Netflix: Stranger Things

We created one of the largest drone shows ever produced in the United States, turning the night air into a full-blown spectacle built to stop people in their tracks. An eight-minute performance unfolded across a 950-foot-wide canvas, climbing 500 feet into the air, powered by 5,500 drones, including 450 pyro drones that brought real heat to the moment.

The show pulled from the most iconic, nostalgia-fueled scenes across the Stranger Things universe, then layered in new imagery tied directly to the current season. It wasn’t just a greatest-hits reel—it was a cinematic build toward the end of an era, designed to feel epic, emotional, and unmistakably Stranger Things.

Behind the scenes, the clock was our biggest enemy. Each drone only had about 10 minutes of battery life, and nearly three of those minutes were eaten up by takeoff and landing. That left us with very little room for error. To make it work, we reprogrammed the show’s choreography to aggressively optimize transitions between scenes, shaving down every unnecessary movement to squeeze maximum storytelling into a very tight window.

On the ground, the scale was just as wild. 150 crew members were brought in to set, stage, and align all 5,500 drones—a massive logistical effort that required total precision and coordination. Every detail had to be right before a single drone ever left the ground.

We led all creative direction for the show, working directly with the drone technology teams to push what was technically possible in service of the creative ambition. This wasn’t about playing it safe—it was about finding the edge, then stepping just past it.
The result was a sky-sized farewell: a bold, unforgettable moment that matched the cultural weight of the series and gave fans one last reason to look up. A final signal in the air, marking the end of Stranger Things the only way it felt right—bigger than life.