#i do not remember being bowled over by how insane this character dynamic intro was tho wow

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rewatching ep 1 of the terror and i love that thing they do a couple times on the ship where they start a scene with the camera outside of the room the characters are in, and we can hear them speaking to each other but we can't fully see them, and the camera moves as we listen to them talk, getting closer to being able to see them. and it's so unsettling for some reason, especially since you know it's a horror show, and your brain is just going "what am i going to see, what is going on over there" and almost always nothing is revealed once the camera reaches the room, it's just men having a conversation. but the fact that it's *hidden* from you creates this anticipation. idk if it's just a cool cinemographic way to create tension, or emphasize the lack of privacy in these tight quarters, or if it's like about Officers Country, and how when the regular men aren't allowed in those spaces, they're also going to be imagining the possibilities of what they aren't being allowed to see.

but anyway the fact that they introduce Francis and Jopson in that way is insane. Two men, mostly obscured behind a door, standing close and facing each other, one is doing something with his hands. They speak while the camera slowly approaches and finally reveals that Jopson's just repairing his shirt, nothing to see here. And then the "is there anything special you require, sir?" as Jopson bends down to bite the string off Francis' sleeve. insane!!!!??