COSTUME DESIGNER-

My involvement with costume design probably started with my first Halloween costume at the age of eight. I cut up a blue bed sheet and hand stitched an elf costume; boots, a tunic and a cape. No one showed me how, I just did it. In my adolescent days, I set trends with how I was dressing. I’d scavenge second hand stores and my friend’s attic trunks, always insisting on wearing old dresses and accessorising my look with modern day flair. At my boyfriend’s graduation, (I was a year younger) he wore the classic black top hat and tails with white spats on his shoes, and a golden headed walking stick. I wore a long black chiffon gown, white satin gloves and my hair in ringlets hanging to my shoulders. Everyone went crazy; black was not the norm for the occasion. The following year, many couples copied our style. I knew then that I had a sense of style that influenced others.

Later on, I became a dancer first and a costume designer second. Sometimes, I danced in the pieces that I had created the costumes for, and at other times, I watched my designs dance on stage without me. It was such a thrill! This was a passionate, prolific, and creative period in my life. In these years, I attempted to capture the meaning of the dance in the costumes.

Today, returning to costume design gives me a fresh attempt to capture dance; collecting ideas and putting them into some collage of inspiration, mixing and matching to find the final design that will accompany a choreographer’s work to the stage.

Website: http://fousdemiseenforme.weebly.com/styliste-et-couturiegravere.html

SÉBASTIEN DESROSIERS-

VIDEOGRAPHER-

Sébastien Desrosiers website
“I remember making my first videos in elementary school on big VHS tapes. Later on, when I got my own recording and editing equipment, I really started tripping out! I was making videos of everything: films for my school work, dance shows, video clips and road movies when I’d go to the cottage with my friends.

A few cameras later, I now work in conceiving and producing promotional videos for business’ and artists. My objective is to make people who work passionately on projects shine.

My career brings me a lot of joy and pride, but also a lot of responsibility and stress, not to mention irregular working hours. Like many freelance workers, I sometimes ask myself why I’m in this crazy profession rather than be in a normal 9-to-5 job with a boss and a coffee machine.

What pushes me to continue, among other things, is the ability to make my own schedule and my own coffee – which is frankly better than what you get in office buildings! I strive to make a difference for my clients with every production I undertake. Because at the end of the day, my main objective is to touch people visually.

Also, and above all, what motivates me is a sense of pride when I’ve managed to create something beautiful, that magic moment where I smile and tell myself: wow, I just made gold there!”

Démo BPM Delarosas from sebastian delarosas on Vimeo.