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TIL the video for Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" was filmed with no green screen or VFX. They really took her and the piano out for filming. Her piano and bench were moved using a flatbed truck and a custom-built dolly, and she wore a seat belt under her skirt to secure herself to the bench.

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