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The Time-Out Chair
Directed byJosh Selig[2]
Written byJosh Selig
Music byMark Suozzo[3]
Production
company
Distributed byTribeca Film Institute[5]
Release date
May 3, 2003 (2003-05-03)[1]
Running time
6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Time-Out Chair is a short film written and directed by Josh Selig in 2002.[6] It was produced by Little Airplane Productions, a New York studio that Selig co-founded with Lori Shaer. The film premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival[7] and was later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.[8]

Synopsis

The film follows a preschool-aged girl who leaves her classroom after being sent to the time-out chair.[9] She spends the afternoon in the East Village of New York, dragging the chair behind her.[10]

History

The film's music was composed by Mark Suozzo.[3] The Time-Out Chair was originally screened at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival.[11] The Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan acquired the film in 2004.[12] It was included as part of the museum's family film screening on January 15, 2011.[13][14] It was featured as the second short in MoMA's "Figuring Out Feelings" series on March 5, 2016.[8]

References

  1. ^ "2003 Tribeca Film Festival Restored and Rediscovered". Film Foundation. 6 May 2003.
  2. ^ "Interview with Josh Selig". NYMetroParents.com. Metro New York. September 21, 2004.
  3. ^ a b "Wonder Pets Creator Has Time Out with Live-Action Short". Animation World Network. 13 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Little Airplane - Our Work". Little Airplane Productions.
  5. ^ Germano Celant (January 2004). Tribeca talks. Progetto Prada Arte. ISBN 978-88-87029-30-7.
  6. ^ "Studio 100 Teams Up with Little Airplane Productions to Produce New Global Pre-School Animation Series" (PDF). Studio 100. 20 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Talking Shop with Josh Selig". Big Apple Parent. September 1, 2004. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Family Films - Figuring Out Feelings". Museum of Modern Art. 5 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Arts Initiative - MoMA Films". Columbia University. 5 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Little Airplane Productions Shows". Little Airplane Productions.
  11. ^ "Josh Selig, Little Airplane Productions". Gothamist.com. Gothamist LLC. Archived from the original on April 12, 2016.
  12. ^ "About the Author: Josh Selig, Small Potatoes". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  13. ^ "See 'The Time-Out Chair' at MoMA's Family Films Series on Saturday, January 15". Time Out New York. January 14, 2011.
  14. ^ Máire Messenger Davies (1 April 2010). Children, Media and Culture. McGraw-Hill Education. pp. 164–. ISBN 978-0-335-24006-7.


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