Viscious Sebastien Navigates International Waters

Luscious International’s director Sebastien has just finished directing Amnesty International’s latest TVC and the first one ever shot in Australia.

Spearheaded by marketing and communications company gHO Sydney,Creative Director Renee Murray chose Luscious International’s Director Sebastien to bring this hard-hitting and confrontational TVC to life.

Bringing the topical issue of Asylum Seekers into the spotlight, Sebastien collaborated with both Amnesty and gHO In order to deliver credibility and sincerity to the TVC.

Crucial to this TVC was getting the right performance from the actors. Sebastien actually started his career in Los Angeles as an actor. Given his personal hands on acting experience, Sebastien has a unique sensibility to the acting process and as a result draws out genuine and captivating performances.

Murray explained “the performances were so important to this shoot and I honestly don’t feel we would have got near the performances we got without Sebastien. With his experience in acting he was able to pull the best out of our
actors”

Sebastien explains, “it was a challenge bringing in real refugees for the casting and hearing their stories and having to make them revisit their pain for the performance, although this was beneficial for me as a director to understand the complex nature of this topic and how best to portray it on screen”.

Sebastien explains, “Although I like all styles and look to balance my work, I’m definitely drawn to darker themes and concepts. I find the stakes are higher in those types of scripts, which often makes for a better story”.

To see Sebastien’s latest reel or meet him – please contact Luscious on 9326 3400 or talk2us@luscious.com.au

Sebastien Shoots for Shots

Sebastien - 'Every Moment' Wins ACS Golden Tripod Award

Sebastien does it AGAIN!

Sebastien’s recent ‘Samanta Wills’ “Every Moment” TVC took out an illustrious Golden Tripod award at the 2010 Australian Cinematographers Society National Awards.

Seb, Callan & the V peeps gathered at a grueling 5:30am ready to take on all that Sydney had to offer. The crew trekked with 5D in hand through national parks, beaches, uptown, downtown and across town & made it all the way to parts Asia for this beautiful piece.

Sebastien - Wins 5 ACS Awards

Seb cleaned up at the Australian Cinematographer Society Awards last Saturday. He won 5 awards in total in the Music Video and TVC categories. HUGE thanks to DOPs Callan Green and Antony Gardiner for their talent and and fabulous contribution and helping us win these awards.

Sebastien - Samantha Wills 'Every Moment'

We shot this spot on the Canon 5D Mk II. It was perfect for this job. We really tried to create a relaxed shooting vibe to reflect the feel of the ad. Which I think shows.

Sebastien - Dukoral 'Forgotten Something'

The agency (Saatchi & Saatchi) were really great on this and wanted to do something different and fun. Which I think really paid off.

Sebastien - Shoot Australia 'A Voice'

Being an actor turned director, I have a great appreciation for actors and what they do. I want us all to work, so I was really keen on doing this spot and for all of us being pro-active about this cause. It was nice to do something simple, but still doing something visually interesting with it.

Sebastien - Emphysema 'Own Worst Enemy'

I love this concept! Its dark, but really makes a strong and simple point. This is the kind work that inspires me.

Sebastien - Binge Drinking 'The Promotion'

This is one of those spots that, I think, where everything came together really nicely. All the performances are great and the cinematography fantastic. In essence, it's a short film, which is always a treat when you are doing a commercial.

Sebastien - Red Roof 'Savour The Moment'

I was really ecstatic that I was able to do something very cool and visual like this spot. Fluid Post did a great job.