How ‘Severance’ Uses Old Tricks to Make Its Office Hell

“Severance” is an Apple TV+ series set in a shadowy company where employees have their consciousness split into “innie” and “outie” halves. The show uses classic film techniques to portray the corporate environment, such as rigid geometry, repetition, and low ceilings to convey confinement and isolation. The innies are trapped on the severed floor, with their work and surroundings acting as literal and metaphorical cages, while the managers hold power from behind their desks. The show subverts office film conventions by isolating characters in large rooms and emphasizing the oppressive nature of corporate life through visual cues like clocks and private offices.

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