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* Flashback scenes imitate the style and appearance of actual footage from that time period, including DeliberatelyMonochrome for really old cases, spots on the film, and what have you.

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* Flashback scenes imitate the style and appearance of actual footage from that time period, including DeliberatelyMonochrome for really old cases, spots on the film, and what have you.you.
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* "Creatures of the Night" is the weirdest one. The flashback scenes are filmed in minimal sets, as if they are in a stage play. The actors also extra hammy.

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* "Creatures of the Night" is the weirdest one. The flashback scenes are filmed in minimal sets, as if they are in a stage play. The actors are also extra hammy.

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* An episode set in 1990 looks as though it were filmed on home video.

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* An episode "The Sleepover", which was set in 1990 1990, looks as though it were filmed on home video.


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* "Dog Day Afternoons", where the murder happened in 2000, had its flashbacks set in black and white. Although it seems strange since black and white episodes are usually reserved for cases prior to 1970, since the victim worked in a bank, the black and white is meant to replicate security camera footage.
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* Flashback scenes imitate the style and appearance of actual footage from that time period, including DeliberatelyMonochrome for really old cases, spots on the film, and what have you.
* "The Promise" has flashback footage looking like it was filmed with a camera phone.
* An episode set in 1990 looks as though it were filmed on home video.
* Episode 3x01, "Family", is set in 1988. They use a pop art style with four windows in one screen, and exaggerated colors.
* "The Woods", set in 1972, has flashbacks that appear to have been filmed with low-quality Super-8 home movie film, giving the scenes a de-saturated quality that adds to the nightmarish atmosphere of the story.
* "Stalker" was filmed with a camcorder by the stalker. There is always an obstruction because the he is hiding behind things.
* The flashbacks in "The Brush Man" are filmed with Dutch angles.
* The flashbacks in "Blood On The Tracks" are filmed in 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
* The flashbacks in "The Crossing" look like they were shot on old fashioned celluloid film. A projector can also be heard when the flashbacks start and end.
* The flashbacks in "Bad Reputation" have a yellow filter.
* "Creatures of the Night" is the weirdest one. The flashback scenes are filmed in minimal sets, as if they are in a stage play. The actors also extra hammy.
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