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In Praise of Chairs

Tony Zhou · Documentary · 5 min · 1.3M views

A playful video essay on how filmmakers use the humble chair to stage scenes, reveal character and create jokes.

You'll never look at a chair in a movie the same way again.

One of the great things about detailed production design is that it pays off in unexpected ways. So today I explore the weird possibilities of that most common of objects: the chair.

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