Producer documents waves, life
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
Since leaving broadcast news, indie producer-director Seth Feldman has become a busy documentarian, with three projects on his plate in the next three months. All air during prime time on KFVE-5; one show is a pilot he hopes to develop into a continuing show with real people offering feel-good stories.
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Feldman, through his production company, Show Doctor Media Marketing LLC, has completed shooting and now is editing "Big Wave Country: One Day on O'ahu's North Shore," which premieres at 10 p.m. Sunday (repeating at 9 p.m. March 22). It follows big-wave surfer Garrett McNamara, from sunrise to sunset on Jan. 15, and explores the impact of the big waves on North Shore businesses and zooms in on some of the denizens of the culture, in and out of the water.
The crew of "Big Wave Country" filmed Garrett McNamara on the big waves of the North Shore.
His second show, "The Silent Majority: Hawai'i's Seniors," will assemble six local people 60 or older with unusual stories to share, with Hank Stackpole, a former three-star Marine general and current president of the Asia-Pacific Center for Securities Studies, as host. The documentary, airing at 9 p.m. on April 19 (repeating at 10 p.m. April 25), will probe lifestyles and views of folks in their golden years, reflect on their earlier triumphs and share their advice for baby boomers yet to cross that senior threshold. Feldman said the seniors show was spawned by his earlier "Missing Kids" documentary airing on KHON-2, mandated by the sponsoring group Mutual of Omaha, which also is backing "The Silent Majority."
The third project, "Passport to Paradise," is a pilot that Feldman describes as "reality TV with social value." It premieres at 10 p.m. May 30 (repeating at 9 p.m. May 31) and intends to be an ongoing show, dwelling on folks who have done something worthy — and a trip to Hawai'i would be the reward.
"The idea came after 9/11, when the New York City firefighters and their families earned trips to the Islands," said Feldman. "My thought was to do a TV show, the ultimate reality show, with mass appeal — where there are no bachelors, no beautiful people, where nobody gets voted off, but people are rewarded for doing something nice."
He is coordinating with Mainland TV stations to find real-life heroes, whose story would begin on their own turf and culminate in a surprise all-expenses paid trip to paradise.
Chris Staab, former KHNL video journalist, is director of photography for all three shows.
Since last June, Feldman has produced five episodes of "Beauties of the Beach," which aired last summer on K-5; "Hawai'i's Missing Kids," which aired last December on KHON; and "Hawai'i's Dream Date," a one-time reality special that aired last month on K-5.
To suggest seniors or nominate possible story subjects for "The Silent Majority," contact Feldman at info@showdoctor.com or 926-8076.
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