The Apple TV+ series Severance explores a chilling corporate world where employees have their consciousness severed into two distinct parts: their work self (innie) and their personal self (outie). The series employs striking cinematography and production design to reinforce these themes of isolation and dehumanization in the workplace. By invoking and inverting traditional cinematic techniques, the show accentuates the stark contrast between individuality and the repetitive, mechanical nature of corporate life, drawing comparisons to classic films that portray similar concepts of identity loss within corporate structures.
Films like The Apartment and The Incredibles use repetitive shots to suggest a corporate mass that strips individuals of identity, creating company men, as emphasized by Jill Levinson.
Severance captures a corporate hell through its cinematography and production design, using classic film techniques to reinforce themes of isolation and identity loss among employees.
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