American Horror Story: Apocalypse – Hourglass Teaser

American Horror Story: Apocalypse – “Hourglass” Teaser



Intended to be a bit of a Mind-F*ck (as we lovingly describe our annual AHS launch campaign), this visually-rich teaser is riddled with clues about the eighth season of American Horror Story.



We start off with a living fetus, encased in an hourglass – fed by a beating black heart. The journey takes us through a missile launch, mushroom clouds, a disintegrating mask, mischievous and eerie black hands that seem to control moments throughout the story, rotten figs giving birth to scorpions, birds crashing through gothic windows, a pentagram seared into a coffin, raining death, and a resetting of the hourglass. What does it all mean?! Find out, this September!



Additional write-up & credits to follow!



Enjoy!





FX NETWORKS



President, Marketing & Promotions, Multi-Platform Marketing – Stephanie Gibbons

EVP, Content & Editorial, Multi-platform Marketing – John Varvi

SVP, Motion & Digital Design – Steve Viola

VP, Motion Design – Amie Nguyen

VP, Production, Motion Design – Dara Barton





Created By

FX DESIGN



Creative Directors – Steve Viola, Michael Parks, Amie Nguyen, Synderela Peng

Executive Producer – Dara Barton

Associate Producer – Mel Reeck

Visual Effects Supervisor – Michael Viscione

Modeling / Animation – Jamie Sawyer

VFX Artists – Michael Viscione, Jean Chiu, Ryan Coster

Pre-Visualization – Kay Park

Compositing – Jason Heinze, Ryan Hunnewell, Alex Yoon, John Kim, Michael Parks

Editorial – Michael Parks

Color – Steve Viola, Austin Wallender

Motion Design – Myung Yu, Julio Ferrario





Visual Effects By

FX DESIGN

> Seamless Sequence, Missile Silo, Gas Mask & Skull, Coffin & Incinerator



METHOD STUDIOS

> Hourglass Sequences



KORB

> Blast & Mushroom Cloud



TENDRIL

> Fig & Scorpions



TRIZZ

> Birds & Window





Live-Action Production

THE JOELSONS



Directed By – Steve Viola, Michael Parks

Director of Photography – Kevin Joelson

Producer – Rebecca Joelson

Camera – Marq Castagne

Production Design / Art Direction – Alessandro Marvelli