A man in a studded black gambeson and steel pauldrons looks past the camera, lit from one side against a painted grey backdrop.

Iron GiantsIn production

Brand management and video production in Tampa Bay For owners who want the right people, not everyone.

We find out who you are and why you started, write it down, film it, and put it in front of the people most likely to become your customers.

The consultation is a free 45 minute call with Cortney, who runs the company. There is nothing to sign on the call. If we are a fit, you get a written proposal with a fixed price within two business days.

01 / Work

Recent films

Finished films for Tampa Bay businesses. Each one is built on a single interview with the owner or someone who works there.

A lifter seen from behind in a dark gym, sweat on his shoulders, the word Fortunate tattooed across his back.
Automatic FitnessOwner portrait
Close-up of a woman in a black Total Dog Tampa cap, listening, greenery blurred behind her.
Total Dog TampaOrigins of Total Dog Tampa
A woman with curly hair and a blue shirt smiles off camera on a covered patio.
Total Dog TampaTrainer spotlight: Layla
A man in a backwards black cap laughs in profile, barber chairs blurred behind him.
Klever KlippersBarber portraits: Carl
A bald man with a grey beard and gold chain speaks during an interview in a barbershop.
Klever KlippersBarber portraits: Pike

How each job was made

02 / Services

One brand, from the first conversation to the monthly report.

Distant Light Media is a brand management company in Brandon and Valrico. We work with businesses run by the people who own them.

  • Strategy

    Written down first

    A session with you and short interviews with your best customers become a brand platform: who you are for, what you say, and how you say it.

  • Films

    Told by you

    Every film is built around one sit-down interview, with the work filmed around it. Then it is cut for your site, Reels, Shorts and ads.

  • Management

    Kept going

    Each month we shoot, edit and post, keep your Google profile current, run your Meta ads if you want them, and report against where you started.

03 / Pricing

Start with a project. Keep it going monthly.

Every package starts from your brand platform. Prices are flat and published.

Brand Foundation credit Counts in full toward a Brand Story, a Brand Documentary or your first monthly invoice if you start within 30 days.

Projects

One-time work: the strategy, and the films built from it.

  • Brand Foundation$1,500Your brand, written down. Who you are, why you started, who you are for and what to say to them.
  • Brand Story$4,500The Brand Foundation, then one film built from it, told by you.
  • Brand Documentary$6,000A longer film with more voices: you, your staff and the customers who keep coming back.

Monthly

Three months to start, then month to month. Ad spend is separate.

  • Content$1,800 / moA month of finished video, made from your brand platform, ready for you to post.
  • Brand Management$2,400 / moWe make it, post it and track it, and you approve everything before it goes live.
  • Brand Management + Ads$3,200 / moEverything in Brand Management, with your best footage running as Meta ads.

Compare every package

How it works

From the first call to the monthly report.

  1. 01

    Consultation

    A free 45 minute call about your business and whether we are a fit. If we are, you get a written proposal within two business days.

  2. 02

    Brand Foundation

    A session with you, short interviews with your customers, and a written brand platform you approve before anything is filmed.

  3. 03

    Production

    A day at your business. The interview first, then the work around it. Everyone on camera signs a release before we roll.

  4. 04

    Every month

    Shoot, edit, approve, post, report. You see the numbers against where you started, and we plan the next month together.

04 / In production

Iron Giants

A documentary series (working title) about men who found community and belonging through buhurt, the sport of armored combat. Each episode follows one fighter from Florida Armor Combat.

More from Iron Giants

05 / Frames

Around the interview

After the interview we film whatever is going on that day. These are from a day at KOH Muay Thai, a Muay Thai gym. More on the Iron Giants and UTampa Stories pages.

Vertical cutFramed 9:16 for Reels and Shorts.
GageKOH Muay Thai.
Pad workKOH Muay Thai.
Guard upUnder the service flags.
Two people laugh as they partner up in a dance class, other couples moving behind them.

Start here

Book a consultation.

A free 45 minute call about your business and whether we are a fit.

  • On the callYour business, who your best customers are, what you have tried, and what a good year looks like.
  • AfterwardIf we are a fit, a written proposal with a fixed price within two business days.
  • ThenYou decide. Nothing is booked until you sign and pay the deposit.

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