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Films • Productions • Designs
A Toronto Creative Group
Some of our Work
What is Stratasfear?
Agency? Production House? Creative Studio? Stratasfear isn’t technically any of these things. We’re a flexible and nimble multimedia outfit: helping to create anything from brand identities, websites, photo shoots, music videos, commercial/promotional videos, and narrative film projects, and we have decades of experience to boot.
Our past clients have included Google, HP, Colliers, Walgreens, TripAdvisor, Guinness World Records, a few notable Canadian organizations like Ontario Place, Science Rendezvous, The Roberta Bondar Foundation, and Brunico Communications (Playback, Kidscreen, Strategy, et al.), as well as a multitude of bands, brands, and artists. What you’ll find here is just a snapshot of some of our more creative work.
No, what is "Stratasfear"?
We consider ourselves futurists. An obvious misspelling of “stratosphere”, Stratasfear was founded with one question in mind: “what sort of happening or event or innovation might be so ground-breaking or paradigm-shifting that even the bleeding-edge developments just over the horizon would be cautious or leery of it?” Hence, strata’s fear.
It’s our goal to tell stories that challenge people to think bigger and grander, to generate new ideas, to engage with meaningful products and initiatives that innovate and change lives, and to entice viewers to wonder about the endless possibilities of our fleeting existence through three key questions:
Where do we come from? Where are we going? Why are we here?
So, what's the story?
Humanity is a social species: we tell each other stories to convey empirical information, to explain our opinions and beliefs, and to fascinate and entertain (humans also use stories to manipulate people, but let’s not get into that at the moment). Without a well-layered and robust narrative, and without nuanced and well-established characters, a product cannot achieve its full potential – whether that’s a short film, a physical product launch, messaging for a digital promotion, a non-profit fundraiser, or a feature-length sci-fi or fantasy epic.
Guiding our clients and our productions from a story-first (and character-driven) approach will always result in the strongest possible product, because with a strong foundation we have the structural base upon which we can build bigger and better than we could without.
“A jack of all trades is a master of none..."
We hear this often, but frequently have to retort the missing back half of this William Shakespeare quote: “… but often times better than a master of one.”
Being called a “Jack of All Trades” was originally intended as a compliment.
It’s our belief and mantra that the best end-product – in any endeavour – is the result of the creators having a more well-rounded understanding of all its inherent pieces. That means everything from branding or product concept, through the finer details of the actual manufacturing or execution and production of visual and audio assets, to the final package disseminated to the masses.
What's Next?
Take a look at some of our material here around the website. If you’d like us to help you (or you’d like to help us) tell weird and interesting stories – let’s chat!
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