Hello and welcome to our new site for Estrata Productions and the work of Shaun Garea. See below for information on past/present/future film, comic, writing, music, and academic projects.
At Estrata we have a focus on artistic content and a flair for doing things a little differently. We aim to challenge narrative structures and expectations whilst still keeping an eye on making work interesting and more than a little fun. Over the years this has attracted support from funding bodies, international music labels, Oscar and Palm d'Or winners, and Hugo and Eisner winners also.
We may not be big but we have heart. We punch above our weight class in traditional Kiwi fashion hence our works have played to audiences across the country and the world; in cinemas and on television, as featured exhibits in galleries, via VOD services, printed in annuals, and teamed with all of the PR that goes with that.
So welcome and stay awhile, have at look at the Kafka inspired set of Dream projects, The Legend of Gareus comic, read about some psychology research or just watch some music videos and look at the pretty pictures. - Shaun
AVAILABLE LATER THIS YEAR!
A full-album soundtrack to the Advanced Fighting Fantasy Boardgame 'Dark Dungeons' is on its way.
The soundtrack will feature a mix of classic heroic orchestral music teamed with dark ambient tracks to really immerse you in your spelunking.
The game was successfully Kickstarted in 2024 with a delivery for 2025. Come join the adventure!
This will be a little way off but as a fan of roleplaying games I often run sessions across Aotearoa/New Zealand and find that players love it when you set a game in their own town/city. This has turned into a desire to make an Aotearoa sourcebook for modern-day 'spooky' games. The book will feature multiple plot hooks for all 16 regions of NZ alongside some optional lore about groups/factions hunting and capturing monsters. So, if you fancy driving across the country like Sam and Dean hunting monsters, investigating the paranormal like Mulder and Scully, wiping the public's memory after Alien sightings like Agents J and K, or just enjoy being a raving pack of werewolves swaggering through the streets of Wellington (you're werewolves not swearwolves though remember), then strap in; I will indeed have some inspiring Aotearoa content for you to explore soon! ... ish.
DOOM PILGRIM by Ange.Mac + Shaun Garea
NOW AVAILABLE!
The new full-album soundtrack to the grim-dark tabletop card game Doom Pilgrim by War Claw Games.
This album of dark-fantasy score music presents a combination of piano, synth, and orchestral music to help any adventurer in their dungeon diving or with travel across magical and mysterious lands.
The album is now available for purchase HERE.
Doom Pilgrim: Play the game, hear the terror...
Estrata has been working with Koolarrow Records & the band Talking Book (Billy Gould from Faith No More, Jared Blum from Gigante Sound, and Dominic Cramp from Borful Tang) & a large amount of fantastic videographers to develop this new video work to coincide with the new album release 'Talking Book II'.
The video is called: 'From the Cradle to the Grave: The Perpetual March of Time and Death'
Talking Book info can be found HERE - or just click the video to view it now!
Just released! Here is the new video for 'Into the Day' which is a track from an audio collaboration between NZ musicians Ange.Mac + Shaun Garea. This dark ambient/synth/effect heavy EP has just come out so please watch the video or give the tracks a listen. Find the tracks for purchase HERE.
A DREAM...
A DREAM OF DARK COLOURS
A DREAM OF LOSS LAST REMEMBERED
Video companion to 'A Dream...' this emotions study features the fantastic music of US band Tomahawk (thanks to Ipecac Recordings), an incredible performance by accomplished actor Dwayne Cameron, was supported by Oscar and Palm d'Or winner Jane Campion, and screened in theaters in New Zealand before the Spanish Thriller Julia's Eyes.
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