My first freelance assignments involved creating vision films for Publicis pitches targeting major luxury brands.
Vision Film: Showing What Doesn't Exist Yet
At first glance, a vision film could be compared to a "video moodboard": a visual reference that brings together various elements from existing sources to showcase the spirit of a campaign or project before it comes to life. The difference is that video is infinitely richer: beyond aesthetic and graphic references, a vision film combines editing, music, and motion graphics to tell a story and create genuine emotion.
This year, I led a weekly improv workshop that just had its first public performance.
People often tell me "I could never do that."
❌ I'm afraid to go on stage
❌ I'm not spontaneous enough
❌ I'm not funny enough
But what became crystal clear to me this year is that improv has NOTHING to do with any of that.
You don't need to "be funny", or have witty comebacks.
To build an unscripted story that captivates an audience, you just need to follow three simple rules:
Accept what your partner offers. Even if it's crazy or unexpected. If it's said, it's real. You start from there.
Build on that offer. You can't ignore it or go in another direction. You add YOUR brick on top of the one that was just laid down. (That's the famous "YES, AND...")
I added a third rule, the most important one for me:
Throw away the idea in your head. Before going on stage – or asking for a raise, or confronting a loved one – we often already know what we're going to say. We have a plan.
Next time, try this experiment: plan as much as you want, but at the last second, throw it all away. Enter the arena with an empty mind.
Three things will happen:
You'll no longer be "in your head," so you'll actually be listening.
You'll be surprised by your own reactions.
You'll feel more alive than usual.
Experiencing this spontaneity and presence in a "safe space" within a group built on trust and laughter is a chance I was lucky to have this year. I recommend it 👍.
And since we're on my professional website: YES, this experience also feeds into my professional public speaking coaching BLAH BLAH BLAH.
As writer and director, I designed Panic in Space as a sci-fi comedy that humorously explores the major challenges of our time: isolation, technology, community... The project, shot with about thirty actors on a green screen at the Studio Off Courts, is currently in post-production.
Discover below episode 5, "A Thousand Years of Solitude," which won the award at the Riom festival (turn on English subtitles in the menu):
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Format: Web Series (12 x 5-8 min)
My Role: Writer, Director, Producer
Status: Post-production (Release scheduled for 2025)
Festivals: Riom Science Film Festival, Nuées Ardentes, Off Courts (Official Selections)
Pitch
Distant future.
Humanity 🌍 has conquered distant galaxies and spread across the universe 🚀.
Since 2014, I have been supporting the promotion of UNESCO Campus through multi-camera reports combining filming, interviews, and infographics.
UNESCO Campus organizes meetings between experts and middle school students on major current issues: Ocean, Sport, Children's Rights.
Since 2014, I have been producing reports using one or two cameras to follow the event, film the interventions of guests and experts on stage, interview key people, and document the day through a two to three-minute edit used to promote the program.
Since 2018, I have been supporting Roxel, an industrial group in the defense sector, with their strategic communication and media content production.
From 2018 to today, I have produced seven videos for Roxel that have showcased their employees, their methods, and their industrial facilities in France and England. In 2020, I assisted them in building a new brand platform that served as the foundation for redesigning their visual identity.
Thanks to this content, the Roxel group continues to establish a strong presence internally, online, and with their B2B clients and partners, particularly at major trade shows such as Eurosatory, the Paris Air Show, and Farnborough.
"The dialogue is some of the best I've encountered in a screenplay. [...] There is almost a whodunnit feel to the story, setting itself up to be another 'Knives Out' or 'Gosford Park'."
I'm delighted that episode 5 of our web series Panic in Space (coming out this fall!) will be screened during two sessions at the Les Nuées Ardentes Festival ("The meeting of science and imagination") from June 13 to 15, 2025. This follows the audience award won at the Riom Scientific Film Festival.
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Poster for "Les Nuées Ardentes" Festival 2025
Synopsis "A Thousand Years of Solitude": A space delivery driver (Guillaume Vanhille) learns that his best friend (Bob Levasseur) is an artificial intelligence... If you're interested in our series, follow us on the "Panic in Space" website and sign up for the mailing list to receive episodes for free as soon as they're released.
