<P> Principal photography for season 5 began on July 14, 2015, in Los Angeles, California, where the story also takes place . Murphy revealed a six - story hotel set was being built on the Fox lot . A dummy set of the hotel was built at the 2015 San Diego Comic - Con International, showing an Art Deco style building from the 1920s, inspired by the old Hollywood era . </P> <P> Filming for season 6 began on July 6, 2016 at Santa Clarita, California . Set constructions include a Colonial Settler home to speculate the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony . </P> <P> Filming for season 7 was originally planned to begin in Orange, California on June 2017 before it was moved to May instead . </P> <P> American Horror Story's title screens offer vague hints to important plot elements and events that compose each season . For Murder House, Murphy described the sequence as a mini-mystery and stated that: "By the time you see the ninth episode of this season, every image in that title sequence will be explained," establishing the purpose of the title sequence for future seasons . </P>

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