The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) has awarded www.filmsarasota.com, the Sarasota County Film & Entertainment Office (SCFEO) Web site, with the 2008 AFCI Marketing Honorable Mention Award. AFCI’s international competition recognizes creative advertising from film commissions all over the world.
Filmsarasota.com was the only county-level film commission recognized in the digital advertising category. The other award-winning Web sites were from the film commissions of Malaga, Spain, the Commonwealth of Virginia and Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
"We partnered with atLarge, Inc. to create a Web site with innovative features while incorporating a look and feel that would get the attention of industry professionals," said Jeanne Corcoran, director of the SCFEO. "Our Web site helps put Sarasota County on the map as a film-friendly community with an abundant inventory of unique locations and a network of creative services professionals standing at the ready to assist productions as they come into the area."
Uncommon features on the SCFEO site include the innovative "clipboard" feature allowing users to compile electronic lists of resources and contacts as they browse the site. The virtual clipboard can be accessed anywhere, anytime -- an important feature for busy location scouts. In addition, industry personnel can also send group or individual emails to their contacts and add, edit or delete their contacts at any time. Location scouts can also use the interactive multijurisdictional shooting permit form to submit permits online for the fastest possible turnaround. The SCFEO site also includes a searchable locations photography library from which custom electronic photo files can be compiled and sent via email.
About SCFEO
The Sarasota County Film & Entertainment Office (SCFEO) is a division of the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County. It seeks to attract film, television, commercial, documentary and other media production to create content, produce and shoot on location in Sarasota County, as well as to serve the region's resident production community, improve and expand its resources, provide intergovernmental liaison and proactively market and promote Sarasota County's assets to the entertainment industry as a whole. The SCFEO is a member in good standing of the Association of Film Commissioners International, Film Florida and other industry organizations.
