RESEARCH: Media To Draw Inspiration From 2

AMERICAN HORROR STORY

COLOUR PALETTE

-INVERTED COLOURS: INDICATES BACKWARD, EERIE CONNOTATIONS

-REDS/YELLOWS/ORANGES - HELL IMAGERY

-DARK, LOW LIGHT, COOL TONES

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SHOT TYPES/CAMERA MOVEMENT

- POV SHOTS: ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO SEE THINGS FROM THE PROTAGONISTS PERSPECTIVE, THE AUDIENCE BECOME AS VULNERABLE AND IGNORANT TO SURROUNDING FACTORS IN THE SCENE, WHICH ELICITS FEAR FROM THE AUDIENCE.

-CLOSE UPS: PROPS WHICH WOULD CREATE PARTICULAR REACTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ARE EMPHASISED THROUGH CLOSE UPS AND EXTREME CLOSE UPS. ALSO ADDS AND AIR OF MYSTERY AND SECRECY TO THE SCENE, CLOSE UPS ONLY ALLOWING THE VIEWERS TO SEE CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE MISE EN SCENE, LEAVING THE REST TO THEIR OWN IMAGINATION. 

-FRANTIC, SHAKING MOVEMENTS: COMPLIMENTS THE POV SHOT, SHOWS TERROR AND DESPERATION IN THE MAIN CHARACTER, AS THE AUDIENCE ARE IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED INTO THE WORLD AND AND SITUATION OF THE CHARACTER. 

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SOUND

NON DIEGETIC SOUND - LOW, ERRATIC MUSIC WHICH CREATES A TENSE AND DRAMATIC ATMOSPHERE

SCRATCHING, WHITE NOISE, OTHER SOUNDS THAT MAKE THE AUDIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE, AS WELL AS UNIDENTIFIABLE SOUNDS, ALL TO UNSETTLE THE VIEWERS.