Politics & Government

City's Marketing Video Almost Complete

The new video will help promote Temple Terrace.

A should be ready by the end of July, according to city public information officer Michael Dunn.

At a city council meeting earlier this month, Dunn said the video, created by Full Throttle Intermedia, was reviewed by Tim Lancaster and Margie Martin, who created the . Lancaster, of Lancaster Designs, and Martin, of Martin Communications, gave their opinions and also solicited input from council members and independent sources.

“They came back with quite a few recommendations and suggestions to improve the video,” Dunn said. “We’ve authorized Full Throttle to implement those modifications because we think we’ll get a better product out of that.”

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Changes require “quite a bit of post-production editing,” including new voiceovers, new images and different music, Dunn said. An actress from Orlando has to come back to Temple Terrace, and Full Throttle has to redo some local interviews.

“So, it is kind of labor intensive, but we’ll have it done by the end of the month, and that still gives us several weeks before the RNC,” Dunn said.

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The Republican National Convention (RNC) will take place in Tampa Aug. 27-30, and city officials are hoping those who attend learn more about Temple Terrace from the video. The video will also be shared with businesses and realtors and appear in the city's press kits, on the city's website, and possibly on TV.

Dunn reiterated to the council that a link to the video will be available on the city’s website, which has been revamped as part of the .

“We’ve gotten a tremendous amount of positive comments on the look (of the site), and we’ll be adding some functionality to it as we go forward,” Dunn said. “So, we’re happy to see that up and running finally.”

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