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Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to experience a headlining country band's concert from the crew's perspective, starting with the early morning load-in, all the way to the closing encore. The venue was Orlando's TD Waterhouse Centre, and the band was Rascal Flatts, three weeks into the Me and My Gang tour.
The goal was to learn about a creative use of LED video and to discover how a country band grew from using almost no visual reinforcement, to having one of the most visually impressive sets on tour today.
Many "conventional" sets use LEDs, but the screens tend to be flat, with standard landscape aspect ratios. The Rascal Flatts set also employs a flat LED wall, but from that point forward, the set moves well beyond the notion of a level surface. In conjunction with tour producer Turner, Nichols & Associates, the Rascal Flatts creative team — set designer Bruce Rodgers of Tribe Inc., rental and staging company I-MAG Video, lighting designer Andy Knighton of Bandit Lites — created a ground-breaking immersive experience that continues to astonish crowds at each concert.
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The Rascal Flatts set is comprised of two main video components, the "Hero" and the "Halo." The Hero is a flat LED wall using 50 Barco OLite 510 tiles in a 5×10 array. The wall is positioned at the rear of the stage, with its base precisely aligned with the floor of a raised platform. Directly below, 22 additional tiles frame the "garage," a combination LED wall and door that conceals the piano. From the audience perspective, any musician performing on the platform appears completely suspended in video.
It's the Halo, however, that's unconventional. Dubbed the "Mothership" by the crew, the Halo is comprised of 225 Barco DLite 7 tiles that form a circular crown above the stage. The structure extends around the perimeter yet leaves sufficient room for a lighting truss within.
Using custom frames fabricated by All Access, the DLite tiles are arranged in checkerboard fashion, with tiles spaced 20" apart on both sides of the frames, creating optimum viewing from anywhere in the arena.
Tribal Set Design
Set designer Rodgers of Tribe, Inc. is a highly regarded industry veteran with credits that include Madonna and Sting. "I did the set for Rascal Flatts last year," says Rodgers, "but this year, when Trey Turner and Doug Nichols [Rascal Flatts' management team] called, they requested something more creative. Our idea was to introduce a completely different aspect ratio — something that the audience would not be familiar with. We presented three different options, and in the end, the band went with the most daring of the three ideas."
"You've got to realize," continues Rodgers, "that this set is a huge step for the band. Rascal Flatts is the type of group that could perform on a few wooden crates and still entertain the hell out of any audience. So I'm happy that they like to take design risks."
With a cutting-edge concept, Rodgers was keenly aware of the number of trucks required. "Once you get a single riser beyond the back of truck number one, you're into truck two, and those things are expensive. Last year, Rascal Flatts was a five-truck show. This year, it's 10."
Rodgers' decision to use Barco tiles was based on product comparisons that he worked through with Turner. They went with OLite and DLite tiles, which Rodgers describes as "crispy, perfect, and beautiful."
With the stage concept approved, Rodgers needed to realize his ideas for video, and so entered Charlie Terrell of Daddy Van Productions, who created and edited the content. As a musician and songwriter, Terrell has collaborated with Rodgers on many projects, including last year's Rascal Flatts and Reba McEntire tours.
"I don't want people to look at the video; I want them to feel the video," says Terrell. "Working from CAD drawings that Bruce provided, we figured out the pixel counts, and we designed special atmospheric content for each song. I wanted the audience to feel like they're part of a movie."
The content continues the concert trend away from standard fare; for instance, live cameras are not used. Instead, a package of pre-produced clips enhances each song with images such as waterfalls, lightning, and abstract geometrics.
"In terms of ideas, we had a lot of freedom to create," continues Terrell. "We used almost all original DV footage and cut it together with Apple Final Cut Pro®. During the editing, I added grain, scratches, and flicker to create a very organic look."
Terrell's initial concerns about displaying video on a huge LED wall were alleviated during rehearsals. "People told me to watch black levels and stair-stepping with LED tiles," he says, "but with the Barco tiles, we had none of that. The clarity was great, and there was no need for color correction. It looked exactly like it looked on my edit monitor."
The Mother Of All Tours
I-MAG is the first North American video touring company to use Barco's DLite 7, ILite 6 — and now the OLite — on country tours, according to owner Steve Daniels. "We've worked with Rascal Flatts before, and we've also helped to make Bruce's designs come true. We have Barco LEDs on four tours right now, including Rascal Flatts," he says.
I-MAG also played a key role in designing the Halo as a multi-use structure. "The Halo is so big," says Daniels, "that in order to play in different size markets, we needed A, B, and C versions of the set. At smaller venues, you simply can't hang as much from the beams."
Chris Alderman, the tour's production manager, orchestrates the setup once the trucks pull in. His biggest challenge is going to different buildings each week, and with 65,000lbs in the air, suspended from 96 rigging points, it's a major responsibility.
"The best thing about this crew," says Alderman, "is that we have groups of individuals that help each other. It's a very cohesive team." Alderman has seen the band evolve from no video on the first tour, to a 40'-wide Barco LED screen on last year's tour, to the immense Hero and Halo set. "One of the best concepts of this design is that they took sight lines into consideration. The view's great from all sides," he adds.
With Terrell's clips in hand, the tour's video director, Keith Lavoie of I-MAG, controls all playback to the walls from two equipment racks. One SDI stream feeds the Halo and one feeds the Hero via two Barco-Folsom ImagePRO processors.
"With each concert, a lot of highly talented people collaborate to make this spaceship take off," says Lavoie. "Bruce did a great job, and personally, I think it's the coolest country tour out there because of the way that lighting and video go together. With this set, no matter where the performers are, you're always seeing a portion of the wall and the video content from any seat during the performance."
Lighting The Ship
Because the LED wall can be so visually overpowering in terms of luminance, Lavoie actually brought the levels down to complement the lighting.
Enter Andy Knighton of Bandit Lites. As lighting designer, director, and operator, he wears many hats for this tour. "When Bruce presented the design, I said, 'Wow, where am I going to put a light rig?'" Knighton says. "And, I was also worried that I didn't have enough horsepower to compete with the video. In the end, the void in the middle of the Mothership allowed me to light the band, and I was also able to frame in the video walls with different focus positions."
For the overall design, Knighton uses 32 Vari-Lite VL3000™ Spot fixtures, 28 MAC 2000 Performance units, six Martin MAC 2000 Washes, and six Syncrolite™ SX3K units. "Keith and I worked closely together to balance the levels," says Knighton. "He understands that his LED wall can compete with the sun, so he matched his horsepower to mine. It's the whole concept of the Rascal Flatts crew — teamwork is rule one."
With this circular set providing such an immersive experience, producer Doug Nichols suggests that the Halo could be a springboard for future designs. "One factor may determine that," he says. "We're looking at designing a stage that can play at the end of the arena or possibly move to the middle. If the stage was movable or even circular, that could translate into additional tickets. This set gets you thinking in a circular format."
Fans interested in experiencing the full immersion of the Rascal Flatts tour can see them throughout the US this summer and into September.
Paul Berliner is president of Berliner Productions in Davis, CA. His company provides video production and marcom services to the broadcast and entertainment industries. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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CAIRO, Egypt (BP) -- An Israeli immigration judge has ordered the deportation of a Messianic Jew who was arrested for taking part in a Jews for Jesus evangelistic campaign in southern Israel, according to a report by Morning Star News, a leading monitor of international religious freedom issues.
Barry Barnett, 50, a London-based worker with Jews for Jesus, was ordered on Nov. 24 to leave Israel by Dec. 3. Barnett was volunteering at Jews for Jesus' "Behold your God Israel" campaign around the city of Be'er Shiva when he was arrested Nov. 20 at about 4 p.m.
Baptist Press sought comment from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism via its Atlanta office. As of press time, the Israeli agency had not responded to Baptist Press' query.
"They did not really give a reason why they detained him," Dan Sered, Israel director for Jews for Jesus, told Morning Star News. "All they said is that he was doing 'missionary activity.' That is correct, he was doing missionary activity, and that is legal to do in Israel."
Sered said Jews for Jesus would fight Barnett's deportation. If the order is not overturned, there is a risk it will become a legal precedent that could be used to expel missionaries or any expatriate engaging in religious activities deemed unacceptable by the Israeli government -- or by government officials acting alone.
The evangelistic team at the scene of the arrest consisted of Israeli citizens except for Barnett. Sered noted in a news release, "As an Israeli, I have been proud that our country allows for freedom of religion." But, he said, "[T]hose who seized Barry and took him to prison have done a shameful thing."
Barnett's wife Alison told Morning Star News that six immigration control officers took Barnett from Be'er Shiva, about 80 miles south of Jerusalem, to an immigration office just outside of Jerusalem. Barnett was held there for several hours without charge, then transferred to an immigration-holding unit of a prison near Tel Aviv. He spent four days in jail before his court hearing Nov. 24.
Sered said the presiding judge at the hearing ruled that Barnett was not allowed to engage in "missionary activity" while in Israel.
"But the global ethics code for tourism, which the state of Israel signed and even advertises on its own Ministry of Tourism webpage, states that tourism for the purpose of exchanging religious beliefs is not only valid but also should be encouraged," Sered said. "Therefore, his deportation and arrest by the state of Israel was done without a real legal cause."
The Israeli immigration officers who arrested Barnett seized a banner he was holding with the evangelistic team. Julia Pascoe, UK branch leader for Jews for Jesus, said there was nothing inherently offensive on the banner. The banner read, "Salvation equals Jesus." It also had a telephone number to contact Jews for Jesus.
Alison Barnett said the ultra-Orthodox, anti-Christian group Yad L'Achim had followed Jews for Jesus teams to their campaign sites in Israel since the start the "Behold your God Israel" campaign. Yad L'Achim has a longstanding history of links with sympathetic government officials who take legal actions on their behalf.
Yad L'Achim has worked to deny Messianic Jews (who believe Jesus is the promised Messiah) the right of return to Israel and to deny spouses of Messianics immigration visas. They also picket and harass Messianics at their homes and their congregations and have been linked to different government agencies revoking the licensing of Messianic-owned businesses.
On Yad L'Achim's website, the organization reported about interfering with the Jews for Jesus campaign's "spiritually poisonous propaganda."
"Yad L'Achim has been dispatching beefed-up teams of activists wherever the missionaries are taking up positions in order to alert the public as to their nefarious goals," the organization stated.
This is the first time a Jews for Jesus member, either a worker or a volunteer, has been arrested in Israel, Pascoe said.
"We have enjoyed freedom of religion in Israel over many campaigns similar to this one; the treatment we received was atypical of the way the law is usually enforced," she said. "We have never experienced this before."
Barnett's wife also noted, "This is the first time we have had any problem like this at all, and we have done eight campaigns."
Nevertheless, Alison Barnett said she expects "opposition" when in Israel.
"And quite frankly," she added, "if we don't get any [opposition], we probably aren't doing our jobs right."
This story first appeared at Morning Star News (www.MorningStarNews.org), a California-based independent news service focusing on the persecution of Christians worldwide. Used by permission.
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I have had a camera in my hand since I was 8 (and that was a long time ago). But in 2006 I left my corporate job to pursue photography as more than just a hobby. In my business, I concentrate on Weddings, Familiies, Children and Senior Portraits, but I photograph many kinds of events and love any opportunity to be behind the camera. For pleasure, I take photos of places I visit and nature, and most recently have started compiling my images in purposeful books. Look for all my publications on www.Blurb.com
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CINCINNATI -- When Aroldis Chapman took the mound in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Great American Ball Park on Sunday -- with the Reds trailing the Phillies, 2-0, and ultimately falling by the same margin -- the radar gun was not the only thing to light up.
Reds fans, who had done their best throughout the game to get the club going, rose in unison and remained standing throughout his performance. Flashbulbs exploded around the entire stadium with every windup and pitch as the fans, sensing that this might be their best memory from the Reds' first home playoff game in 15 years, captured the moment.
He did not disappoint. Chapman quickly fell behind Raul Ibanez, 3-0, but he did not panic. After a called strike and a foul, he got Ibanez to line out to right.
On his next batter, Carlos Ruiz, Chapman delivered an astounding fastball that registered 105 mph on the stadium radar gun, but Ruiz shortened his swing out of necessity and slapped it to the right-field corner for a double.
Unaffected, Chapman promptly coaxed flyouts to center from Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino to keep his ERA perfect, even if his record wasn't.
"We had a lot of great performances from our young pitchers like Chapman," Jay Bruce said. "This experience should be good for him. He's going to be a big part of this team down the road."
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The Reds had the Phillies in mind when they promoted Chapman to the Majors in August. With visions of Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Ibanez and a possible NLDS dancing in their heads, the Reds were hoping he could develop into a late-inning hammer for the postseason.
Reds general manager Walt Jocketty looked to be prophetic when the Reds drew the two-time defending National League champs in the opening round. And it turned out just the way they hoped -- at least against those lefties.
But in his first postseason appearance during Game 2, a close call changed everything -- when Utley was ruled to have been hit by Chapman's fastball leading off the seventh. Howard struck out on 100-mph heat, but Jayson Werth reached on another close call as Utley was ruled safe at second.
Then up came Jimmy Rollins and the fly ball lost by Bruce that turned a 4-3 Reds lead into a 5-4 Phillies advantage. One more unearned run would score before Chapman was relieved.
What started out as a night that even impressed Phillies fans turned quickly into a nightmare for the 22-year-old. He was charged with three unearned runs and the loss as the Reds dropped a gut-wrenching 7-4 decision.
In the end, Chapman may not have been the force the Reds hoped he would be, but that was largely due to events beyond his control. The question now is what kind of force he'll be next year and beyond.
The debate will rage on as to whether Chapman should start or remain in his role as one of the most feared setup men in baseball. But one thing Chapman did prove is just how great he could be for the Reds and why everyone in Cincinnati won't let a three-game sweep dim their optimism for what they have to look forward to in 2011.
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Usually he sticks with ales, but Island brewmaster Paul Wright recently tried his hand at a lager. He calls simply enough the Tropical Lager. He wanted to model it after European lager styles and give it a Southern California kick. Not wanting to be called out on its style inconsistence by the beer snobs, he calls it just a regular ol' American Macro Lager. As such it is the best one of that sort that I've ever had. Unfortunately you can only get it at his taproom in Carpinteria, CA and he may discontinue it at the end of the batch, since it was more or less an experiment. Let's hope he changes his mind. In the meanwhile I'll keep heading back to the taproom again and again before it runs out.
A - Pale clear straw body with a thin white head. Just a little lacing.
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Reviews are from 2006, 2009, 2011 and now 10 months later in 2012. I have no idea when this beer was made but found it well stocked in a cooler at Green Jug in the San Fernando Valley. This site, and the bottle, say Limited Release. However, I must believe based on the foregoing that it has been made periodically.
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Will "Think Like A Man" Put Tim Story On Hollywood's A list?
That's what the Los Angeles Times asks in a piece that was posted on their website late last night.
Short answer? No.
Long answer...
Don't get me wrong, as I already noted on this site, I've seen the movie, and I enjoyed it - light, frothy entertainment that knows what it is, and really doesn't try to be anything but; a kind of update on the *rules* featured in Mark Brown's 2001 comedy Two Can Play That Game that didn't do nearly as well; so it's not a knock on the film or Tim Story's abilities as a director.
Investigate the system within which he works, and its history, and you'll find all you need to know there.
Consider this: the fact that this question is being asked now, in 2012, after Story has made 5 studio pictures, all of them relatively successful in the long run (compared to budget), is telling of how much work still needs to be done in terms of equal opportunities for black filmmakers compared to their white contemporaries.
The 5 studio movies directed by story have collectively grossed close to $900 million worldwide (close to $1 billion if adjusted for inflation). I'd say that there aren't many directors of any color working today who can claim those stats. And even still, he's the only director of African descent working within the studio system that can claim to be a member of that elite club - his main competition being the prolific Tyler Perry, who's made twice as many films (10) in about the same period of time, but yet lags behind Story in terms of total worldwide box office.
Yes, Story's total worldwide box office gross leads the short list of black directors working within the studio system today - more than Antoine Fuqua, F. Gary Gray, Spike Lee, John Singleton and others - a list that I'd be remiss if I didn't point out its lack of black women directors.
Granted Story's figures are helped thanks to the 2 Fantastic Four movies he helmed (I believe he's the ONLY African American director to be given a shot at directing a mega-budgeted superhero movie) - movies that I found underwhelming, and certainly didn't rake in anywhere near Avengers-style numbers; but I can't blame him entirely for the underperformance of both films; it starts with the script (neither of which he wrote), and the casting (which I thought lacked, starting with Jessica Alba). Both films felt more like Saturday morning series on some Kids TV network.
BUT, the first one grossed $330 million worldwide on a $100 million budget; the second grossed $290 million on a $130 million budget. And I'd guess that both films have since done fairly well in the home video space (DVD/Blu-ray/VOD/Digital Download) for the studio.
Barbershop (the film that we could say launched his studio career - he'd made an indie or two prior) was a surprise hit, both critically and commercially; Taxi (Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon) didn't fair as well (it just wasn't a good movie) but it still more than doubled its budget at the box office globally; and now Think Like A Man is on its way to $100 million (domestically), on a measly $12 million budget.
I can't help but feel that if Story was a white director, the question posed by the LA Times wouldn't be a question at all.
Ok so maybe Story wouldn't necessarily be an A-lister if he were white (we'll never know obviously), BUT, at the very least, I think he'd have been given far more opportunities than he has been. The last time he'd been behind the camera to helm a project (prior to Think Like A Man) was in 2008, on the Forest Whitaker drama Hurricane Season, which The Weinstein Company pushed directly to DVD, skipping theaters. So if you take that into consideration (that the film wasn't released in theaters), it means that it's been 5 years since Story's last big screen release; 6 years if you're counting from the year the film was actually shot.
And even with the success of Think Like A Man, it's uncertain what his next project will be! I'd assume he's at least getting meetings with studio decision makers, who are considering him for upcoming projects. And based on the LA Times piece, my assumptions appear to be correct. To wit:
The movie, released by Sony's Screen Gems, has put Story back on the map. He's taking meetings with top executives at studios including Warners, DreamWorks, MGM and Lionsgate. The good news is that the projects he's being offered aren't just black character comedies. Having made a pair of superhero films that required a lot of visual effects, Story has the credentials to helm an action comedy or a buddy picture, two of the most popular studio comedy subgenres.
All gravy right? Right. And then I read this part:
But he's still working at a disadvantage because he's a black filmmaker at a time when the people who run today's studios are overwhelmingly white and not especially well-versed or even particularly curious about African American culture. After "Think Like a Man" opened at No. 1, one studio president decided not to mention the film during the studio's Monday morning production meeting, curious to see how long it would take to surface as a topic of conversation. Fifteen minutes into the meeting, no one had mentioned the film. When the studio boss finally brought it up, asking who had seen it over the weekend, the room was silent. None of the all-white staff had bothered to go see it.
Now, those who've been reading this site long enough know that I'm not one of those who likes to whine about this kind of thing; I find it all unproductive, and would rather invest my time in ideas, causes, initiatives, etc that I think offer potential for the kind of change many of us have been crying for over the last century - especially at the indie level. Forget the insular nature of the studio system.
However, I also realize I have a job to do in informing you all of what I learn about the goings on within what we call *the industry* that most of us are just not privy to. We're not in these meetings; we hear about them. Sometimes the stories are so beyond the ridiculous that one would think them fiction, and one can only blink.
So here we are... as I continue to ask... now what?
One thing I will add is that I wonder if Tim Story needs to be more of a presence; by that I mean, whoever his publicist is should be branding and parading him any and everywhere possible - especially with the current success of Think Like A Man. You'd be surprised by how many people I've come across (black people too) who don't know that Tim Story directed Think Like A Man, or even know who he is. Many of those same people (audiences mostly) associate the film primarily with its producer, Will Packer (Rainforest Films), than Tim Story. Obviously Packer seems to know how to work the machine we could say (you should follow him on Twitter, because he can be quite active in that online space), and ensure that there is an awareness of his name, as his face becomes the face of the films he produces, and he starts to get the same kind of super-producer props like others already on that level - Jerry Bruckheimer, Brian Grazer, and even Harvey Weinstein to name a few.
Humility is certainly welcomed, but a little braggadocio can go a long way I say Mr Story. I'd say he needs a "hype man." I'd say that most of us are likely much more familiar with the 5 directors I mentioned above (Tyler Perry, Antoine Fuqua, F. Gary Gray, John Singleton, Spike Lee) whose worldwide box office grosses are beneath Story's, than they are with Tim Story.
But really, I hope all those studio meetings Story is taking in Hollywood, and all the projects he's reportedly being offered, eventually materialize into something concrete, and that another 4 years don't go by until his next film opens.
You can read the full LA Times piece HERE.
Igbo | May 23, 2012 12:49 PM
I've been familiar with Tim Story since his first feature film, "One of Us Tripped." Since then I've seen several of his films including, "Think Like a Man," which was okay. I'm sure he's a nice guy and deserves the same opportunities to direct megabudget escapist films as his white counterparts, but there's nothing about his work to write home about. What great film is lurking inside him that demands to be told? He's a journeyman.
EVERETTE | May 21, 2012 12:49 PM
Who directed, GONE WITH THE WIND? The producer of that film positioned himself in the market place to garner just what he got. Spike Lee did the same with the shameless marketing of himself and his film.
Tim, perhaps, is more layed back and does not want to engage in that type of hype and marketing hysteria. We will know him by the quality of his work. I suspect that that is his rule.
If he has a publicist, that person ought to be released. Shadow Act needs to present a spread on Story.
I have only been made aware of Tim Story last year. A friend of another ethnic persuasion mentioned him during a pitch. I had heard of his work and I have had friends who worked on his films and they had never mentioned him.
Hey, Tim, jump in the mix!!! :-)
Bl13 | May 18, 2012 4:07 PM
That's whats wrong with a lot of us know, all hype and no substance. The same media that hypes you up, will at every opportunity, run you into the gutter. I say, be careful Mr. Story...let your work speak for itself.
Sithembiso | May 18, 2012 6:38 AM
Hollywood was created by individuals so i guess if we want to celebrate and sustain black arts, we must create our own art-bueiness value chain, the problem though is that the black society around the globe is not in sync, there are too many cultures and heritages, so its kinda difficult to make stories that are universal to the black market. Big up to Tyler. We can't expect the white population to watch our stories based on sympathy, movies are meant to be entertaining, educational!
Sithembiso | May 18, 2012 6:31 AM
It's my first time to hear about him, well now i know. maybe Story doesn't want to be on the lime light if he wanted to be, I'm sure most audiences will know about him by now.
lilkunta | May 18, 2012 5:40 AM
I didnt read TLAM nor see TLAM. Steve harvey needs to stfu. he isnt funny as a comic, his 90s show was bufoonery, and he shouldnt be giving relationship advice when he is in his what 3rd marriage to a former drug dealer go to girl.
i think many do associate TLAM with Will Packer bc he prmoted it.
I agree that Tim needs a hype man.
Also to the list of directors of singleton, gray, lee, perry,fuqua where is ROBERT TOWNSEND?
Malik Yoba | May 18, 2012 3:59 AM
As an actor/writer/producer/director who has worked in this business since 1989, and seeing things from many perspectives, all you speak of is true..... still most importantly you speak to the universal and longstanding need for all of us who may not be as close to the "inside" of the Hollywood system as we would like, is has to be our mission to be proactive and create our own way....like this website. The internet gives us an instant global audience for our ideas. I'm in It gives us all a voice. However small it is a place to start. Once personal example is...If you haven't checked out my webseries "SHOPTALK" I wrote,directed and starred in- bet.com/shoptalk- I did that webseries based on a film I co-wrote and is my directorial debut called "WHATS ON THE HEARTS OF MEN" which started as a play I co-wrote with my brother in 20o0. We have been working to get this film made for over a decade. We have made our rounds at the studios and it hasn't been easy but we persist. So I did the webseries loosely based on it as a way to keep the dream alive of me directing my first feature..... Especially now more than ever the opportunity exists for folks to take their destiny in their own hands. My father always said "Build your own generator so when they turn off the power, you still have lights." That has served me well in my career. Most people know me as an actor but I have always been a multi hyphenate. The other thing in my opinion that we need to do is stop just thinking about ONLY telling "our stories" per se and focus on stories that have universal appeal and are multicultural as well. Look at the types of films that succeed at the box office. We need to do it all. And we have to find more effective ways of working together to do it, not just with people that look like us. I am often the only person of color in a cast. I have learned the reason for a lack of diversity in Hollywood is not always simple racism. It's more about the people who are producing, writing and distributing films and television are writing from the perspective of the person they see in the mirror everyday. They are thinking about things from the world around them. Unless one lives in a multicultural world they won't write from that perspective. I had a pretty cool moment on set tonite shooting my SyFy Channel series "Alphas". As the only man of color on the show, when meeting with the writers before the start of our second season(GOD BLESS ALL OF YA'LL THAT SUPPORTED SEASON ONE!!!!) I asked them to really be more diverse in the casting of the guest star roles this year. Tonite I turned to the executive producer and said "we have had more diverse casting in the first six episodes of this year than we had all of last season!" He said "We listened to you and kept our word" A small moment but huge!!! The fact that our show is in the sci-fi genre, also lends itself to diverse casting and universal appeal. I was recently in Europe promoting it to international press including Africa and again, I'm reminded of the need for us to think and live globally ....
I also encourage folks to read a great book on the history of Hollywood called " An Empire Of Their Own: How The Jews Built Hollywood". It is a wonderful lesson on how a group of people worked together to create the very system of commerce and wealth building we all wish to be a part of. I have always used the lessons I've learned from that book and my experiences as an actor fortunate enough to work in this business for two decades to move my dreams forward. The truth is this business is hard for EVERYBODY!!!! Movies are very hard to get made no matter who you are. Movies are made to serve a global market from a studio perspective. "Can we sell it foreign?" is always the number one question because foreign sales is what makes a studio want to invest $50 or $100 million dollars in a movie in the 1st place. Because they know that they can sell the distribution rights before they even make the movie. When it comes to movies with all black casts, they generally don't sell internationally because audiences around the world often times feel they wont be able to relate. I hear this often when I travel abroad. I also know their IS an international audience for some of them especially if it's in the action genre. Just has to be cultivated
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Roxe Jones | May 17, 2012 9:35 PM
Seriously, this is Hollywood. What do you expect? Black filmmakers can't afford to be mired in some fantasy of a soft-focus, slow-motion, running through a field of daisies intellectual and emotional embrace on the part of an industry that has at best been begrudgingly accepting of black filmmakers when the bottom line left no other choice and at worst, continued to name the most prestigious directing award in the country after D.W. Griffith. To quote Spike Lee, "Wake uppppp!" We have to look to the future and an entirely new paradigm. The end.
a jeanus director | May 17, 2012 7:06 PM
First I would like to say for the record their are black female directors out there working as hard, but can't get in the door. I for one, can justify that directors are people and not male or female. We all work hard at this and as African American directors we deserve just as much attention as the white directors (males and females). Now, Story is a great director and I follow his work as well as the other directors. I feel he does need a better agent to sell him more, yet definately he needs to sell himself. Obviously, he doesn't care to much about reports. I'm a film director and writer, I look forward to being critiqued about great films I've made. I don't write black films, instead I write films that I would like to see on the big screen. My films will relate to every persons race, color and creed. I look at films as art not as a pay check, although the future holds great for me. Do your thing Story forget about the politics involved. Spoken from a lover of the film noir.
Malik | May 16, 2012 1:19 PM
Maybe I am completely off base, but when I read these type of articles I am often confused by Black people's approach to entertainment and the arts. It seems like we are always asking for permission, recognition, or validation from "the industry" i.e. our white peers. But, truly, when Black filmmakers concentrate on their target market they experience great success. Love him or hate him, TP is not waiting on permission. Spike makes what he wants to make. Singleton and The Highes Brothers have a clear vision. I haven't heard of Story because I can't hear (or see) his voice... Who cares what his numbers are? What is he saying? I don't know who he is because he is not showing me. One of the best Black Directors is actually a woman, Kasi Lemmons, and I can only name 2 of her films. But those films are that I connect with. I appreciate this article because it reminds me not to fall victim to the same thing that has my people lost right now: I don't need MY ART integrated into your system- so that you can bleach all the Black from it. If I find my audience and my voice, and speak directly with them... the world will follow. Hip-Hop taught us that... And they also taught us: "Burn Hollywood, Burn"
Priss | May 16, 2012 12:36 AM
I wonder what would happen if one surveyed average black Americans and asked them to name 10 black directors currently directing feature films, meaning ya can't sneak in out Melvin Van Peebles and Robert Townsend! Could most of our people name even 5 black feature directors who've made a film in the last 5 years by name - not by film? By name. Our directors aren't branding themselves like Spike did. That is part of the game and it's up to them. That is nobody else's fault. And to your point, would there be any women on the list that the average black American knows by name? I challenge that the customer service rep in Cleveland and the hairdresser in Oakland wouldn't even know Antoine Fuqua by name, much less Tim Story or any of our other directors besides Spike, Singleton and Tyler Perry. Damn shame. Anyhow, good article!
Zeke | May 15, 2012 9:03 PM
Tim's problem is he doesn't bring that extra layer of creativity to the work: he's a by-the-book director for hire. What you see in the script is exactly what he'll put on the screen, nothing more, nothing less. Works fine for some making a living (ahemBrettRatnerahem); unfortunately, as Tim is black, it works a bit against him. He should take a page from Spike's playbook and say something idiotic that will elevate his "pay attention to ME now" level.
other song | May 15, 2012 4:47 PM
I look forward to 2062 when this article will still be relevant
Orville | May 15, 2012 4:24 PM
Tambay's article is well written and it does explore the struggle black filmmakers such as Tim Story experience in Hollywood. However, I still feel it is important to be positive.
At least the LA Times actually gave print coverage to Tim Story and I think that's important and it all has to do with Think Like A Man's success.
America is still racially segregated though so I am not surprised that some white people in Hollywood haven't seen the film. In the end does that really matter anyway? TLAM has done incredibly well and it continues to do so.
Has the black media focused on Tim Story? I am just asking. Has Ebony or Essence or any of the big black media publications done articles on this guy?
Story is doing well and I am sure he will get work in Hollywood. The success of Think Like A Man has forced the white mainstream American media to pay attention to African American actors. Why do you think Meagan Good got the lead on the show Infamous? I think Think Like A Man had a role in Meagan getting the job. Think Like A Man is definitely a very important film.
Micah | May 15, 2012 12:12 PM
Since like others that frequent this I'm often searching for black directors that are doing well, I've known about Tim Story for years. It's sad but true that few know who Tim Story is. I'm sure, given his track record, if he was white they would be throwing movies at him. Perhaps he needs a better agent.


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