Grounded Studios

Grounded Studios — Toronto, ON

We build the
world first.
Then we
shoot it.
Everything else follows.

Sets get built. Props get sourced. Costumes get made. We don't composite things in after — we put them in front of the camera. Whether it's a music video, a brand campaign, or a live tour installation, the work always starts with something you can touch.

Set Design Music Video Brand Campaign Film

Grounded Studios✦ Toronto, ON✦ Music Video✦ Brand Campaign✦ Film✦ Visual Story✦ Stage Design✦ Art Direction✦ Creative Direction✦ Motion Design✦ Photography✦ Color & Post✦ Set Design✦ Grounded Studios✦ Toronto, ON✦ Music Video✦ Brand Campaign✦ Film✦ Visual Story✦ Stage Design✦ Art Direction✦ Creative Direction✦ Motion Design✦ Photography✦ Color & Post✦ Set Design✦

The Collective

The people
behind the sets.

We're a small creative team based in Toronto.
We build sets, design campaigns, and make things
that feel real — because they usually are.

Creative Director Jaxin Dolap Driven by nostalgia, wonder, and texture — his perspective moves between documenting the worn edges of tour life and articulating vivid, cohesive worlds across mediums. Built on direction, photography, and design.

Production Design · Art Sarah Douglas Bridges concept and final frame. On canvas or on screen, she explores the relationship between people and their environments — each subject an extension of the space they inhabit.

Producer · Creative Dev Paul Aguilera Drawn to work that pushes past easy answers. Committed to stories shaped by layered experiences and real people — seeing cultures and identities as the building blocks of every authentic story.

Cinematography · Photography Tobias Harrison Sculpts images through light, structure, and movement. His philosophy stems from a naturalist approach — trusting real moments to define the frame.

Director · Artist Mikaila Evans Turns to storytelling as a way to make the world feel smaller. Creativity comes from paying attention — from learning stories and being open to all the connection that simply existing brings.

VR Development · Design Kyle Hentschel Builds worlds where memory, movement, and imagination collide. Bridges the cinematic and the interactive — crafting digital worlds that feel tangible and alive.

Photography · Social Steph

Grounded Studios — Toronto

“Real sets. Handmade frames. Physical worlds built with intention.”

The peoplebehind the sets.

Let's makesomething.

The people
behind the sets.

Let's make
something.