Okaloosa County BOCC — November 3, 2016 — III. s. Film Commission Report Sept

September 2016 Film Commission Report September Leads: 18 Attended the Visit Florida’s Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Orlando, Florida September 7-9, 2016. Film Florida was a sponsor of the Governor’s Conference and the Emerald Coast Film commission co-sponsored a booth. Film Florida awarded the Legends Tourism Ambassadors Award to Sharon Gless (Cagney and Lacey, Burn Notice). Chaired the Film Florida Film Commissioners Council Meeting September 27, 2016. Production Services Association (PSA) Meeting held September 14, 2016 at the Ft. Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce Trailer release for local independent film “A Limo Ride- The Movie” Monthly episode of “Chef Ernie’s Cooking Experience” aired on WEAR Channel 3 (Quiet Wolf Productions) The Short Show with Mary Jo aired episode Dave Fenney Veterans Florida video shoot $3,500 Local locations, local vendors, local talent House Hunters $9.500 Local locations, local vendors, local accommodations, local crew Micheles and Booth commercial $4,500 Local production company (Color Earth), local locations, local vendors, local crew Color Earth with Shaneo O Press Shoot $5,500 Local production company (Color Earth), local crew Turtle Video $2,400 Local production company (Revive), local locations, local crew, local talent TDC B roll $2,400 Local production company (Revive), local locations Dish Worth the Drive $5,500 Local crew Chef Ernie’s Cooking Experience $2,500 Local location, local production company/producer (Quiet Wolf Productions) Local crew, local talent, local vendors Life at the Beach Television series $1,500 Local locations, local producer (Chapman) Wind and Weather national photo shoot in pre-production Kite Film Fest in pre-production Conecuh Sausage Company National Commercial in pre-production SAG New Media web series “A Little Misplaced” in pre-production Short film “Omerta” in pre-production 20th anniversary Sandestin nationally televised celebrity golf classic in pre- production Independent film “Change It” in post-production Short Film “The Bench” in post-production September 2016 Economic Impact: $208,800 Study conducted by the Florida Legislature and released in 2014 shows the monies spent on production has an ROI of 5.6 Gail, Please see below your September 2016 analytics report. Highlights This Month -Users visiting from search engines continue to rise with a 156% increase from September 2015 -Our focus keywords remain in the First positions The Emerald Coast Film Commission’s website shows in the #1, #2 and #3 position in Google’s search results. This is important because approximately 60% of users will click on the top three search results listed -Some states with increased trafFic to your website: Florida ^87%, Texas ^126%, Georgia ^366%, Louisiana ^225% and California ^21% -Referral trafFic from emeraldcoastFl.com has increased over 15% from last year -This month we completed migration of the crew database to the current theme Keyword Website Ranking Position Film Production Destin #1, #2 and #3 Film Production Emerald Coast #1, #2 and #3 Film Production Okaloosa County #1, #2 and #3 This Month’s Goals We continue to monitor trafFic interaction on the contact page to work toward increasing calls and email inquiries to the Emerald Coast Film Com