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Why Directors Do Things The Hard Way
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- Reframed The Podcast
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- Jan 13, 2026
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▶ Find Inspiration and develop your ideas with Frame Set: https://go.frameset.app/49EJ9vB ▶ About This Episode:Director Zee Ntuli joins Dylan Hahn to break down his visually hypnotic commercial for Audemars Piguet. They unpack why the project was treated like a visual palindrome, how analog philosophy guided every creative decision, and what it really took to shoot a dancer suspended over a corrosive salt lake. Zee walks through the balance of real-world capture and heavy VFX, the collaboration with the production company Monumental, and the importance of creating space on set for intuition, emotion, and play.