Florida Film & Tape stepped out of the closet to produce shipboard segments for Showtime’s successful lesbian lifestyle show. Brad Fuller, as Executive In Charge Of Production, put together a two-camera four-day High Def shoot on the MS Veendam, sailing out of Tampa, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico and back. Coast Mountain Films of Vancouver, BC, produces the weekly hour-long show starring Jennifer Beals, Sarah Shahi, Leisha Hailey, Mia Kirshner, Erin Daniels, and Kate Moennig. Guest stars were Amy Ziff and Kate Selverstone. Director was Tricia Brock and D.P. was Matt Jensen.

Frank Best International, a top Nashville ad agency, once again tapped Brad Fuller and FF&T to shoot and direct a national spot for its client, Honda Power. The product is Honda’s line of home and utility generators. The production required two days in Central Florida for the “anywhere” vignettes, and a complicated helicopter shot on a remote island in the Florida Keys. FBI also handles lawn mowers and outboard motors for Honda. The shoot was a combination of 16 mm and 35 mm.

Anne Deli, owner of Harley Davidson of Orlando, called on Brad and the FF&T team to pull together a series of 10 testimonial spots, placing up-beat and positive “hurricane recovery” messages before the Central Florida Community. The four-day Beta SP shoot, in and around Orlando, Florida interviewed many of Central Florida’s top business, education, and political leaders. Blue Island Design and LHV Audio handled post-production.

PUSH, Orlando, along with FF&T, produced a series of spots for their client, ORH. Brad Fuller directed, with Cleve Cooney and George Burkitt on camera. The local TV & Radio campaign, Our Stories, was shot on 35 mm and recently took 5 Silver ADDY Awards at the Orlando Advertising Federation’s 2005 ceremony held at the Hard Rock Live.

The Kennedy Space Center spot, "Worlds Apart", which was shot (Brad Fuller, Director of Photography) and produced by FF&T for Fry Hammond Barr Advertising (Tim Fisher, Director) has won a National Telly Award. The spot, which was shot on 35 mm, features FF&T and Brad Fuller's signature style with its outstanding aerial photography.

Florida Film & Tape, along with VCC's Marketing

Department, produced a series of commercials for
Valencia Community College, shot on 16 mm. FF&T,
working directly with VCC on the creative for these
spots, used actual students as talent. In "In Their
Own Words", the students' passion for their chosen
major led to the strength and power of these spots.

Blue Island Design handled the post-production.

Florida Film & Tape is designing and producing a series of DVDs for the Federal Aviation Administration that are being used by its Safety Program Managers to train and educate General Aviation pilots. The topics covered are: Aeronautical Decision Making; Weather; Runway Safety; Loss of Control; Controlled Flight Into Terrain; and, Survivability. The overall goal of the DVD training is to reduce General Aviation accidents and fatalities. Blue Island Design is handling the post. Production is a combination of Beta SP and DV Cam.

With PUSH, FF&T produced spots (Brad Fuller, Director) for Florida Citrus Sports to promote Orlando's two major college football bowl games: Tangerine Bowl and Capital One Bowl. The "Right In Your Own Backyard" campaign, which featured giant football and tangerine mascot characters, won an ADDY in 2004 for Best Campaign. And "Bounce", one of the three spots in the campaign, won a Gold ADDY and a National Telly. The campaign, shot on 16 mm, was edited through Blue Island Design.

Noble/BBDS Advertising of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
asked FF&T to produce and edit
(Blue Island Design) the 2005 Model Line Dealer
Presentation Video. The locations for this project,
shot on a combination of 16 mm and Beta SP,
were Sarasota and Lake Wales, Florida, and

Benton, Illinois.

For the last 12 years, FF&T has teamed with Bear
Enthusiast Marketing Group in Los Angeles,
California, to produce 16 mm film footage for
Suzuki's advertising and marketing campaigns.
This year there were three shoots in Florida,
which took place in four locations--Miami,
Englewood, Stuart and Lake Okeechobee,
Florida.

With Brad Fuller as Director of Photography and Tom Kane as Director, Florida Film & Tape and Fry Hammond Barr joined forces in this campaign shot on 35 mm. The location shoot covered three days in Orlando, Florida.

A fun assignment for Brad Fuller recently was working as Aerial Coordinator and photo plane pilot for the National Geographic special “The Flight of the Lost Squadron” shot by Pioneer Productions of London, England, down in the Bermuda Triangle. The format was Digi Beta PAL. FF&T's subsidiary Cine Air Services provided the Piper Lance photo plane.

In the Florida Concrete and Products Association’s new series of spots, co-written by FCPA and Brad Fuller, the beauty of homes built of concrete was showcased. The spots were shot and directed by Brad Fuller in Orlando, Florida. Blue Island Design, with Mike Konstan as the editor, handled the Post Production. Music was by The Jingle House.