Global Authority | 2011
With Series One: Canada still generating views online, the crew has set their sites on the west coast of the USA and Europe for Series Two and Three.
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas feature some of the hottest indie coffee scenes on the planet and Common Grounds TV is headed to them all.
Series One showed us what can be found in Canada and Series Two will up the ante as we work our way through the dense coffee community along the west coast.
Our show has featured many of the finest cafes, baristas, roasters and more in the Great White North and will look for similar counterparts south of the border.
From the epicenter of the third wave coffee movement, Seattle, to the frenetic heart of Las Vegas, Series Two looks to raise the bar in every manner possible.
With a full HD film crew and Series One in the can, this looks to add to our expanding network of indie coffee fans across the globe.
Cafes looking to ensure inclusion in our one of a kind show can select an underwriter package from our selection. It is not a requisite to be featured on the series it is merely a guarantee.
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.
Kup Of Excellence finalists are encouraged to take advantage of our special packages.. Exposure received through our channels is passed on to your company as we continue to be promoted via all forms of media.
email us
nik_globalauthority.ca
Cafe Package
$199
3 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 Copies
Series Package
$10,000 to $15,000
Exclusive 10 Episode (Series) Sponsorship for your Category
Segment including your company
Product Placement and usage in series
Links to company on our site
Sponsorship mention in credits
Social Media Links on Facebook, Twitter
and more
Large Banner Ad on official site
"Brought to you by" credits
Mention in all media related to series
Decals on Official Cross Country Vehicle
Episode Package
$1000
Segment on the show including your company
Medium Banner Ad on Site
Link to company on our site
Mention in credits of show
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 trek through the West Coast of the USA.
To order or inquire
"Rep"Package
$2500
Delivery of product samples and brochures to our targeted cafes
Medium banner ad on cross country vehicle
Categories Available for Exclusive Sponsorship
Home Appliances and Coffee Makers
Commercial Espresso Machines
Vehicle Sponsor
Fuel
Edan Marshall
Host | Architect | Producer
Nik Green
Host | Journalist | Filmmaker | Producer
THE ROUTE
Seattle - Sleep Deprivation in Seattle
Portland - The Epicenter of Coffee
San Francisco - Gone in 27 Seconds
Los Angeles - Riding the Third Wave
Las Vegas - Fear and Lattes in Las Vegas
PLANNED SEGMENTS (More TBA)
Can you cross Seattle without seeing a Starbucks?
Did we find the strongest coffee in the world?
Death Valley Coffee
Is there any good coffee in Vegas?
Why does Portland have so much great coffee?
We visit the greatest coffee scenes in film
The best cafes on the route from the car chase in Bullit
Fundraising with coffee for Coffee Kids
How well do cabbies know the coffee scene?
Riding along with the police
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.
