“We talked a lot about every character and when is the moment that they realised they’d stepped from a high adventure story into a horror movie. It’s different for every character and some characters never cross that line, either because they never see the world that way or they refuse to. And that speaks to the warmth of these people. They thought they were going to live, most of them until the very end. They brought with them their ingenuity, their humour, their humanity. We wanted those things to be more important than any plot demands of a horror show, so we wanted to make sure the characters were driving the genre elements of the show, that it didn’t get out of hand and start leading the characters around.” (x)

i am OBSESSED with this oh my god. i love that the terror is such a weird genre mashup and i love the concept that like…it is how the characters perceive their situation that controls the genre of the show at any given time. it is so so fun to think about where and why those turning points happen for each character, how it affects the choices they make, how those shifts in tone or perspective are conveyed thru film techniques. i feel like a lot of this show is driven by the tension between characters who still feel that they’re in an adventure story with an achievable goal at the end vs. characters who feel like they’ve fallen into an apocalyptic ghost story

also this ties in with the whole “the terror is a science fiction story even though it’s not” thing? the more behind the scenes stuff i read the more i realize that the use of subtle sci fi genre markers was DEFINITELY intentional, and i think it’s meant to put you in the mindset of the characters. for THEM this isn’t a period drama, for them this is the equivalent of a trip to the moon and they are dealing with some apollo 13 shit