Distant Light Media / About

About

Brandon and Valrico, Tampa Bay

Distant Light Media is run by Cortney Martin. He does the interviews, the filming, the edit and the color grade.

Cortney Martin, in glasses and a black T-shirt, smiling.
Cortney MartinOwner, Distant Light MediaLinkedIn

Who you will work with

I am Cortney Martin. I run Distant Light Media out of Brandon and Valrico, and I am the person you talk to from the first call to the final file.

When you hire Distant Light Media, I sit down with you for the interview, film the day, cut the film and grade it.

Why the interview

Every film starts with a conversation with the person who runs the business. The reason they started is usually in there, and finding it in the edit is most of the work.

The work, the tools and the place get filmed around that conversation.

Background

I have a B.A. in Advertising from the University of West Florida and a background in audio and video production. I am working on a master’s in Social and Emerging Media at the University of Tampa, which is where UTampa Stories comes from.

The look of the films comes from magazine photojournalism of the 1960s and 70s.

Working together

  • A written proposal with a fixed price2 business days
  • A call sheet before every shootBefore the day
  • Everything approved by you before it goes liveEvery batch
  • Your accounts stay in your nameAlways

See pricing and how it works.

Recent work

Brand films for Tampa Bay businesses.

A lifter seen from behind in a dark gym, sweat on his shoulders, the word Fortunate tattooed across his back.
Automatic FitnessOwner portrait. One film.
Close-up of a woman in a black Total Dog Tampa cap, listening, greenery blurred behind her.
Total Dog TampaOrigin story and trainer spotlight. Two films.
A man in a backwards black cap laughs in profile, barber chairs blurred behind him.
Klever KlippersBarber portraits. Two films.

Book a 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.