Franks Global

07/29/2015

I was able to visit the Lyric Theatre yesterday, my first time back since renovation began. I shot this quick time-lapse of some work on the stage, and it began to look like a show in itself.

A time-lapse of construction at the Lyric Theatre in Birmingham, AL, with crews lifting a massive steel structure above the stage and anchoring it at the top.

05/19/2014

The video we produced for the Rotaract Club of Birmingham premiered this past week at their Thursday luncheon. Want to know more about Rotaract? Watch the video and check out their website: http://www.birminghamrotaract.com

We are proud to be the largest community-based Rotaract Club in the World and a member of the Rotary international family. Our Club is comprised of talented ...

10/07/2013

Urban Ministry, the winner of our great movie giveaway, premiered their new short video at their Table of Hope banquet in September. The video is now available to watch on their website or at the following link: https://vimeo.com/m/74690595

Promotional Video for WE Community Gardens/Urban Ministry produced by Franks Global.

06/11/2013

"My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker." -Robert Wise

05/06/2013

We just launched our first Kickstarter campaign! Help us spread the word!

An interactive app that tells the stories of the Civil Rights Movement in the places where they happened.

04/23/2013

Congratulations to West End Community Gardens/Urban Ministry for winning our Great Movie Giveaway contest! We're looking forward to working with them to produce a short video for their website!

04/01/2013

Where can we get a spaghetti tree?

On April 1, 1957 the British television programme Panorama broadcast a three-minute segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. The suc...

03/15/2013

Final day to enter!

We’re celebrating our one-year anniversary, and we want to share the joy with the community by helping out a fellow business in the best way we know how: through storytelling!

02/23/2013

Planting trees with Green Forests Work.

Last weekend, I spent my Saturday helping a group of volunteers plant nearly 4,000 trees on a former mine site near Camp McDowell. The event was organized by Green Forests Work, which is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reforest surface-mined land throughout Appalachia with native speci...

02/21/2013

Beautiful photos and what looks to be a fascinating film.

When young Chicago resident John Maloof stumbled upon a collection of obscure street photographs in 2007, he had no idea he was about to become a part of one of the biggest art discoveries in the 21st century. It was until after purchasing the contents of an abandoned storage unit for less than $40...

01/24/2013

Been dying to see this since a sneak preview last year.

Spanning the 50 year transition from tremulous black and white to razor sharp hi-def, "Attenborough's Life Stories" essentially serves as a David Attenborough retrospective dished out in three installments, all hosted by the legend himself.