Even the most ordinary tasks can be made dramatic with an operatic chorus narrating them.
In this short film for kids aired on Japanese national TV, "Unendurable Line" features seemingly boring things such as pressing down on a spring, or stacking blocks before they fall over.
The video of each task is accompanied by a graph describing the action. But it's truly made special with the Ex-Novo Chamber Choir singing the highs and lows in time with the video.
Filmmaker Daihei Shibata, who made the short for NHK's Design A show, said it was aimed at communicating design sensibilities to children with everyday items.
It's certainly hypnotic. Watch with headphones on.
