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Victor Kemper [ASC], and every now and then, they come in handy. This particular environment is very different from the mental institution and the other residences where the characters live, but it’s set within the same time period of 1964. I wanted the glowing whites and blown highlights, but I wanted to selectively hold onto certain details. I was testing with 3 to 4 stops of overexposure, and on a lark, I decided to try going 6 stops over on one of the takes. It was a very strong look, and [episode director] Brad Buecker really responded to it. So now we’re taking that approach to those sequences.” When it comes to creating specialized looks, Goi prefers to avoid extensive digital manipulation in post. “I like to produce and incorporate the stylistic effects in-camera as much as possible. If you can capture it at the moment of photography, I think it roots everyone and puts them all on the same page in terms of where you’re going stylistically. It also saves production a great deal of money on the post side; they don’t have to play around as much to find the look because you’ve already created it.” All of the show’s disparate looks fit into an overall map that takes shape in Goi’s mind. This map includes all of the characters and their arcs, and the complex web of interactions that play out and pay off over the course of the entire season. This year, Murphy has given Goi more information about the plot than he did last season, but the cinematographer notes that only Murphy sees the entire puzzle and how it all fits together. “At any given time, the audience may not know why something feels the way it does, but two episodes later, there’s a realization,” says Goi. “What we’re trying to do with the audience emotionally is to leave things a little uncertain, but then bring them together in a really horrifying way later. Ryan challenges everyone constantly because he doesn’t do anything in a conventional way, and I really enjoy that.” Goi joined American Horror Story midway through its first season, but this season, he was involved in discussions of the visual style from the beginning. “I wanted everything to look a little more organically cohesive this year,” he says.
Top: Goi checks his setup while 1st AC Brice Reid (in mask) and gaffer John Magallon prep the equipment. Bottom: The show’s B-camera crew works between takes. From left are dolly grip Spencer Wilcox, 2nd AC Shannon DeWolfe and 1st AC Fred McLane.
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Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Kick Start Theft
Production Slate: Middle of Nowhere • Husbands
Promoting “The Cause”
Creative Conspiracies
Deep Shih Tzu
Bedlam’s New Address
First-Rate Fare
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Peter Deming
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