Things Green with Nick Federoff. Award winning long and short form broadcast TV and online programming.
WHAT WE FILM AND WHERE
Things Green with Nick Federoff is a 30-minute program that can be hosted solely by Federoff, interview driven or documentary-style. The show airs weekly on PBS television with coverage from Santa Barbara to San Diego Saturday mornings at 9:00AM on KLCS-TV 58 which is distributed to millions of households via broadcast TV/ DirecTV /Dish Network/cable TV. In addition, we can simulcast the program on up to 14 of the most popular social media channels such as: YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. We can also simulcast to your channels on any day in any timeslot.
Short Form Programming. We are masters at short form programming that can be inserted into our long-form TV or are aired strictly online. Features are up to 5-minutes long.
If you’d like to have your facility shown in our TV show and used as a backdrop for our TV segments then give us a call at (562)945-6469 and ask Pam to send a TV segment scout to see if your property is a good match.
You are reading this because you’ve been invited to have us come to your location to allow us to use it as a backdrop for our production or we will be filming for your company. The following is a short explanation.
Short Form Programming. We are masters at short form programming that can be inserted into our long-form TV or are aired strictly online. Features are up to 5-minutes long.
If you’d like to have your facility shown in our TV show and used as a backdrop for our TV segments then give us a call at (562)945-6469 and ask Pam to send a TV segment scout to see if your property is a good match.
You are reading this because you’ve been invited to have us come to your location to allow us to use it as a backdrop for our production or we will be filming for your company. The following is a short explanation.
FAQ’s
Question: How many people come out?
Answer: We come out with a skeleton crew, are stealth and low key. Most people don’t know we are even there! Typically we film using a one-camera shoot but can use up to three or more, including a drone. Depending on details of the shoot we bring 2-3 people and if you can have someone there on your staff to help us hold our start/stop clock (an extremely important function) it will save us a ton of time and we will finish quicker.
Question: What kind of vehicles do you bring?
Answer: If we are bringing the props we'll be pulling a utility trailer behind the car or a pickup truck will bring everything. Sometimes we bring a news van (which may or may not have graphics on it), other times we don’t. Usually no more than 2-4 vehicles. We don't want to bring attention to what we are doing through our vehicles, only through the TV show.
Question: Do I need to supply anything?
Answer: It depends. For the most part we are a self-contained unit. If it’s for a Things Green only production we bring all the props needed for each segment (chairs, tables – everything).
If we are filming an interview format with you or someone on your team you will need to provide all the props for the TV show. MORE IS BETTER. TV IS VISUAL. PREPARE TOO MUCH even if we never use it. We want examples and samples. Show us how to do something. This isn't a talking head show, it's about engaging the viewer.
Whatever way we film nobody will turn you down for a water, soda, coffee, tea or point out where the bathrooms are. Lunch is a nice gesture for the crew but due to Nick’s dietary restrictions he always brings his own.
If we are filming an interview format with you or someone on your team you will need to provide all the props for the TV show. MORE IS BETTER. TV IS VISUAL. PREPARE TOO MUCH even if we never use it. We want examples and samples. Show us how to do something. This isn't a talking head show, it's about engaging the viewer.
Whatever way we film nobody will turn you down for a water, soda, coffee, tea or point out where the bathrooms are. Lunch is a nice gesture for the crew but due to Nick’s dietary restrictions he always brings his own.
Question: How long will you be here?
Answer: It all depends if we are filming for the TV show or short-form segments. On the safe side, figure 8AM-5PM (not typical, it's usually less). In our world it’s a matter of hurry-up and wait as it takes time to factor in lighting, traffic, setting up the shot, talking over what is going to take place, etc.
Question: Do you need filming permit?
Answer: We have never had to secure permits for anything we have done. Typically we are exempt from all City, County and State filming permits because we film for not-for-profit programming for PBS television. Should permits or any other fees become necessary they are the responsibility of the location and/or sponsor to secure.
Question: What is your filming format?
Short form vignettes, up to 5-minutes long, filmed once with rarely a retake. We will film anywhere between 6-10 segments or more while on the property which is the backdrop for the segment.
We film Things Green in two distinct styles: (1)straight through and (2) in segments.
The straight through version is exactly what it sounds like. We start and finish in 23-minutes 30-seconds. We start from point A and work our way down. In this fashion we want to tell a story. You are the expert in this field and Nick will lead you through the conversation. The idea isn’t to ask you trick questions but to play to your strengths. Be prepared to film this twice.
Segments can be broken down as follows and may be filmed twice:
6-minutes - introduction
:90 seconds - tip
6-minutes - hands on aspect
:90 seconds - tip
6-minutes - final segment
2-minutes, 30-seconds - extended tip
The segments don't have to parlay into each other. We like to start a segment then finish it. The tips are exactly that - a tip. Some kind of short nugget the viewer can walk away with.
Keep in mind once we come we'll most likely change things around. TV is visual. Even if it never gets in the final cut...more is better. What we do is about education, not pitching a product.
If you need to setup a table for show and tell or want to walk into an area that you'd like to showcase - we're game for that, too.
Regardless of the style of filming we do, keep in mind we will need to do everything twice. Therefore, if we are planting, cutting or cooking something then you'll need to have at least two of everything.
We film Things Green in two distinct styles: (1)straight through and (2) in segments.
The straight through version is exactly what it sounds like. We start and finish in 23-minutes 30-seconds. We start from point A and work our way down. In this fashion we want to tell a story. You are the expert in this field and Nick will lead you through the conversation. The idea isn’t to ask you trick questions but to play to your strengths. Be prepared to film this twice.
Segments can be broken down as follows and may be filmed twice:
6-minutes - introduction
:90 seconds - tip
6-minutes - hands on aspect
:90 seconds - tip
6-minutes - final segment
2-minutes, 30-seconds - extended tip
The segments don't have to parlay into each other. We like to start a segment then finish it. The tips are exactly that - a tip. Some kind of short nugget the viewer can walk away with.
Keep in mind once we come we'll most likely change things around. TV is visual. Even if it never gets in the final cut...more is better. What we do is about education, not pitching a product.
If you need to setup a table for show and tell or want to walk into an area that you'd like to showcase - we're game for that, too.
Regardless of the style of filming we do, keep in mind we will need to do everything twice. Therefore, if we are planting, cutting or cooking something then you'll need to have at least two of everything.
Our filming locations
HAVE INCLUDED, BUT, ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
Natural History Museum - Los Angeles
Descanso Gardens - La Canada/Flintridge
Four Seasons Hotel – Beverly Hills
Naz Organic Farms - Kerman/Fresno
Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden - Pasadena
Long Beach Airport - Long Beach
L.A. Country Arboretum - Arcadia
World Ag Expo - Tulare
Heritage Square Museum - Los Angleles
Tournament of Roses House - Pasadena
Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens - Downtown Los Angeles
Langham Hotel - Pasadena
PBS|KLCS Los Angeles - Los Angeles
CBS|KCAL - Studio City
Pickwick Gardens - Burbank
International Agri-Center Antique Farm Equipment Museum - Central California
Sherman Library and Gardens - Corona Del Mar (Green Industry Hall of Fame Awards Induction)
CalPoly Pomona - Pomona
Sportsmans Lodge - Studio City
CBS Studio - Studio City
Madrona Marsh - Torrance
South Coast Botanic Garden - Rancho Palos Verdes
L.A County Vector Control - Santa Fe Springs
TopSail Ships - San Pedro
Colorado Lagoon - Long Beach
Southland Sod Farms - Oxnard
Rose Farm - Bakersfield
Tournament of Roses Association House - Pasadena
Tournament Players Club (TCP) - Valencia
Tanaka Farms - Irvine
The Architect Dude - Irvine
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area - Los Angeles
Walt Disney Concert Hall Community Garden - Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles
The Great Park - Irvine
Black Gold Golf Club - Yorba Linda
L.A. County Fair Grounds - Pomona
The Farm @ Fairplex - Pomona
The Japanese Garden, Van Nuys
L.A. Convention Center, Trade Shows - Los Angeles
Avocado Fest - Carpentaria
CBS|KCAL Studios - Studio City
Long Beach Convention Center, Trade Shows - Long Beach
PBS|KLCS Studios - Los Angeles
Ontario Convention Center, Trade Shows - Ontario
Richard Nixon Library - Yorba Linda
Blue Hills Nursery - Whittier
Valley Crest Tree - Fillmore
B&M Lawn and Garden - Anaheim
Hood Estate - Studio City
Boyer Estate - Yorba Linda
Phil Harris, Esquire: Private Garden - Cerritos
Fiesta Floats - Baldwin Park
Jest Studios - North Hollywood
Nan Rae Studio - Burbank
Reseda Discount Fountains & Pottery - Reseda
Dawn's Mosaic - Long Beach
Oak Grove Park - Pasadena/La Canada Flintridge
McDonald's Aquatic Nurseries - Reseda
TreeCare, Gary Knowlton - Pasadena
West Coast Arborists - Irvine
American Graffiti Actress, Candy Clark Residence - Los Angeles
Radisson Hotel - Whittier
Santa Ana River Watershed, Riverwalk - Riverside
U.C. Irvine - Irvine
Tournament Players Club (TPC) - Valencia
Los Angeles River - Los Angeles
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority: SAWPA Garden - Riverside
Knollwood Country Club - Granada Hills
So Cal Mini Horse Sanctuary - Hemet
Motte Historical Car Museum - Sun City
Sam Cobb Date Farm - Sky Valley
plus local businesses, celebrity homes and residences.
Outside of Southern California
CalPoly - San Luis Obispo
Las Vegas Convention Center - Las Vegas
JKF Airport - New York
Aero Farm - New Jersey
Hain Celestial - New York
End of the Oregon Trail - Oregon City, Oregon
Dairy Farming - Modesto, Central CA
Oregon Garden Resort - Silverton, Oregon
Nemos Garden - Noli, Italy (transcontinental broadcast)
Kentucky Exposition Center, Trade Show - Kentucky
McCormick Place, Trade Show - Chicago, Illinois
Orlando Convention Center - Orlando, Florida
Ag | Farming | Ranching is in our DNA and included within our programming. Take a look at just some of the shows we've produced:
Things Green AG Shows
Farming Worms
Organic Grapes
Harvesting Raisins
All About Pomegranates
Rose Farm
Composting @ Malibu Dairy Farm
How Dates Grow
AgroThrive Fertilizer
Farm Show ( 1 )
Farm Show ( 2 )
Mini-Horse Sanctuary
AeroFarm Large Scale Hydroponics
Long Beach Urban Farm – Aquaculture/Hydroponics
CalPoly Pomona Farms and Greenhouses
The Farm @Fairplex
Sod Farm
How to Graft Avocados
Tanaka Farms
Farm @JFK Airport
Wholesale Nursery Valley Crest
Antique Machines (1)
Antique Machines (2)
Avocado Show
Alabama Microgreens
Tulare Tractor Museum
Descanso Gardens - La Canada/Flintridge
Four Seasons Hotel – Beverly Hills
Naz Organic Farms - Kerman/Fresno
Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden - Pasadena
Long Beach Airport - Long Beach
L.A. Country Arboretum - Arcadia
World Ag Expo - Tulare
Heritage Square Museum - Los Angleles
Tournament of Roses House - Pasadena
Kyoto Grand Hotel and Gardens - Downtown Los Angeles
Langham Hotel - Pasadena
PBS|KLCS Los Angeles - Los Angeles
CBS|KCAL - Studio City
Pickwick Gardens - Burbank
International Agri-Center Antique Farm Equipment Museum - Central California
Sherman Library and Gardens - Corona Del Mar (Green Industry Hall of Fame Awards Induction)
CalPoly Pomona - Pomona
Sportsmans Lodge - Studio City
CBS Studio - Studio City
Madrona Marsh - Torrance
South Coast Botanic Garden - Rancho Palos Verdes
L.A County Vector Control - Santa Fe Springs
TopSail Ships - San Pedro
Colorado Lagoon - Long Beach
Southland Sod Farms - Oxnard
Rose Farm - Bakersfield
Tournament of Roses Association House - Pasadena
Tournament Players Club (TCP) - Valencia
Tanaka Farms - Irvine
The Architect Dude - Irvine
Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area - Los Angeles
Walt Disney Concert Hall Community Garden - Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles
The Great Park - Irvine
Black Gold Golf Club - Yorba Linda
L.A. County Fair Grounds - Pomona
The Farm @ Fairplex - Pomona
The Japanese Garden, Van Nuys
L.A. Convention Center, Trade Shows - Los Angeles
Avocado Fest - Carpentaria
CBS|KCAL Studios - Studio City
Long Beach Convention Center, Trade Shows - Long Beach
PBS|KLCS Studios - Los Angeles
Ontario Convention Center, Trade Shows - Ontario
Richard Nixon Library - Yorba Linda
Blue Hills Nursery - Whittier
Valley Crest Tree - Fillmore
B&M Lawn and Garden - Anaheim
Hood Estate - Studio City
Boyer Estate - Yorba Linda
Phil Harris, Esquire: Private Garden - Cerritos
Fiesta Floats - Baldwin Park
Jest Studios - North Hollywood
Nan Rae Studio - Burbank
Reseda Discount Fountains & Pottery - Reseda
Dawn's Mosaic - Long Beach
Oak Grove Park - Pasadena/La Canada Flintridge
McDonald's Aquatic Nurseries - Reseda
TreeCare, Gary Knowlton - Pasadena
West Coast Arborists - Irvine
American Graffiti Actress, Candy Clark Residence - Los Angeles
Radisson Hotel - Whittier
Santa Ana River Watershed, Riverwalk - Riverside
U.C. Irvine - Irvine
Tournament Players Club (TPC) - Valencia
Los Angeles River - Los Angeles
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority: SAWPA Garden - Riverside
Knollwood Country Club - Granada Hills
So Cal Mini Horse Sanctuary - Hemet
Motte Historical Car Museum - Sun City
Sam Cobb Date Farm - Sky Valley
plus local businesses, celebrity homes and residences.
Outside of Southern California
CalPoly - San Luis Obispo
Las Vegas Convention Center - Las Vegas
JKF Airport - New York
Aero Farm - New Jersey
Hain Celestial - New York
End of the Oregon Trail - Oregon City, Oregon
Dairy Farming - Modesto, Central CA
Oregon Garden Resort - Silverton, Oregon
Nemos Garden - Noli, Italy (transcontinental broadcast)
Kentucky Exposition Center, Trade Show - Kentucky
McCormick Place, Trade Show - Chicago, Illinois
Orlando Convention Center - Orlando, Florida
Ag | Farming | Ranching is in our DNA and included within our programming. Take a look at just some of the shows we've produced:
Things Green AG Shows
Farming Worms
Organic Grapes
Harvesting Raisins
All About Pomegranates
Rose Farm
Composting @ Malibu Dairy Farm
How Dates Grow
AgroThrive Fertilizer
Farm Show ( 1 )
Farm Show ( 2 )
Mini-Horse Sanctuary
AeroFarm Large Scale Hydroponics
Long Beach Urban Farm – Aquaculture/Hydroponics
CalPoly Pomona Farms and Greenhouses
The Farm @Fairplex
Sod Farm
How to Graft Avocados
Tanaka Farms
Farm @JFK Airport
Wholesale Nursery Valley Crest
Antique Machines (1)
Antique Machines (2)
Avocado Show
Alabama Microgreens
Tulare Tractor Museum
