Penny Dreadful Research

choosing penny dreadful:

So I may have given myself one of the more difficult series to research as its not actually being aired in England yet... but thats what trailers are for.
when coming to colour pallet I know that I have one image i can reference for them both which sums up the dark colours used, and the depth and weird warmth coming from the coldest colours:

When I first saw the trailers for penny dreadful i said visually it creates the texture of velvet for me. i imagine plush velvet red and purple curtens draped to the floor never creased but the fabric bunching and curling around on itself, as soft and smooth as satin but with far more depth and texture to it. this is probably because they use such rich but dark colours it stereotypically provokes very sensual and welcoming emotions in people. This would be confusing to some expecting the cold and stark feeling that comes with most horrors, T.V or film. But that's what makes it more appealing, its different it plays on sadistic thoughts and a lot more sickening things that society today has fears or. 

There are a lot of very explicit sex scenes in penny dreadful.

It's pretty graphic but thats what scares people today when they are watching something scary and sexuality is explored its weird when people enjoy it, and the fact that they know what they are enjoying is weird, is probably why they like it. Its a very storage emotion to provoke but society enjoys provoking unusual emotions because its different. and people are bored of the same genre being re-created in the same way constantly. I think penny dreadful has re-created a lot of stereotypical tools used within gothic horror the way sex is scene only being one of many.

As expected from most gothic horror T.V shows both series one and two of penny dreadful it includes blood. However as weird as it sounds their is different TV blood and the blood penny dreadful uses is gorgeous, thick, droopy, gloomy rich in texture and colour. It is never just smeared on a surface, but always leaving behind a thick trail that looks delightfully sticky. Yes, I'm aware that sounded pretty messed up, but look at the way it's lit by candle light in this glorious blood bath. 

They make blood sensual which for most people is defiantly scarier these days than the classic blood we are starting to get climatised to in todays society.