
Welcome to
Sébastien Gauthier 360 Studio
Where stories surround you
We are a multi-award-winning Montréal-based studio crafting unique immersive experiences for planetariums, giant screens, and VR. With strong roots in 360° live-action filmmaking, we work across borders to tell stories that resonate worldwide.
Our passionate team of artists and technical specialists offers a complete range of services in immersive media — from fulldome shows and VR to large-scale audiovisual productions — always committed to innovation, scientific rigor, and artistic depth.
Celebrated internationally as pioneers in immersive cinema, we unite live-action 360°, time-lapse, and immersive VFX with powerful visuals and refined sound to elevate the dome into a space of wonder, knowledge, and emotion.
Immersed in every shot,
a passionate team
SG360 Studio unites a diverse network of artists and technicians. With Montréal’s thriving film and immersive scene at our doorstep and passionate collaborators worldwide — from musicians and writers to cinematographers and VFX artists — we bring together the talent and expertise that elevate every project.
Every project is a true collaboration, and if we have the chance to work together, your team will join ours as part of the creative journey.
Meet our regular key collaborators
360° Immersive Fulldome & VR Production
We produce award-winning works that inspire, spark curiosity, entertain, and reveal the invisible.
Whether you are launching a new planetarium, showcasing your magnificent region, or presenting research that reveals the Universe in a new way, we help you create immersive experiences that make a lasting impact and live on in the collective imagination.
Turnkey Production
From Script to Screen
World-class feature-length or short films. Whether you want us to work independently or in close collaboration with your creative leadership team, SG360 Studio can deliver fully finished, ready-to-distribute immersive films.
End-to-end expertise in immersive storytelling, 360° capture, dome playback technologies, CGI animation and VFX
Global network of collaborators to assemble the ideal team for your project
High-resolution, sharp and bright video masters
Refined, dynamic, and precisely mixed soundtracks
À la Carte Services
Support Where You Need It
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Immersive visual writing and storyboarding
Science communication and astronomy consulting
Scouting, shoot planning, schedules, and budgets
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Live-action and timelapse 360° cinematography
Specialized camera rigs
360° equipment rental and custom design of specialized gear
Extreme-conditions and low-light capture, astrophotography and astrocinematography
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Editing in dedicated fulldome and VR suites, with editors who master the pacing and cadence unique to 360°
Stitching, stabilization, color grading, and geometric corrections of immersive footage
Handling and processing of domemaster (polar equidistant) and equirectangular (latlong) formats
Rotoscoping, cleanup, deliverables preparation, and quality control
Specific need
Do you have a specific need? We have many ways to help.
Immersive 360° Cinematography
“Visual storytelling, mastered, is the key to achieving lasting impact on a giant dome.”
Sébastien Gauthier is an internationally recognized pioneer in live-action fulldome filming. Over a decade ago, while the field was dominated by CGI and experiments with consumer-grade action cameras, he built cinema-derived immersive systems that delivered bright, crisp, expressive live-action images — virtually unseen in fulldome production at the time.
This approach opened the door to living subjects and daytime sequences, far beyond night-only timelapses, and rapidly built a reputation for excellence, resulting in multiple award-winning films.
Our approach to immersive cinematography
For us, filming the subject is not the goal in itself. How we film it is what matters.
Spherical shot scales and deliberate framing
Camera position, speed, and field of view tailored to the dome
Pacing and editorial intent considered from pre-production
Projection scenography in mind: tilted vs flat domes, circular theaters, and VR each require different capture strategies
Filming services
Most dome theaters are larger than IMAX screens. Filming with GoPro-like action cameras will almost certainly fail to deliver the full potential of your dome.
“If your project calls for cinema-quality immersion, work with a team built for the dome.”
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Single-camera kits covering 360°×180°, 360°×220°, and 360°×250°
Multi-camera rigs for low-light work and extremely high resolution and sharpness
Nodal multi-pass rigs for near-unlimited resolution and field of view
Immersive Aerial Drone Cinematography
Motion-control dollies purpose-built for spherical imaging
Controllers and intervalometers designed for the challenges of 360° field production
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SG360 Studio can bring our experience, team and equipment to your projects.
Artistic and cinematographic direction for immersive media
Immersive shoots and on-set supervision
Production management and permitting
ATA carnets and international on-location logistics
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4K, 6K, 8K, 16K fulldome and VR
24, 30, 60 fps and higher for slow motion
Rec. 2020 color space workflow
Uncompressed 4:4:4 production workflow
Surround sound capture
Deliverables: equirectangular (latlong) and domemaster (polar equidistant)
Post-processing services: stitching, stabilization, color grading, QC
Equipment Rental
We’ll admit it — at SG360 Studio, we have a passion for camera gear and a tendency to collect it. So much so that when we’re deep in writing or post-production, some of our equipment sits waiting for its next adventure.
You need a high-performance setup for immersive capture, a motion-controlled dolly for timelapses, or an extra 360° or conventional cinema camera for your shoot. Get in touch — we might already have exactly what you’re looking for.
Custom Rigs and Systems
Immersive cinema pushes beyond the limits of traditional filmmaking. It often requires tools that don’t even exist yet. At SG360 Studio, we don’t wait for solutions; we invent them.
From custom-built 360° camera rigs and optics to motion-controlled dollies, jibs, and specialized control systems, our workshop turns ideas into working tools. When your production demands the impossible, we might be able to engineer the gear to make it possible. Let’s connect and see how we can help.
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Multi-camera rigs
Motion control systems
Custom dollies, tracks, and jibs
Protective housings for extreme environments
Specialized and multi-camera intervalometers
Custom electronics
Custom software
Low-power controllers
Radio-controlled remotes
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SG360 Stock Images
Award-winning shots, available for your project
Have you seen a shot in one of our films that you’d like to use, or do you think we might already have the footage you need? SG360 Studio licenses archival and stock footage from our productions.
We don’t yet offer an online catalogue, but if you share your needs with us, with a bit of luck we already have the perfect shot for you.
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High-resolution timelapses of starry skies
Northern lights (aurora borealis)
Lunar eclipses
Total and partial solar eclipses
Moon and sun rises and sets
Live-action footage of people in nature and in the city
“Holy grail” timelapses from day to night and night to day
4K, 6K, 8K, and 12K stock footage — including many 4:4:4 uncompressed shots