What happened to the wooden-beam support framework that was between the kitchen and living room of Monicas apartment?
Originally, there was a support framework in Monica’s apartment, built from dark wooden beams, that came up vertically next to the refrigerator, then horizontally across the “ceiling” toward the audience, then vertically back down to the floor. James Burrows, the director of the pilot and a number of other episodes, said in an interview he originally had it in for visual reasons – to make it more interesting and give the eye something to see in the foreground. Where did it go? Well, it’s not completely gone. The vertical section next to the refrigerator is still there, as is about 2 feet of the horizontal section. But the rest of the horizontal section was removed, as was the vertical post nearer the audience. The framework was interfering with production. It cast odd shadows, it interfered with the boom mike, and it was often blocking certain camera shots and angles.
