American Horror Story is an interesting TV show created by Ryan Murphy. Every season is a self-contained story, with the latest one taking place in an asylum. The plot would take a while to explain, so I'm just skipping ahead to the part which concerns this blog: colour!
One of the inmates has been treated with electric shock therapy on an extremely severe level. She is completely disoriented and when another character asks if she remembers her name, she abruptly breaks into an psychotic, imagined dance scene. The concept and colour shift are so dramatic and sudden, it takes you by surprise completely. It's interesting because up until then, I did not even realise how muted the colours were. But as soon as that surprise colour shift came along, it made it very clear that this was nothing but a disillusion caused by madness.
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| From reality... |
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| ...to fantasy. |
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