The starscape story

Starscape Media was founded in the beautiful mountains of Southwest Virginia, back in 2007.

Since then, we've produced nearly 1,000 videos for dozens of clients all over the U.S.

Each project we take on is an opportunity to bring another story to life with sight and sound.

Carrie Cannaday - founder / executive producer / creative director

"The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well." -Criss Jami

Our Founder is a storytelling "art-ist," and to her, there's no art form quite like video. How else can we capture and portray life in a way that resembles how it is lived - with light and motion, sound and text?! Carrie likes to say that the union of all these elements makes video the most powerful media on earth. She has been producing videos since she was 16 years old, inserting buckets of creative excellence into every story she tells. Friendly and focused, you'll meet Carrie in the conceptual stages of your video production, and she'll be around to see the project to completion, guiding each stage, as our Executive Producer and Creative Director. Carrie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Emory & Henry College.

Carrie loves to travel, meet new people, and experience new cultures. She's the proud "Auntie" of two nieces and two nephews.

kayla Stroud - cinematographer / video editor / motion graphics Designer

Practically born with a video camera in her hands {ok, so she started shooting at age 2, we have picture proof}, Kayla is a true creative. She is a 2010 graduate of East Tennessee State University, holding a degree in Digital Media. Kayla excels in bringing creative concepts to life, be through the lens of a camera or through a variety of software platforms (though she prefers all things Apple and Adobe). She started working with Starscape while still a student at ETSU and she has been an integral part of the Company's growth and success throughout the last decade.

Kayla is highly involved in youth ministry at Harvest Community Church in Kingsport, TN, alongside her husband, Aaron. She loves spending her free time with her family.

jeff green - director of photography / producer / video editor

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” —Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent's quote pretty much sums up Jeff's feelings about the creative career that he has chosen - or perhaps that has chosen him. A passionate creative, Jeff got his start in the film industry back in the 90’s as a camera assistant working on feature films. At the dawn of a new millennium he migrated to video - appreciating the technology shift that allowed video to start mimicking the film look. He found the world of video production to be a great fit for his skillset and has worked to further develop his cinematography skills and stay in tune with modern tech. Jeff says that part of his passion for the craft is the ever-evolving tools that are used, from the cameras and lenses to computers and software. Twenty years and thousands of footage hours into his career - Jeff is an accomplished and seasoned pro, yet he's always looking to further grow his skills and create his next master piece, just like Vincent.

Jeff grew up in Florida and has a wealth of production experience traveling the world as a cinematographer. He recently married his beautiful wife Janet, an East Tennessean, and is happy to call our mountainous region his new home.