Author: timfrakes
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Rome Image Montage
Here are just a few of the images from our shoot in Rome for “The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves.” The shoot is in the can!www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions for corporate and non-profit clients. www.frakesproductions.com
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Rome Photo Essay
Our time in Rome is drawing to a close. Yesterday we recorded footage at Hadrians Villa, outside Rome. It went so well, we moved on to the Vatican, shot some stand-ups and even went inside the basillica to do a bit of recording in forbidden territory! Today we do some more recording at the Vatican,…
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Worship with the Philipino Methodist Church in Rome
Strolling down the Via Settembre this morning, a Philipino Methodist Church caught my eye. The worship service half over, I walked in and sat six pews from the front. The congregation of 50 is made up of Philipino immigrants to Italy. Recognizing a visitor, Pastor Noel asked me to stand and introduce myself. Judging by…
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Piazza della Republica and Baths of Diocletian
The Piazza Republica is one of Rome’s many beautiful intersections. Located on the east side of the city, the piazza features the Naiad fountain, built on what was once a Roman bath. Next to the fountain is the Santa Maria degli Angeli. This church was built on and around the ruins of the emperors bath.…
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Arrived in Rome
I’m in Rome, Italy today scouting locations for The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves. It is a documentary for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. With me is my 17-year old daughter and key grip, Emily Frakes. Her mother and I thought it would be ok to pull her from school for a…
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The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves
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Join me in Rome as we video blog our way through a shoot September 29 to October 2. We are recording footage for a new ELCA documentary, “The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves.” I’ll be writing production notes, posting photos and video clips. This program is special for several reasons. First, European travel…
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Women in the Early Church
Who were the women of the early church? What was their role in the formation of the faith? Why do we know so little about them? We recorded this documentary on location in Rome, Italy. The video tells the story of women in the first three centuries of Christianity. We tell stories about women like…
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Nekemte, Ethiopia, Sunday Morning
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Jim Quattrocki and I recorded this footage in Nekemte, Ethiopia, a small market town west of Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is a Lutheran Church that began in Eritrea in 1899 when Swedish missionaries arrived. www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions…
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Zam Zam, A Missionary Odyssey
Zamzam a Missionary Odyssey Zam Zam, A Missionary Odyssey is a 1992 documentary I produced for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America while I worked for Video Impressions, a production company in Aurora, Illinois. Jim Quattrocki did most of the camera work on interviews recorded in Massachusetts, Kansas and Chicago. Zam Zam, A Missionary Odyssey…
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Crick Crack: Let’s Go to Haiti!
Crick Crack: Let’s Go to Haiti! This video was created to help Sunday school age children learn about one of the poorest nations on earth. My friend Stephen Padre and I recorded much of this footage in a village called Thoite. The video was produced for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. Tim Frakes Productions is…