[ music ][ music ] >> WITH ME TODAY IS JOHN DAUGHERTY DIRECTOR OF FILM COLUMBUS AND THE FILM COMMISSIONER.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

I'M SUPER EXCITED.

>> ME, TOO.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR TELL US ABOUT FILM COLUMBUS.

>> GREAT.

THANK YOU, AGAIN, AND THE FILM COMMISSION I CAN BOIL IT DOWN TO ONE WORD AND THAT'S JOBS.

I'M ALL ABOUT CREATING JOBS, CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, IN FILMMAKERS, LOCAL FILMMAKERS AND IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THE ECONOMY, THE LOCAL ECONOMY, AND STATEWIDE FOR THIS INDUSTRY.

THE INDUSTRY HAS, YOU KNOW, REAL POTENTIAL TO CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS, SO IT'S MY JOB TO TRY TO CREATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT ENVIRONMENT TO FLOURISH.

>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A VALUABLE ROLE YOU PLAY BUT IT'S GOT TO BE FUN AND INSPIRING, TOO.

>> IT IS, IT'S FUN.

I GET TO GO TO FILM FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHAT I DO IS I TRY TO FORGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS AND CONVINCE THEM TO COME TO OHIO AND MAKE THEIR MOVIES HERE, SPECIFICALLY COLUMBUS, OF COURSE.

I DO THAT.

IT'S FUN.

>> THAT'S EXCITING.

>> YEAH.

>> SO GETTING TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TODAY WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS RECIPE AND WHY YOU WERE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT IT.

>> WELL, I HAVE NEVER MADE THIS AND I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE, EITHER.

>> WE'RE GOING TO LEARN TOGETHER.

>> WE ARE ON A JOURNEY TOGETHER.

AFTER THE HOLIDAYS I HATE A LITTLE BUNCH.

>> WE WERE ALL THERE.

>> I FORGOT TO SUCK IN MY STOMACH HERE.

TRYING TO EAT A LITTLE HEALTHIER IN THE NEW YEAR, WE ALL DO THIS.

I CAME ACROSS THIS ON INSTAGRAM AND I WAS LIKE WE NEED TO TRY THIS.

WHEN YOU REACHED OUT, WHAT CAN WE MAKE, I ISN'T THIS TO YOU AND YOU WERE LIKE -- >> INSTAGRAM INFLUENCED YOU FOR THIS.

IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.

LET'S FIND OUT WHAT INGREDIENTS WE NEED.

>> GREAT.

>> FOR GREEK INSPIRED TURKEY BURGER SLIDERS WE WILL NEED ONE CUP OF FROZEN SPINACH, ONE POUND LEAN GROUND TURKEY, HALF A CUP GET TA CHEESE, HALF TEASPOON GARLIC POWDER, DRIED OREGANO.

QUARTER TEA SEWS SALT AND PEPPER.

SLIDER BUNS, ONE CUCUMBER, ONE RED ONION.

WE HAVE ALL OF OUR INGREDIENTS TOGETHER.

BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO DUMP EVERYTHING IN AND MAKE OUR MIXTURE TO MAKE OUR TURKEY BURGER PATTIES.

I PUT ON MY FOOD SAFETY GLOVES TO KEEP EVERYTHING CLEAN AND TIDY.

WHY DON'T YOU START ADDING IN THE GREEN INGREDIENTS, I AM ADDING IN FETA AND SPINACH.

YOU WANT TO GET THAT MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF TIME.

DROP IN THE DRY INGREDIENTS.

>> ONE AT A TIME?

>> DUMP IT ALL IN.

EVERYTHING GOES IN.

WE HAVE SALT AND PEPPER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE WILL ADD ALL THIS IN.

I LOVE THAT FETA GOES INTO THE BURGERS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WHEN THEY GRILL THEY WILL BE ALL YUMMY.

I AM GOING TO ADD IN THAT FETA AND OUR FROZEN SPINACH AND MIX IT ALL UP, GET IT REALLY NICE AND INCORPORATED AND THEN WE WILL MAKE OUR PATTIES.

DO YOU LIKE TO GRILL?

IS THAT A THING THAT YOU LIKE TO DO?

>> OH, YEAH.

WE LIVE IN AN APARTMENT WHERE THERE'S NO PATIO OR ANYTHING.

>> THAT'S TOUGH.

>> BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY CHANCE -- I HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT LOVE TO GRILL AND SMOKE, SO -- YEAH.

>> THAT'S LIKE HAVING A FRIEND WITH BOAT.

YOU WANT TO BE INVITED OVER.

>> I DON'T LIKE TO CLEAN UP ANYWAY.

>> SHOW UP, EAT AND HANG OUT.

>> THAT'S THE BEST PART.

>> I'M GOING TO MIX THIS ALL TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A LITTLE QUARTER CUP MEASURING CUP TO HELP US FORM OUR SMALL SLIDER PATTIES.

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU CAN EYEBALL IT, HOWEVER YOU WANT.

SLIDERS ARE GREAT, YOU COULD MAKE THESE INTO FULL BURGERS BUT SLIDERS COOK UP FASTER AND ARE LIKE A QUICK BITE.

>> IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HAVE SLIDERS, IT ALWAYS MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE FUN.

>> TOTALLY AND YOU CAN EAT TWO OR THREE OF THEM.

>> AND NOT FEEL BAD.

>> I WANT TO MIX THIS TOGETHER BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO GET TOO MIXED UP.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

I'M GOING TO START SCOOPING THESE INTO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PATTIES.

WHILE I DO THIS WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT FILM COLUMBUS AND WHY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THE FILM INDUSTRY SHOULD CARE ABOUT IT.

>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT'S ABOUT JOBS, IT'S ABOUT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN A FILM COMES TO TOWN THEY USE A LOT OF RESOURCES, HOTELS, LUMBER, TRANSPORTATION.

SO THE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT OF THE SPENDING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY AND FOR AN AREA AND ECONOMIC IMPACT IS PRETTY MASSIVE.

ALSO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT TOURISM ON THE BACK END OF THAT, A GREAT EXAMPLE I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS "SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION" WHICH WAS FILMED JUST NORTH OF HERE.

>> I LOVE THAT MOVIE.

>> YEAH, 30 YEARS AGO AND THEY ARE STILL GETTING TOURISTS -- >> I'VE GONE ON THAT TOUR.

>> THE SHAW SHANK TRAIL.

THEY HAVE STILL GETTING TOURISM ACTIVITY FROM THAT MOVIE.

THERE IS A LOT OF -- A LOT OF WAYS THAT A FILM IMPACTS A COMMUNITY AND IT'S ALSO EXCITING TO HAVE FILMS HERE AND SEE STARS RUNNING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH ART, THERE'S SO MUCH CULTURE IN COLUMBUS.

FOR IT TO BE A FILM CITY JUST MAKES SENSE.

>> FOR SURE.

WE'RE SUCH A CULTURAL AND ART-CENTRIC CITY THAT FILM DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT.

>> AND TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR CAREERS HERE, TO MAKE THEIR FILMS HERE SEEMS SO VALUABLE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND, AGAIN, CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS COMING OUT OF SCHOOL TO STAY HERE.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO NEW YORK OR L.A., YOU CAN COME HERE.

>> IT'S A BIG INITIATIVE AND THE LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW ABOUT BRAIN DRAIN, KEEPING KIDS HERE AND KEEPING THEM FROM MOVING.

>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I HAVE OUR PATTIES MADE, I HAVE FOUR OF THEM, JUST FOR US TODAY, I PRESSED DOWN THE CENTER SO THAT WHEN COOK THEY COOK EVENLY.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT TRICK.

>> THEN WE WILL MOVE ON AND WE WILL GRILL THEM.

>> GREAT.

[ music ][ music ] >> ALL RIGHT, JOHN SO, WHILE OUR BURGERS FINISH COOKING, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT FILM COLUMBUS SUPPORTS FOR LOCAL FILMMAKERS.

>> GREAT.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS HE SMELL REALLY GOOD.

>> THEY SMELL GOOD, DISTRACTING.

>> TOTALLY DISTRACTING.

WE PROVIDE GRANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, WE DID IT FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR WAS A PITCH CONTEST.

WE INVITE FILMMAKERS TO PITCH THEIR IDEAS VIA AN ONLINE PLATFORM LIKE FILM FREEWAY, WE JUDGE THOSE AN INVITE THE WINNERS OF THOSE TO COME AND PITCH LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE AND A FEW JUDGES AND WE GIVE THE WINNER $10,000 ON THE SPOT.

>> WOW.

>> YEAH, SO LAST YEAR IT WAS GREAT, WE HAD 40 SUBMISSIONS, WE DID IT AT GATEWAY FILM CENTER, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND WE WILL DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER IDEAS TO SUPPORT LOCAL FILMMAKERS WHO ARE MAKING SHORTS.

WE WILL BE DOING THAT.

>> WHAT A GREAT WAY TO KEEP THE TALENT HERE, HAVE A GOOD TIME, GIVE THEM FUNDING.

>> FOR SURE.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME?

EATING THESE SLIDERS.

>> I CAN'T WAIT.

>> WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM OFF THE GRILL AND WE HAVE SLIDER BUNS.

IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND YOU WANT TO GO EXTRA, YOU CAN BUTTER THESE AND GRILL THE BUNS AS WELL.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT OUR TURKEY BURGER SLIDERS ON OUR LITTLE BUNS AND WE HAVE SOME PREMADE TSAIKI, A DELICIOUS MEDITERRANEAN SAUCE, A YOGURT, CUCUMBER, DILL, VINEGAR SITUATION, EASY TO THROW TOGETHER AND EASE JOE TO BUY AT THE STORE.

I'M GOING TO TOP EACH BURGER WITH THIS, THIS IS CREAMY AND WILL COOL IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

>> SO GOOD.

>> OH, MY GOODNESS, I'M LIKE REALLY EXCITED.

>> SMELL OWE VISION NEVER CAUGHT ON.

>> I ALWAYS FEEL BAD SAYING HOW GOOD THIS STUFF SMELLS.

SORRY.

SO WE WILL GET THIS ON HERE, CREAMY DELICIOUSNESS AND WE HAVE A SLICED CUCUMBER, RED ONION, YOU COULD ADD TOMATO OR LETTUCE, KIND OF WHATEVER YOU ARE IN THE MOOD FOR.

IT MAKES IT SEEM SO FRESH, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUM.

>> Reporter: OFFICIALLY HEALTHY.

THEY'RE STILL BURGERS.

JUST A LITTLE RED ONION, I THINK A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY IN THIS CASE.

>> YEAH.

>> THEY'RE SO PRETTY, TOO.

THESE PURPLE AND GREEN COLORS.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FOOD TO LOOK GOOD.

>> IT REALLY IS.

EAT WITH THE EYES, RIGHT?

>> OF COURSE.

>> INSTAGRAM WOULD AGREE.

AND WE TOP THEM OFF.

LOOK AT THESE LITTLE CUTIES.

WE GO HIDE AND EAT THESE ALONE.

I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY GIVE THEM A TASTE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I'M GAME.

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OKAY.

LEAN OVER.

>> THOSE ARE GOOD.

>> UH-HUH.

UH-HUH.

>> YOU KNOW, TURKEY CAN SOMETIMES GET DRY.

>> UH-HUH.

>> THAT'S NOT DRY AT ALL.

>> THIS IS WORTH THE EMBARRASSMENT BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD.

>> MAN, THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

IT'S JUICY.

>> LICK MY FINGERS.

>> GO FOR IT, MAN.

WHATEVER.

I'M SPILLING OUT OF HERE.

JOHN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE, FOR GRILLING WITH ME AND TELLING US ABOUT FILM COLUMBUS.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THESE ARE DELICIOUS.

IT'S ALWAYS A JOY TO COOK AND TASTE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER, BUT, YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO TELL PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FILM COMMISSION.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THANK YOU.

CHEERS.

>> INDEED.

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