Global Authority | 2010
With the domination of the "Green Giant" in the coffee universe, it has become a necessity for the independents to find new and creative ways to compete with the large corporations for the consumer dollar, or in this case four dollars. This has led to Canada being home to some of the most unique cafes this side of Italy.
Common Grounds TV will take you across this great country in search of the best espresso, cappuccino, desserts, architecture and more as hosts Nik Green and Edan Marshall traverse the country in a Land Rover.
Along with cinematographer and die-hard "Timmy's" proponent Mark Soderberg, Green and Marshall check out the funkiest and most original establishments serving coffee from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Tofino, British Columbia. Interesting cafes, roasters, bakeries and unique shops such as chocolate factories are scattered around the country and the hosts show you where to find the very best of each.
With their unique humour and coffee related challenges, the trip is never dull as the three caffeine fueled men investigate the coffee world and realize it is about more than the beverage, its about finding, experiencing and meeting new people through its ability to bring people together over a cup. So sit down for coffee with Common Grounds TV.
"Grande" Package
$1500
4 Minute Feature on your business
Link to your site from our corporate site
Links to your site from our social media outlets
Access to images shot by our crew
Access to B-Roll shot by in HD by our trained cine team
Mention in credits
10 DVDS
"Ristretto" Package
$500
2 Minute feature on your establishment
Link to your site from our corporate sites
Links to your site from our Social Media outlets
Mention in our credits
DVD
Cafes looking to ensure inclusion in our one of a kind show can select an underwriter package from our selection.
Packages include deliverables that can enhance your business in various ways.
With our wide range of timing and pricing we have affordable packages for cafes of all size and stature.
Cafes, roasters, savory makers and others email us
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"Tall" Package
$1000
3 Minute Feature on your establishment
5 DVDS
"Venti" Package
$2500
6 Minute Feature on your establishment
20 DVDS
"Decaf" Underwriter Package
Link to company on our site
Mention in credits of show
Social Media Links on Facebook, Twitter and more
"Light" Roast Package
$750
"Medium" Blend Package
Ad placement on our official Cross Canada vehicle
Social Media Links on facebook, Twitter
and more
"Dark Roast" Package
Medium banner ad on official Cross Canada vehicle
Product Placement in show
Links to company on our site
Banner Ad on official site
"Venti" Package"
$5000
3 Episode Sponsorship
1/4 Size Banner on official Cross Canada vehicle
Product Placement and usage in show
Sponsorship mention in credits
Social Media Links on Facebook, Twitter
"Brought to you by" credits
Corporate underwriting helps make Common Grounds TV accessable to a large audience via an extensive network of web sites, social media, newsprint and more.
With our target demographic looking to the net more and more, our viewers can quickly link to corporate sites for products, places and people they find of interest in our show.
From outdoor outfitters and vehicles to coffee and tea companies, Common Grounds TV offers a chance for potential customers to reach your web presence instantly.
Corporate Sponsors are encouraged to approach us with variations on our packages and their own ideas. Many in-kind arrangements have been made before as our crew outfits themselves for the 9500 km trek.
To order or inquire
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All of these entities are working to drive traffic to our show and your online presence. Links from the countrys' top coffee sites, blogs and companies generate traffic for our cafes and sponsors.
Edan Marshall
Host | Architect | Producer
Nik Green
Host | Journalist | Filmmaker | Producer
Mark Soderberg
Host | Filmmaker | Cinematographer
Cafe Visits
The hosts breakdown what makes each of the selected destinations unique. The house special, decor, quality and location all factor into the review of the cafes.
Roaster Visits
Roasteries are explored and toured throughout the country that contains far more than many may think.
Baristars
The best and brightest stars of the barista world will sit down for a coffee and explain what sets them apart as they demonstrate their signature beverage to the hosts for review.
Coffee with a Celebrity
Canadian celebs sit down with our hosts and explain why they frequent their favorite joint. NHL players, musicians and TV personalities will join us.
Coffee in a Pinch
The hosts attempt to make coffee in a variety of make-shift ways while out on the open road. Brewing off the top of a running engine, handsresso, campfire coffee and other attempts at coffee in a pinch provide the laughs.
Panini Challenge
The cross country search for the greatest panini continues.
Cheap Coffee Challenge
With only two dollars in their pockets, the hosts set out in major centres to find the best and cheapest cup of coffee they can.
Camp Coffee Challenge
While camping, the hosts will invite themselves into others campgrounds to chat and see how they make their own morning cup in the provincial campgrounds of Canada.
Can a gps find a good cup?
A GPS is relied upon to guide the hosts to the nearest and best cup of coffee in major centres across Canada.
The Effects of Caffeine
The hosts employ the services of professional marksman Rob Engh to demonstrate the before and after effects of caffeine as they snipe bags of decaf coffee at distance.
$hit Coffee!
The hosts visit a Kopi Luwac keeper and check out this process that leads to the most expensive coffee in the world. They discover the process involves an animal defecating the coffee beans.
Barista Competition Training
Barista Champions teach Nik and Edan what it takes to enter a Barista competition. Nik and Edan compete against the best baristas from Vancouver.
Coffee To Go
The Land Rover evolves into a full service specialty coffee machine as the boys modify it over the duration of the trip with increasingly more absurd additions.
From the Source
Nik and Edan investigate the main ingrediant in specialty coffees, milk. They visit a dairy farmer in Saskatchewan and make a latte straight from a cow.
Cafes, sponsors and guests are encouraged to utilize the HD Footage that we shoot during the series. Many of our packages feature access to HD Footage or "B-Roll"
Additionally, we shoot production stills and imagery of the entire country along the way. These high resolution images are also available for purchase and for use in marketing materials, ads, web sites and more.
Nik Green is an independent filmmaker and journalist who has combined his experience in both fields along with his entrepreneurial past to become an effective Film Producer over the past four years.
Green recently produced segments for New Edge Entertainment on a new show called West Coast Escapes. Prior to that Green was focusing on freelance writing with published submissions to the Vancouver Sun, Toronto Star and Canadian Press while also reporting for the Grand Forks Gazette and The Boundary Sentinel. Green stays sharp with his popular weekly column, The Electric Grapevine which is published by the Boundary Sentinel, Rossland Telegraph and Castlegar Source..
His primary focus is Producing festival driven films with crew members he has maintained contact with from his time at the Vancouver Film School. Between projects, Green teaches high risk youth communication and employability skills through use of video, enabling the participants to gain better self confidence, awareness and image.
While the moving image is a large part of Greens' life, he continues to be an avid still photographer having sold works to various parties and agencies over the past three years. Some of his imagery was used to promote the Kootenay Boundary Area in the 2010 Visitors Choice and Tourism guides while also appearing at the 2010 Olympic Games for the same purpose.
Through the creative collective known as Global Authority, Green joins other talented friends to pursue meaningful and creative work while always working with skilled and motivated team players in a fertile environment.
Global Authority is run by Green and Edan Marshall who pursue other artists to join forces with through their portal at www.globalauthority.ca
Edan Marshall is an intern architect who has worked with firms such as The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative (MBAC) and Grant + Sinclair Architects. Edan has participated in numerous competitions, including a submission for the Venice Biennale of Architecture with The MBAC, and the SSEF Steel Structure Design Competition. He also received the 2008 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Student Medal upon graduating from the University of Calgary.
When not designing buildings, Edan works as a freelance photographer, shooting architecture and doing corporate promotional work. He also works as a graphic designer and has done work for The MBAC, Grant + Sinclair Architects, and Conifex Forest Products. His work has been displayed in the EVDS Gallery at the University of Calgary, Paul Kuhn Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Calgary.
Edan's love of travel has taken him all over BC, into the US and across Europe and he has lived in both France and Spain. His passion is travel of any type, and Edan has spent a tremendous amount of time with Nik Green driving the length and breadth of BC -both on-road and off- in search of adventure and fine coffee.
Edan has also worked with Nik Green on several independent film projects, where he has been in front of the camera and behind it as actor, producer and camera operator.
Collaborations such as these lead Edan and Nik to form Global Authority, through which they channel their creative efforts and connect with others.
I was born and raised in the small town of Fort Frances, Ontario, and never even moved into a different house. In fact excluding helping my older brother and sister out, the concept of moving didnt really hit me until I went to university. Growing up, I did the average kid thing and hung out with friends, did all sorts of outdoor activities, and general young person shenanigans.
I played a variety of sports, but was (and still am) passionate about hockey and played at a high level until I was 16. When I realized making a career out of hockey was not for me, I fell into a bit of a rut for a few years, trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I tried all sorts of things, eventually discovering that I liked working with computers, working on cars or anything mechanic, but they werent anything I wanted make a career out of. Then one day as I was talking to my uncle he told me make a career out of something you like and youll never work another day in your life.
So I started thinking about this while I was watching a movie, the third one of the day and realized I watched an obscene amount of movie and loved it. Thats when I started seriously looking into filmmaking. I graduated from high school and went to York University in Toronto studying English and Film Production for 3 years. After I was done with York, I looked to see what other schools had to offer me for film production and one I had always heard about was VFS, so I enrolled and eventually got accepted and now, here we are.
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