The Time-Out Chair
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Time-Out Chair
| image = The Time-Out Chair film.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Josh Selig{{cite news |title=Interview with Josh Selig |url=http://m.nymetroparents.com/article/-with-JOSH-SELIG |work=NYMetroParents.com |publisher=Metro New York |date=September 21, 2004}}
| writer = Josh Selig
| music = Mark Suozzo{{cite web |title=Wonder Pets Creator Has Time Out with Live-Action Short |url=http://www.awn.com/news/wonder-pets-creator-has-time-out-live-action-short |work=Animation World Network |date=January 13, 2011}}
| studio = Little Airplane Productions{{cite web |title=Little Airplane - Our Work |url=http://web.littleairplane.com/our-work/ |publisher=Little Airplane Productions}}
| distributor = Tribeca Film Institute{{cite book|author=Germano Celant|title=Tribeca talks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQ0bAQAAIAAJ|date=January 2004|publisher=Progetto Prada Arte|isbn=978-88-87029-30-7}}
| released = {{Film date|2003|05|03|ref1={{cite news |title=2003 Tribeca Film Festival Restored and Rediscovered |url=http://www.film-foundation.org/tribeca |publisher=Film Foundation |date=May 6, 2003}}}}
| runtime = 6 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
The Time-Out Chair is a short film written and directed by Josh Selig in 2002.{{cite web |title=Studio 100 Teams Up with Little Airplane Productions to Produce New Global Pre-School Animation Series |url=http://www.studio100media.com/static/images/news/108.pdf |publisher=Studio 100 |date=September 20, 2012}} 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{{cite web |title=Talking Shop with Josh Selig |url=http://www.littleairplane.com/press/BigAppleParent/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120092855/http://www.littleairplane.com/press/BigAppleParent/index.html |archive-date=November 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |publisher=Big Apple Parent |date=September 1, 2004}} and was later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.{{cite web |title=Family Films - Figuring Out Feelings |url=http://www.moma.org/calendar/events/1679?locale=en |publisher=Museum of Modern Art |date=March 5, 2016}}
Synopsis
The film follows a preschool-aged girl who leaves her classroom after being sent to the time-out chair.{{cite web |title=Arts Initiative - MoMA Films |url=http://artsinitiative.columbia.edu/events/family-films-figuring-out-feelings |publisher=Columbia University |date=March 5, 2016}} She spends the afternoon in the East Village of New York, dragging the chair behind her.{{cite web |title=Little Airplane Productions Shows |url=http://www.littleairplane.com/our-work/our-shows.aspx |work=Little Airplane Productions}}
History
The film's music was composed by Mark Suozzo. The Time-Out Chair was originally screened at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Josh Selig, Little Airplane Productions |url=http://gothamist.com/2006/01/24/josh_selig_litt.php |work=Gothamist.com |publisher=Gothamist LLC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412144200/http://gothamist.com/2006/01/24/josh_selig_litt.php |archivedate=April 12, 2016}} The Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan acquired the film in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/small-potatoes-josh-selig/1114551754 |title=About the Author: Josh Selig, Small Potatoes |publisher=Barnes & Noble |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430172428/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/small-potatoes-josh-selig/1114551754 |archivedate=April 30, 2016 |accessdate=April 30, 2016}} It was included as part of the museum's family film screening on January 15, 2011.{{cite web |title=See 'The Time-Out Chair' at MoMA's Family Films Series on Saturday, January 15 |url=http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/tony-kids-blog/see-the-time-out-chair-at-momas-family-films-series-on-saturday-january-15 |work=Time Out New York |date=January 14, 2011}}{{cite book |author=Máire Messenger Davies |title=Children, Media and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8QtFBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 |date=April 1, 2010 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Education |isbn=978-0-335-24006-7 |pages=164–}} It was featured as the second short in MoMA's "Figuring Out Feelings" series on March 5, 2016.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160213080045/http://web.littleairplane.com/our-work Page on Little Airplane Productions (archive)]
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Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language short films
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