Bransford Media is the agency you hire when you don’t want to manage one. The mystery-lawyer framing: you hire me, things happen, the result lands.
The agency is named after me because the agency IS me. No mysterious team, no ghost employees, no hidden subcontractor stack.
Born in London, raised in Minnesota for eighteen years. Started Cinema Cereal at 16 doing video production for high school athletes and small local businesses. Mostly free, mostly cheap, learning the craft. The drone came first — before the camera, before the agency, before the brand. That isn't a coincidence.
One year at Montana State, then I left to run the agency full-time. Cinema Cereal became Space Studios. Real clients (Valley Credit Union, Montana Vapes, Top Shelf Dispensary, Gallatin County), real revenue. The work shifted from video production into digital marketing, ad creative, brand strategy. I learned what it means to deliver outcomes, not deliverables.
Bransford Media is the version of the agency I should have built from day one. Productized scope, premium pricing, selective clients. Cross-disciplinary across commercial filming, marketing strategy, AI tooling, and brand work. One operator who delivers the work, talks to the client, and answers the email — no circus, no coordination overhead.
Most production agencies don’t have a certified drone pilot in-house. They subcontract — which means coordination overhead, second-rate aerial work, and you paying twice for the same shoot day. We don’t.
The drone was the first lever I ever pulled. In high school, before I had a camera, I had a drone. Years later, drones are the unfair advantage I bring to commercial real estate, apartment complexes, hospitality, and event work. That isn’t a coincidence. That’s the operator I actually am, recognizing himself.
I run Bransford Media full-time. Discovery calls, strategy docs, shoot days, edit cycles, deliveries — all me. There is no team to manage, no vocabulary to learn, no surprise invoices.
I work fast because I use AI-native tools competitors don’t. I think strategically because I came up running an agency, not just executing tasks. I close clients because I’ve sold work for three years straight. Most operators know one of those things. The intersection is the unfair advantage.
We’re selective. Not the cheapest in any room, not for everyone. The clients who say yes get a partner who treats their outcome like his own. The ones who say no get a referral to someone we trust who serves their lane better. Both feel like wins.
30 minutes on a discovery call. We talk through what you're building, the package that fits, and the strategy we'd bring. No pitch.