “Sure!” So, off we go to watch Bulls get pounded in seats with a ticket price of $950 each! “I must be in the front row!”
Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Tim Frakes Productions
Eskimo Testimonies
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Spiritual Journey, Travel
Every now and then, I think back on a visit Jim Quattrocki, Bob Elliott and I made to Alaska’s Seward Peninsula in September, 1994. Eskimo Testimonies is a 7-minute video we produced for Mosaic, the video magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
We spent 12 days touring Eskimo villages like Brevig Mission, Wales and Shishmaref, meeting its people and recording their stories.
Tags: Alaska, Education, ELCA, Eskimo, Seward Peninsula, Spiritual Journey, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Brookfield Zoo, Holiday Magic
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, Interesting Places, Nature, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
Each December, the Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois hosts Holiday Magic, a festival of lights, ice and animals.
Tags: Brookfield Zoo, Holiday Magic, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
Ancient Byblos
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Culture, Education, History, Interesting Places, Middle East, Travel
While in Lebanon, we visited Byblos, an ancient city just north of Beirut. It is believed by many to be the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It is was also a great place for the IVAP team to get a sense of the historical depth that is woven into the fabric of the Middle East.
Tags: Byblos, History, Lebanon, Middle East, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
The Isle of Arran in HD 720 24p
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Education, Europe, Interesting Places, Nature, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
video management, video solution, video streaming This is an image essay recorded on the Isle of Arran, Western Scotland, July 8-9, 2009. Locations include the ferry crossing from Ardrossan, Blackwaterfoot, King’s Cave and Lochranza. The Isle of Arran is known as “Scotland in miniature.”
Tags: Arran, Europe, Isle, Kings Cave, Lochranza, Scotland, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Lilacia Park, Lombard, Illinois
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Lilacia Park is the jewel of Lombard, Illinois. Every May this beautiful 8.5 acre park comes to life as its signature Lilacs bloom.
Tags: Lilacia, Lilacs, Lombard, Nature, park, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel, Video
Introducing Jesus of Nazareth
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Award winning video, Education, Faith Based Production, History, Interesting Places, Middle East, Travel
It is Holy Week and a good time to reflect on the life of Jesus. This production aired on ABC Television in December 2006. I produced it for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with my good friend Peter Marty as host. Jim Quattrocki directed the on-camera sequences. Jim Parks did the editing.
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Tags: Bible, Gospel, Holyland, Jerusalem, Jesus, New Testament, Peter Marty
My Bangladesh
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Asia, Culture, Education, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
My Bangladesh was shot in the year 2000 in Dumki, Bangladesh while on a visit to Lutheran Healthcare Bangladesh. Stephen Padre, Kevin Jacobson and I worked with a 9-year old boy named Rockibul Hussain. We called him “Rocky” for short. Jim Parks did the editing back in Chicago.
The weather was unbelievably hot, but the people were wonderful. “My Bangladesh” was designed for use in childrens educational settings. This is a personal favorite from my ELCA days.
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Tags: Bangladesh, Dumki, Lutheran Healthcare, Rockibul
Tamil Nadu Drummers
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Asia, Culture, Education, Interesting Places, Music, Tim Frakes Productions, Travel
In the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu, drumming is popular. First, the animal hide instruments are warmed over an open fire. Then, let the music play…
Tags: drumming, India, tamil nadu
30 Good Minutes Spiritual Jouney, Rick Steves
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Client Production, Education, Faith Based Production, Interesting Places, News, Peace and Justice, Travel
Click on the above picture to view a story I produced about my friend, travel writer and PBS Travel host Rick Steves.
The story was produced for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club’s 30 Good Minutes program. 30 Good Minutes is an award-winning weekly broadcast on WTTW Channel 11 (PBS Chicago) and in syndication in other U.S. cities.
It features many of America’s great religious thinkers, selected from a broad range of denominations and faith traditions. The program explores topics of faith through short meditations (sermons), documentaries, interviews and commentaries.
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Tags: Chicago Sunday Evening Club, Faith, Rick Steves, Spiritual Journey, Travel