June 2020
Film Tampa Bay is Open for Business
The world has changed, and productions will need to implement new procedures both on set and off. We look forward to working with productions to implement new health and permitting guidelines to ensure Tampa Bay's film industry can get back to work safely.
We are immensely appreciative of Diamond View. At the very start of this crisis, they reached out to see how they could help. Their generosity and talents provided this video.
Click HERE for the full video.
And the winners of the 2020 Suncoast Credit Union virtual Gasparilla International Film Festival High School Competition are:
BEST EDITING | The Things We Do For Love, Jesuit High School of Tampa
BEST SCREENPLAY | Area 52, Blake High School for the Performing Arts
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | Hearse Hangover, Harrison School for the Arts
BEST DIRECTING | The Things We Do For Love, Jesuit High School of Tampa
BEST PICTURE | Hearse Hangover, Harrison School for the Arts
Congratulations to all of our winners, and special thanks to our wonderful sponsors!
Suncoast Credit Union, Hillsborough Education Foundation, Caspers Company, Jim Fisher - NMLS 341399 - Amerifirst Home Mortgage, Remedy Television and Branding, and Tammy Briant Spratling.
Missed the live presentation? You can view it HERE.
Spotlights are back. This month's:
Location Manager, Liz Tatro
Liz Tatro is a Florida location manager who has worked in the Bay Area over the last decade. She talks to us about her life on set, and how she is moving forward with work during the presence of a pandemic.
Stay tuned for more about Liz Tatro.
Tampa Briefly Shut Down a Highway for a Tesla Video Shoot
The Lee Roy Selmon Expressway was shut down to become the location for a Tesla Autonomous Vehicle Shoot with Diamond View. The five-mile stretch was exclusively available to the production for more than four hours. Check out the behind-the-scenes video here.