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I think that, the...
the kind of family, um,

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ethos that we have down here

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has been built through
blood, sweat, and fears.

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- You know what I mean?
- Action!

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This show is not a typical show.

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Speed up this way.

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It's always a collaboration
of visual effects,

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and special effects, and the stunt crew.

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Everybody really loves this job,

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and they work really hard to keep it going,

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and try to make it as real as possible.

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What the audience sees is the actors

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and, occasionally, us
getting to talk about it,

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but the real heart and soul of
"The Walking Dead" is our crew.

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- Sculptor.
- Stunt coordinator.

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- I'm the location manager.
- Costume designer.

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- Production designer.
- I play Daryl Dixon.

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- I play Rick Grimes.
- And I play Michonne.

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Hello, I'm Greg Nicotero.

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I'm the executive producer,
uh, frequent director,

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and creature zombie designer
for "The Walking Dead."

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We're here at KNB EFX,

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our 20,000 square foot facility
in Chatsworth, California,

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where we manufacture all
of the make-up effects

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for "The Walking Dead."

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KNB is the funnest
place in the world to go.

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You know, you just walk in there

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and you get to see all
these incredible props

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from all these amazing films,

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and creatures that they've made,

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and, you know, like, it's crazy!

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Zombies are, like, the ultimate, you know?

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I mean, it... it's kind of...
with zombies, there's no limit.

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Here we, uh, we're making a puppet,

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uh, for the show, and, um,
sort of like Dr. Frankenstein,

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you build it from the bones up, you know?

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So it has a skeletal, and
then the muscle structure.

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And then, we layer stuff on top of it,

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so we can actually use this skeleton

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for a variety of different puppets

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by putting different skins on it.

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When you start, like,
missing pieces of your body,

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it's gotta look right.

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It can't just be, like, gore.

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You know, and so,

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everyone in this room
is fascinated by anatomy.

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Really try to make it
as accurate as possible,

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so that when people see
it, it's just jarring.

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You know, like, when we do a bite,

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we'll put muscles and stuff in there,

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so they can, like, yank on it

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and you can see that stuff rip out.

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You know, the guys at KNB,
and all those guys, all...

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You know, all of our people
that work with the zombies

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to make them as scary as possible,

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you know, everybody's on
their 'a' game at all times.

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I mean, we really spend a lot of time

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to make sure that the look
of the zombies is unique.

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Unique to "The Walking Dead."

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Something a little different

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than you usually see on television.

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Having practical, beautiful,
extraordinary make-up,

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and the gags that they...

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They're not just make-up artists.

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They're scientists, as well.

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They create mechanical gags.

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They do it in, sort of, three or four days.

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They can... they conjure
up... they're conjurors.

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They're extraordinary,
creative human beings.

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We've had five seasons of the fantastic art

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that the people at this
shop contribute to the show.

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Fantastic sculptures,
paint jobs, fabrication.

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Just the outrageous ideas that
we come up with for the show.

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I always love our walkers that, you know,

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part of the skin, the
way it's decayed away.

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You know, that it's just...
you see kind of, like,

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the ears falling off, or, like,
part of the nose is missing.

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You know, just the skin rotting away.

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One of the most challenging
was the well water.

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Keep going!

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That was a full size suit
that we made out of silicone

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to try and figure out how
we're gonna make that skin fold

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and move, and, you
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and make it as nasty looking as possible.

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So that was one of our most challenging,

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but r... most rewarding in the end.

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It was great... I loved it.

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One of my favorites...

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Bicycle girl in season one.

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That's where we set the bar, you know?

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It's the first zombie we've ever...

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We really ever see on the show close.

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She just... was jarring.

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I thought that her missing her bottom half

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was just gnarly.

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I flew out to LA to KNB's studios,

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and they did a body cast.

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Um, everything except
for my legs, obviously.

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Several months later, I came back

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and they did all the color
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and things like that.

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The day that we actually filmed,

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it took three and a half,
four hours to put it on.

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Um, but, of course, you see it,

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and I had the blue tights on
for the green screen effect.

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Um, but then seeing it on TV afterwards,

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even I was like, "Wow...
that's pretty awesome!"

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Greg, and all of the
guys, and even, you know,

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the other make-up artists they had,

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it was almost like watching a
bunch of geniuses come together

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and create this masterpiece.

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It was successful, and the most, uh,

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just kind of gross.

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Yeah, if it makes us gross out,

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then it's, you know, a win.

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Now go back towards your
feet a little bit, Melissa.

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This is beyond my wildest dreams

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of what I had envisioned in my head.

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Completely different...
I mean, I'm blown away.

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It's awesome.

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Every season, we augment
specific shows with puppets.

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And even in... in terms
of just our zombie kills,

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we've sort of refined what we
call our... our "Crush Heads."

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That was good... keep going!

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Just keep doing it.

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Boom... boom...

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So, in season two, we started realizing

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that these zombies that are walking around,

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that have been around for a while,

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they kind of have the sort
of consistency of, like,

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a pumpkin or a cantaloupe.

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That if you kind of stomp on
it pretty... pretty vigorously,

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that you're gonna crush the skull,

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and all the brains and everything

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are gonna splatter everywhere.

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And the... the fans of the
show really love that stuff.

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Well, I think I'm pretty
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I wore in season one.

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My boots are essential to me.

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Uh, they've been re-sold
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the same pair of boots.

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It's the same pair of boots
I... I put on in episode one.

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I've been told there's
five of this outfit here.

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They don't always use
them, but they have five.

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Hi, my name is Eulyn Womble,

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and I'm the costume designer
on "The Walking Dead."

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On a daily basis, I get
to dress this amazing cast,

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come up with new looks,
and make them dirty.

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- It looks real.
- I know.

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The wardrobe department's
a huge part of this show.

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I mean, from dressing the
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and just the evolution of these characters.

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So, this was kinda,
like, uh, under the belt.

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Yeah, I remember that.

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And then, this was all black and red.

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Yeah, it was bloody.

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You put these clothes on, and the detail,

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just how... how distressed and
how... how filthy everything is.

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I mean, it's very easy to just, kind of,

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slip right into this world.

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I was amazed by the wardrobe department

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really stepping in to how
they helped me find Michonne.

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Like, putting on those boots,
and putting on that vest,

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and those little half gloves.

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I was like, "Oh.

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"Oh, here she is."

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Right now, I'm just gonna do
a quick zombie outfit for you.

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So I'm gonna use my big knife.

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It's serrated, so it can
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You move the fabric... Not the knife.

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And that's beautiful, right?

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We added a little mold.

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We also add sweat stains.

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We do a little light dusting of all this,

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because it's supposed to
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It's like an art class.

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Maybe the person vomited a
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A little bit of dirt around the cuffs.

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I like to dress the outfit together

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while it's hanging up here,

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so I can get a really good idea

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of what it's gonna look like on the person.

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And then, after we hand
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they come out dressed like this.

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Alles, you look great... Are you ready?

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I've been waiting to do
this to you since we've met.

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- Yay.
- This guy's lucky.

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He's eaten, so we put
some fresh blood on him.

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Mmm, blood on his hands
'cause he's been eating.

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This is a fresh kill.

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The zombie blood that we
use is a little darker.

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Really, really dark.

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And this would be his own blood,

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and it would be from a long time ago.

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So that's... that's what you
see on a lot of the costumes.

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The reason, um, we came
up with the splatter,

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it mimics the comic.

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All those drawings,

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you see how it looks splattery in the book?

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Well, that's where that...
that idea came from.

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When I rode into Atlanta

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and they'd shut down four
blocks of downtown Atlanta,

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and they turn over Humvees, and, you know,

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and we had a tank, and a helicopter.

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It blew my mind.

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The most amazing thing, I
think, on "The Walking Dead"

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is the fact that we have found
so many astonishing locations,

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and have built so many great sets.

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I'm Mike Riley.

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I'm the location manager
on "The Walking Dead."

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What I really do is try
to find the best locations

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that match the vision of the writers,

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and I collaborate with
the production designer.

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Grace walker and myself
have a good collaborative

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working relationship.

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Hi, I'm Graham "Grace" walker
from "The Walking Dead."

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The production designer.

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It kinda looks like rock up there,

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but it's still just styrofoam,
like everything else.

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We're good.

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I think one of the advantages
of working here in Georgia,

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is that we've been able to
find so many great locations.

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You know, we're in our
own little private world,

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down here in... in Sanoy,

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and I think that actually
really helps the show.

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It's a part of it... It's really hot here.

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We have a lot of bugs,

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but it's all part of
what makes the show great,

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and real, and grounded,

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and doesn't feel like a
television show about zombies.

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It... it feels like we're
really with these characters,

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in this world.

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I'm gonna ride you back into
the woods here a little bit.

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We got about 60 to 70 acres
of woods behind us here that,

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I'd say, 80% of all the shots we shoot

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when they're walking into the woods,

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or camping in the woods and what not,

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we shoot 'em back here.

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The Governor, when he was burying...

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Threw some folks in the lake,
we use this dock down here,

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where we shot the scene of
him looking down in the water.

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You got, like I said,
60 or 80 acres back here,

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with trails cut all through
it that we can access,

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and get our crew back in there,

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and shoot all the woods stuff we need.

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If you stood here, last year,

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we could do 360 degrees,

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uh, which was really
nice for... for everybody.

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Down this way was a wall
running right through there.

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We had the entrance to 'a' block.

251
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And then... A tower down that end.

252
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The main gate, down near
the bus that's rolled over.

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And another tower.

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And a fence that ran right along the lake.

255
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And down to the corner, over here,

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with a fence that ran right back up again

257
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to the, uh, to the other building.

258
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It was a cool set.

259
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The prison was mind-blowing.

260
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To have something that large
that really looks like a prison,

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and to be able to shoot it
from any angle, at all times,

262
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and never see a movie set,
never feel a movie set,

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was the most fun for me.

264
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Especially as the director of photography.

265
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Sound speed!

266
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The prison, was definitely not real,

267
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but we worked very hard to make
it seem as real as possible,

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and that really helps the actors.

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For us to feel completely immersed,

270
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and I think, uh, we've rarely been

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in a green screen type
of situation, if ever.

272
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So it's been really nice.

273
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Those spikes were real.

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You really had to avoid those spikes.

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I was like, "Whoa."

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Sometimes, like, my eye almost
got real close to one of them.

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So it was a very real, living set.

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Uh, as you can see, this
is top of the line rooms.

279
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They built a prison,

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and a practical prison
that you could walk through.

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It was magnificent.

282
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- Wanted me to stumble?
- Yeah, go ahead.

283
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And it looked so much like a prison

284
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that a guy from the
department of corrections

285
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came down here one day.

286
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He said, "They keep telling us

287
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"there's a prison down here somewhere,

288
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"and I don't see it on our list."

289
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You know, he didn't know...

290
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He said, "We don't have a prison here."

291
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It's funny that, a lot
of times, people say,

292
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when we have to blow up something,

293
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burn it, destroy it,

294
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"Gee, you must be so sad that
your set's getting destroyed."

295
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And... and, to me, I... I don't care.

296
00:14:19,897 --> 00:14:21,565
I mean, it's part of the show.

297
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In fact, I love a good explosion.

298
00:14:30,783 --> 00:14:32,551
Well, it certainly helps us

299
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if you've got real explosions happening.

300
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Practical gags give the show

301
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probably a bit more authenticity.

302
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My name is Darrell Pritchett.

303
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I'm a special effects supervisor.

304
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Three, two, one.

305
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What my department does is,

306
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we take care of all the effects of nature,

307
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which would be any wind, rain, snow,

308
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fires, explosions.

309
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Go!

310
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Anything that moves on the set,

311
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anything that has any
action, that's not a person.

312
00:15:05,700 --> 00:15:07,834
To include blood spurts,
different things like that.

313
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It covers a lot of areas.

314
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Go bang, bang, bang!

315
00:15:15,108 --> 00:15:16,743
There have been so many moments in the show

316
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where I first read it, and I think,

317
00:15:18,014 --> 00:15:19,412
"How in the hell are we gonna do that?

318
00:15:19,414 --> 00:15:21,746
"You know how is this
possibly going to work?"

319
00:15:21,748 --> 00:15:24,279
You're on channel one!

320
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The end of the second season,

321
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when we're burning the barn at Hershell's,

322
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it was 19 degrees out.

323
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There was frost on the ground.

324
00:15:32,285 --> 00:15:36,054
And if the barn had gone
up too fast in flames,

325
00:15:36,056 --> 00:15:40,492
we wouldn't have been
able to shoot the sequence.

326
00:15:42,929 --> 00:15:44,561
The barn was kind of fun,

327
00:15:44,563 --> 00:15:46,295
'cause once we got to the point
where we're gonna let it burn,

328
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we just kinda got to watch it burn,

329
00:15:48,433 --> 00:15:50,934
and that was kinda neat.

330
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Every episode of "The Walking Dead,"

331
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we really like challenges.

332
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We are at a pecan grove,

333
00:16:08,422 --> 00:16:13,391
where Lizzy and Mica come
upon a bunch of burned walkers.

334
00:16:13,393 --> 00:16:15,426
Rehearsing!

335
00:16:17,529 --> 00:16:19,497
Help, Darryl!

336
00:16:19,499 --> 00:16:20,766
I thought the well walker

337
00:16:20,768 --> 00:16:22,201
was probably the greatest walker ever,

338
00:16:22,203 --> 00:16:23,667
and they were never gonna top that,

339
00:16:23,669 --> 00:16:26,504
but these walkers absolutely
are the coolest walkers.

340
00:16:26,506 --> 00:16:29,172
They're crispy, they're...
you can see part of their skin.

341
00:16:29,174 --> 00:16:30,672
All right, girls, here we go!

342
00:16:30,674 --> 00:16:32,676
We came up with a way to have patches

343
00:16:32,678 --> 00:16:35,378
that we could actually velcro on to them,

344
00:16:35,380 --> 00:16:37,044
underneath their wardrobe.

345
00:16:37,046 --> 00:16:38,443
So, the smoldering was us.

346
00:16:38,445 --> 00:16:41,446
That's something that we came up with, too.

347
00:16:41,448 --> 00:16:44,112
Here we go!

348
00:16:44,114 --> 00:16:45,715
But if you look at the footage,

349
00:16:45,717 --> 00:16:47,151
it looked pretty good.

350
00:16:47,153 --> 00:16:49,222
Get behind us!

351
00:16:51,558 --> 00:16:53,226
We're getting ready to shoot a scene

352
00:16:53,228 --> 00:16:56,830
where our actors are
running away from gunfire,

353
00:16:56,832 --> 00:16:59,399
and we're gonna lay down
some dust and some sparks

354
00:16:59,401 --> 00:17:01,671
while they travel through this courtyard.

355
00:17:10,284 --> 00:17:12,853
So this is an acrylic ball.

356
00:17:12,855 --> 00:17:14,955
It fits together and gets glued,

357
00:17:14,957 --> 00:17:16,556
but inside of it, is dust.

358
00:17:16,558 --> 00:17:19,659
Instead of having to go
and try to bury a squib,

359
00:17:19,661 --> 00:17:21,929
you can simulate bullet hits.

360
00:17:21,931 --> 00:17:23,666
So when it hits something hard...

361
00:17:27,708 --> 00:17:29,575
Then it does that.

362
00:17:29,577 --> 00:17:31,410
We'll so some that are sparking balls.

363
00:17:31,412 --> 00:17:33,377
These are made up with a little gravel,

364
00:17:33,379 --> 00:17:35,448
a little, uh, zirconium.

365
00:17:38,757 --> 00:17:41,024
Darrell Pritchett, he's
been working all of,

366
00:17:41,026 --> 00:17:43,160
you know, 50 years doing this.

367
00:17:44,496 --> 00:17:47,496
Practical explosions, incredible burnings.

368
00:17:47,498 --> 00:17:50,798
The master of disaster, as we call him.

369
00:17:52,432 --> 00:17:55,033
Just another day at "The Walking Dead."

370
00:18:12,771 --> 00:18:14,973
What I love about, uh, visual effects

371
00:18:14,975 --> 00:18:16,641
is that you know they'll take care of you,

372
00:18:16,643 --> 00:18:18,610
and they'll take care of you in ways that

373
00:18:18,612 --> 00:18:20,279
you didn't even think possible.

374
00:18:20,281 --> 00:18:21,883
If I go like this...

375
00:18:21,885 --> 00:18:24,053
If you're going up at an
angle... yeah, that'll work.

376
00:18:24,055 --> 00:18:27,863
So maybe it is going up at that angle.

377
00:18:27,865 --> 00:18:29,800
Visual effects are a huge part of the show.

378
00:18:29,802 --> 00:18:32,106
We try to make them
very subtle and seamless

379
00:18:32,108 --> 00:18:34,145
so that you don't always catch them.

380
00:18:34,147 --> 00:18:36,750
You know, you wanna
swing, and keep in mind...

381
00:18:44,270 --> 00:18:46,170
Victor Scalise is amazing.

382
00:18:46,172 --> 00:18:48,172
He's on set with us here in Georgia,

383
00:18:48,174 --> 00:18:50,908
and works with the directors,
and the cast, and the zombies,

384
00:18:50,910 --> 00:18:52,911
with all the particular kills

385
00:18:52,913 --> 00:18:54,346
and everything that needs to happen.

386
00:18:54,348 --> 00:18:57,585
And then he transitions
back to the team in LA,

387
00:18:57,587 --> 00:18:59,322
at Stargate, and they're the ones

388
00:18:59,324 --> 00:19:01,926
who actually create these amazing shots.

389
00:19:01,928 --> 00:19:04,967
We do everything from,
you know, CG walkers,

390
00:19:04,969 --> 00:19:06,803
to a lot of the kills,

391
00:19:06,805 --> 00:19:08,842
where you have big, exploding heads.

392
00:19:08,844 --> 00:19:10,849
We deal with a lot of digital swords,

393
00:19:10,851 --> 00:19:12,886
digital extensions in knives.

394
00:19:12,888 --> 00:19:14,991
So, a lot of the walker kills that you see

395
00:19:14,993 --> 00:19:17,497
end up being visual effects.

396
00:19:29,652 --> 00:19:32,791
One of our signature
weapons is Michonne's sword.

397
00:19:34,593 --> 00:19:36,563
Astounding, like, just
really picking up that thing

398
00:19:36,565 --> 00:19:39,036
and... and... and feeling
out that sheath on my back,

399
00:19:39,038 --> 00:19:41,905
it was all such a part of creating her.

400
00:19:44,143 --> 00:19:45,545
I'm the prop master for the show.

401
00:19:45,547 --> 00:19:47,884
That means I handle all
the props, the hand props,

402
00:19:47,886 --> 00:19:50,522
which are anything the actors touch.

403
00:19:50,524 --> 00:19:52,563
The Katana sword, one of my favorites.

404
00:19:52,565 --> 00:19:53,934
I helped design this.

405
00:19:53,936 --> 00:19:55,436
It is absolutely one of my favorites.

406
00:19:55,438 --> 00:19:56,638
This happens to be a sharp one,

407
00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:57,974
so you can't really do anything with it.

408
00:19:57,976 --> 00:19:59,776
So we keep it in here, actually.

409
00:19:59,778 --> 00:20:02,382
But, just like that,

410
00:20:02,384 --> 00:20:06,561
we have an aluminum
version that is for hitting.

411
00:20:06,563 --> 00:20:10,169
We have... A rubber version

412
00:20:10,171 --> 00:20:12,874
that's for actually
making contact with people,

413
00:20:12,876 --> 00:20:15,282
and then we have digital versions,

414
00:20:15,284 --> 00:20:17,553
again, for Victor.

415
00:20:17,555 --> 00:20:19,658
It's a half rubber sword

416
00:20:19,660 --> 00:20:21,932
that we then have tracking points on,

417
00:20:21,934 --> 00:20:24,636
that we put a digital blade to replace.

418
00:20:24,638 --> 00:20:26,508
But we also have a retractable one,

419
00:20:26,510 --> 00:20:28,946
which helps keep the sword straight

420
00:20:28,948 --> 00:20:31,182
when it stabs something.

421
00:20:31,184 --> 00:20:33,520
John, in props, you know,
we have a great relationship,

422
00:20:33,522 --> 00:20:35,860
and, you know, it's pretty
much always the default,

423
00:20:35,862 --> 00:20:37,565
he'll make three of everything.

424
00:20:37,567 --> 00:20:40,406
Perfect example of what I do is,

425
00:20:40,408 --> 00:20:42,112
we pick a knife out that we like,

426
00:20:42,114 --> 00:20:44,085
and then we take these
things and we make them

427
00:20:44,087 --> 00:20:46,325
into multitudes of
different types of things.

428
00:20:46,327 --> 00:20:48,764
So, as you're swinging
at somebody, it's rubber.

429
00:20:48,766 --> 00:20:51,272
Then it becomes digital
as it attacks somebody.

430
00:20:51,274 --> 00:20:54,280
Then it becomes plastic
that's painted with blood,

431
00:20:54,282 --> 00:20:56,116
as she has in her hand to talk about.

432
00:20:56,118 --> 00:20:58,286
And then as we go back in time,

433
00:20:58,288 --> 00:20:59,790
it'll go back to the original knife

434
00:20:59,792 --> 00:21:01,296
so it can go back in the sheath.

435
00:21:01,298 --> 00:21:03,267
In and out of him.

436
00:21:03,269 --> 00:21:06,409
What if I come in like this,
and stick him in the stom...

437
00:21:06,411 --> 00:21:09,383
Stick him in the chest with it, right?

438
00:21:09,385 --> 00:21:12,260
Okay, now slam him back.

439
00:21:12,262 --> 00:21:14,231
Lose the crossbow.

440
00:21:14,233 --> 00:21:17,669
Daryl's crossbow... everybody
loves to see this thing.

441
00:21:17,671 --> 00:21:20,940
One of the ways we've made
this very, very, very safe,

442
00:21:20,942 --> 00:21:23,708
is we replaced the main
line with a rubber band.

443
00:21:23,710 --> 00:21:25,811
And turn.

444
00:21:25,813 --> 00:21:28,116
The crossbow, in particular,

445
00:21:28,118 --> 00:21:30,518
you can't shoot a live arrow on camera.

446
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,687
So what you have to do is,
you have to pull the bow,

447
00:21:34,689 --> 00:21:38,222
show it, go out of frame, load it,

448
00:21:38,224 --> 00:21:39,924
bring it back up when you got it loaded,

449
00:21:39,926 --> 00:21:41,961
and then it's a... it's
a dry fire from there,

450
00:21:41,963 --> 00:21:43,564
and a digital arrow will go through.

451
00:21:43,566 --> 00:21:46,132
So, if I have to kill all of you,

452
00:21:46,134 --> 00:21:50,000
I have to pull one, show it,
put it in, dry fire that one,

453
00:21:50,002 --> 00:21:51,870
pull a knife, stab this one,

454
00:21:51,872 --> 00:21:53,474
go over here and pull
the arrow out of this one,

455
00:21:53,476 --> 00:21:56,240
stick another one with the
arrow, pull another one,

456
00:21:56,242 --> 00:21:58,972
show it... it's like
this crazy math problem.

457
00:22:00,540 --> 00:22:02,608
And, action.

458
00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:13,922
I love this job.

459
00:22:17,326 --> 00:22:19,125
I remember season three,

460
00:22:19,127 --> 00:22:21,628
Glen has that kill after
they do that phalanx,

461
00:22:21,630 --> 00:22:26,029
he swipes a walker's head
right across with a blade.

462
00:22:26,031 --> 00:22:28,863
They could have just
merely, you know, had me...

463
00:22:28,865 --> 00:22:31,267
His head fall off in
frame and then just fall,

464
00:22:31,269 --> 00:22:35,337
but they went as far as
to make the incision here,

465
00:22:35,339 --> 00:22:38,576
and then had the head spin and rotate off

466
00:22:38,578 --> 00:22:41,280
with blood spewing as it fell.

467
00:22:41,282 --> 00:22:42,681
I didn't do that.

468
00:22:42,683 --> 00:22:44,183
That was special effects.

469
00:22:44,185 --> 00:22:46,019
So, I mean, thank you, Victor,

470
00:22:46,021 --> 00:22:48,455
for making me look more competent

471
00:22:48,457 --> 00:22:51,626
than I even could possibly be.

472
00:22:53,665 --> 00:22:56,830
Today, we have Norman and Beth kind of

473
00:22:56,832 --> 00:22:58,830
walking up in front of the blue screen,

474
00:22:58,832 --> 00:23:02,800
and what you see out there
is gonna be the cemetery.

475
00:23:02,802 --> 00:23:05,670
This is where, um, Daryl and
Beth came up out of the woods,

476
00:23:05,672 --> 00:23:07,739
and kind of traversed, piggy-back style,

477
00:23:07,741 --> 00:23:09,606
all the way up to the funeral home.

478
00:23:09,608 --> 00:23:11,641
So the blue screen that you just saw,

479
00:23:11,643 --> 00:23:13,376
this is what's gonna be behind it.

480
00:23:13,378 --> 00:23:14,944
You know, we'll use, um,

481
00:23:14,946 --> 00:23:16,746
some matte painting and photographs

482
00:23:16,748 --> 00:23:18,916
to kind of blend in
and build an environment

483
00:23:18,918 --> 00:23:22,519
that'll basically make the, um,
funeral home and the cemetery

484
00:23:22,521 --> 00:23:25,357
feel like they're right next to each other.

485
00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,926
In the pilot, when Rick is
riding into Atlanta on a horse,

486
00:23:28,928 --> 00:23:31,595
that shot is completely
a visual effect shot.

487
00:23:31,597 --> 00:23:33,464
We shot him on a horse in an alleyway,

488
00:23:33,466 --> 00:23:35,096
in downtown Atlanta.

489
00:23:35,098 --> 00:23:36,799
And everything else, Victor put in.

490
00:23:36,801 --> 00:23:39,404
Some of the visual effects
everybody will recognize and know,

491
00:23:39,406 --> 00:23:41,539
"That's a cool visual effects shot" and,

492
00:23:41,541 --> 00:23:43,773
and there's a lot of shots in there that
are visual effects that you would never know.

493
00:23:43,775 --> 00:23:45,442
What we're looking at here

494
00:23:45,444 --> 00:23:47,312
is one of Michonne's decapitations.

495
00:23:47,314 --> 00:23:49,814
You know, this was a fun
one where Dylan, the artist,

496
00:23:49,816 --> 00:23:51,648
she's like, "Well, what if I made the head

497
00:23:51,650 --> 00:23:53,015
"Bounce off the top of the car?"

498
00:23:53,017 --> 00:23:54,348
And she showed it to me, and I was like,

499
00:23:54,350 --> 00:23:57,019
"That is awesome."

500
00:23:57,021 --> 00:23:59,322
Make the first one a little stronger move.

501
00:23:59,324 --> 00:24:01,059
- Okay?
- Yeah, okay.

502
00:24:01,061 --> 00:24:03,262
Um, here, she has the half sword,

503
00:24:03,264 --> 00:24:06,800
so we put a digital sword
on to replace the half sword.

504
00:24:06,802 --> 00:24:10,139
Um, we have a walker who,
obviously, had a full head,

505
00:24:10,141 --> 00:24:13,477
that, um, Dylan's painted out
the full top half of the head,

506
00:24:13,479 --> 00:24:16,280
and she's made a little 3D cap of the head

507
00:24:16,282 --> 00:24:18,416
that then goes flying and bouncing,

508
00:24:18,418 --> 00:24:20,581
and goes over the car.

509
00:24:29,490 --> 00:24:32,057
Most people are gonna be
looking at Michonne's face

510
00:24:32,059 --> 00:24:33,492
and not what her sword's doing.

511
00:24:33,494 --> 00:24:34,960
So, unfortunately,

512
00:24:34,962 --> 00:24:37,025
most of the audience is
maybe gonna perceive it,

513
00:24:37,027 --> 00:24:38,293
but not actually see it.

514
00:24:38,295 --> 00:24:39,961
But, you know, the guys who step through it

515
00:24:39,963 --> 00:24:41,495
catch that extra little bit of, "Ooh, whoa,

516
00:24:41,497 --> 00:24:42,996
"The head went flying that way."

517
00:24:42,998 --> 00:24:44,330
You know, so it's kind
of a fun, little thing.

518
00:24:44,332 --> 00:24:45,996
You know, a lot of what you see is

519
00:24:45,998 --> 00:24:48,830
a combination of Greg's team
and the visual effects team

520
00:24:48,832 --> 00:24:51,534
brainstorming together
and knowing the end goal,

521
00:24:51,536 --> 00:24:54,068
and everybody participating, and, you know,

522
00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:55,903
giving what their department can give best

523
00:24:55,905 --> 00:24:58,706
to give it a realistic look.

524
00:24:58,708 --> 00:25:00,739
Sometimes, I just really
wanna cut a head off.

525
00:25:00,741 --> 00:25:03,276
You know, sometimes, I
just really wanna do it.

526
00:25:04,778 --> 00:25:06,645
I can't cut heads off, literally.

527
00:25:06,647 --> 00:25:08,747
So, that's a bummer.

528
00:25:08,749 --> 00:25:10,650
And that's cut!

529
00:25:10,652 --> 00:25:12,586
Good work, guys.

530
00:25:29,686 --> 00:25:32,883
We're at a farm house and
we have some burning zombies

531
00:25:32,885 --> 00:25:35,084
that have previously been on fire,

532
00:25:35,086 --> 00:25:37,052
so they are smoldering.

533
00:25:40,823 --> 00:25:42,525
Darryl!

534
00:25:42,527 --> 00:25:44,762
Darryl, help!

535
00:25:46,566 --> 00:25:48,367
So we have four stunt guys.

536
00:25:48,369 --> 00:25:50,502
Then we have one of them
catches the little girl.

537
00:25:50,504 --> 00:25:52,771
The next one falls over the fence

538
00:25:52,773 --> 00:25:54,872
and gets caught up in the barbed wire.

539
00:25:57,608 --> 00:25:59,543
All walkers don't have
any human tendencies left,

540
00:25:59,545 --> 00:26:02,147
so they don't brace themselves.

541
00:26:02,149 --> 00:26:05,182
It makes all of the stunt work on our show

542
00:26:05,184 --> 00:26:06,983
a little bit unique

543
00:26:06,985 --> 00:26:08,951
because you have to find
a very, very tricky way

544
00:26:08,953 --> 00:26:12,550
to bury your falls and brace yourself.

545
00:26:12,552 --> 00:26:14,552
Both of us are just struggling, struggling,

546
00:26:14,554 --> 00:26:16,788
and then, eventually,.

547
00:26:16,790 --> 00:26:18,353
As a stunt coordinator,

548
00:26:18,355 --> 00:26:21,087
we are responsible for
hiring the stunt personnel,

549
00:26:21,089 --> 00:26:23,487
setting up the stunts that are scripted

550
00:26:23,489 --> 00:26:26,123
to make sure that they not only sell,

551
00:26:26,125 --> 00:26:27,758
but are as safe as possible.

552
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,596
Stunt work is stunt work, and
sometimes things do happen,

553
00:26:30,598 --> 00:26:33,231
but we try to make 'em as safe as possible.

554
00:26:33,233 --> 00:26:34,900
Yeah.

555
00:26:48,358 --> 00:26:50,991
What do you think?

556
00:26:50,993 --> 00:26:54,860
The range of stunts that
we do on "The Walking Dead"

557
00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:57,063
is a pretty wide swath.

558
00:26:57,065 --> 00:27:00,298
We'll do everything from
fire burns, to high falls,

559
00:27:00,300 --> 00:27:02,399
to cars crashing.

560
00:27:02,401 --> 00:27:04,201
Every single day I come
to work and I'm thinking,

561
00:27:04,203 --> 00:27:06,771
"Okay, we're gonna kill
a walker with a rock,

562
00:27:06,773 --> 00:27:09,705
"A bat, a sword, and two gunshots."

563
00:27:15,711 --> 00:27:17,544
Most of our actors do their own stunts

564
00:27:17,546 --> 00:27:20,280
because you see their faces,
and then you go with it.

565
00:27:20,282 --> 00:27:22,348
You go with their stories.

566
00:27:22,350 --> 00:27:23,682
That sequence,

567
00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:25,750
when Michonne's in that
field with all those zombies,

568
00:27:25,752 --> 00:27:27,415
was... was very special to me in many ways,

569
00:27:27,417 --> 00:27:29,786
because I wanted it to be something

570
00:27:29,788 --> 00:27:32,827
where you really see her
break through her own demons.

571
00:27:34,799 --> 00:27:36,566
Well, the stunts are really fun.

572
00:27:36,568 --> 00:27:39,101
I have generally done all my own stunts.

573
00:27:41,004 --> 00:27:43,075
Yeah, you're trying to get control of him.

574
00:27:45,414 --> 00:27:47,883
I still have the head of an 18-year-old,

575
00:27:47,885 --> 00:27:49,483
but the body of a 40-year-old now,

576
00:27:49,485 --> 00:27:50,851
and I'm starting to fall apart.

577
00:27:50,853 --> 00:27:52,551
I think I'm pretty coordinated, but then,

578
00:27:52,553 --> 00:27:53,952
me and Norman keep looking
at each other, going,

579
00:27:53,954 --> 00:27:55,388
"We're the oldest here, dude.

580
00:27:55,390 --> 00:27:57,023
"We're aching."

581
00:27:57,025 --> 00:28:00,394
One guy down, two... Three come in.

582
00:28:00,396 --> 00:28:04,399
There's a lot of... a
lot of kills right there.

583
00:28:04,401 --> 00:28:08,204
It's literally, like, stick this one,

584
00:28:08,206 --> 00:28:10,940
stick that one, eat this one.

585
00:28:10,942 --> 00:28:14,112
I mean, it... it was,
literally, just overflowing.

586
00:28:17,984 --> 00:28:20,518
That was an exhausting scene to shoot.

587
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,056
Now, Professor Walker's gonna come in,

588
00:28:23,058 --> 00:28:24,994
and you're gonna kill him.

589
00:28:38,217 --> 00:28:40,215
When you guys hear "Bang,"
you go down... clear?

590
00:28:40,217 --> 00:28:41,748
You should be right on 'em, right on 'em.

591
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:44,887
So, today, we have a... a
number of people firing weapons.

592
00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:46,823
We have three nine
millimeters and two shotguns.

593
00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:48,658
We have zombies that you
see right in the background,

594
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,326
coming out of the barn and coming at them,

595
00:28:50,328 --> 00:28:51,893
and they kind of set up a firing squad

596
00:28:51,895 --> 00:28:54,761
and execute the zombies as
they come out of the barn.

597
00:28:54,763 --> 00:28:56,930
I got Darryl, I got Darryl.

598
00:28:59,232 --> 00:29:01,833
Follow me!

599
00:29:01,835 --> 00:29:03,201
These are two glocks.

600
00:29:03,203 --> 00:29:05,102
This is Shane's glock...
This is a glock 17.

601
00:29:05,104 --> 00:29:07,736
This is T-Dog's glock... A glock 19.

602
00:29:07,738 --> 00:29:09,739
They both shoot nine millimeter rounds.

603
00:29:09,741 --> 00:29:12,108
Uh, kill a lot of zombies today with these.

604
00:29:12,110 --> 00:29:13,910
Boom.

605
00:29:13,912 --> 00:29:15,413
There you go... That's it.

606
00:29:15,415 --> 00:29:17,718
Zombies... Big gun.

607
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,755
You gotta take a zombie
out with a lot of power.

608
00:29:19,757 --> 00:29:21,624
Focus.

609
00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:23,794
Yeah, that's right on it.

610
00:29:23,796 --> 00:29:25,964
Forward, you guys... Keep coming forward.

611
00:29:25,966 --> 00:29:31,538
Today, we shot lots and
lots and lots of zombies.

612
00:29:42,150 --> 00:29:45,182
A lot of what Greg's team and
the visual effects team does,

613
00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:47,554
it's very hand-in-hand.

614
00:29:47,556 --> 00:29:51,292
Every walker that they build,
we usually end up killing.

615
00:29:51,294 --> 00:29:53,462
What we're doing today

616
00:29:53,464 --> 00:29:56,566
is taking the arms off of
one of our... our zombies,

617
00:29:56,568 --> 00:29:59,033
and then crushing its teeth on a rock,

618
00:29:59,035 --> 00:30:01,502
so that now it becomes incapacitated,

619
00:30:01,504 --> 00:30:05,341
but we still can use it
as a... as a diversion.

620
00:30:10,252 --> 00:30:12,956
In terms of timing, Russell,
the stunt coordinator, and I,

621
00:30:12,958 --> 00:30:15,760
before the scene, will try
to figure out the best action

622
00:30:15,762 --> 00:30:19,566
and the timings that are all right.

623
00:30:19,568 --> 00:30:22,071
It wasn't even the arm
chop... It was the teeth.

624
00:30:22,073 --> 00:30:24,674
Putting the walker's head on the rock

625
00:30:24,676 --> 00:30:28,279
and cracking it to knock its teeth out.

626
00:30:28,281 --> 00:30:30,146
It's the only scene in
"Walking Dead" history

627
00:30:30,148 --> 00:30:31,581
I had to walk away from
and I couldn't watch film.

628
00:30:31,583 --> 00:30:33,116
It just... ugh.

629
00:30:33,118 --> 00:30:34,685
Just don't move the head at all.

630
00:30:34,687 --> 00:30:35,818
I'm not doing it.

631
00:30:35,820 --> 00:30:37,420
No, it was awful.

632
00:30:37,422 --> 00:30:38,822
It was... and, I mean, like,
the rock, it's styrofoam.

633
00:30:38,824 --> 00:30:40,559
Like, there was nothing real.

634
00:30:40,561 --> 00:30:43,291
I should have been able to completely go,

635
00:30:43,293 --> 00:30:44,826
"Okay, this is like everything.

636
00:30:44,828 --> 00:30:46,227
"We're not really hurting it."

637
00:30:46,229 --> 00:30:47,530
It... it didn't even have the sound in yet.

638
00:30:47,532 --> 00:30:49,267
It was horrible.

639
00:30:49,269 --> 00:30:51,468
Awful.

640
00:31:16,130 --> 00:31:17,075
Rolling!

641
00:31:18,048 --> 00:31:19,678
When anybody on the show dies,

642
00:31:19,679 --> 00:31:21,344
any actors die on the show,

643
00:31:21,419 --> 00:31:23,486
or come back as zombies, or whatever,

644
00:31:23,488 --> 00:31:26,421
you... you wanna give them
the best send off possible,

645
00:31:26,423 --> 00:31:28,390
because they are your
brothers in real life.

646
00:31:28,392 --> 00:31:29,757
I'd like to just say, on a personal note,

647
00:31:29,759 --> 00:31:31,859
I had the very fine pleasure of working

648
00:31:31,861 --> 00:31:33,929
with Scott Wilson, many years ago,

649
00:31:33,931 --> 00:31:36,829
on a beautiful film about
the South called "June Bug."

650
00:31:36,831 --> 00:31:39,399
And I'm, uh...

651
00:31:39,401 --> 00:31:41,801
Very proud to be here with him again,

652
00:31:41,803 --> 00:31:44,467
working on a similarly beautiful
project about the South.

653
00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:50,971
Um, I... I'm gonna cry.

654
00:31:50,973 --> 00:31:53,476
Um, I'm gonna really miss Scott

655
00:31:53,478 --> 00:31:57,049
'cause he's so much a part of our family,

656
00:31:57,051 --> 00:31:59,286
and it seems like our little green family

657
00:31:59,288 --> 00:32:02,225
just keeps getting smaller and smaller.

658
00:32:02,227 --> 00:32:03,794
When a character, one
of our main characters,

659
00:32:03,796 --> 00:32:06,095
gets killed off, the cast and
the producers all get together

660
00:32:06,097 --> 00:32:08,330
and have a dinner to kind of
send them off on their way.

661
00:32:14,068 --> 00:32:16,370
Teddy, Teddy, Teddy!

662
00:32:16,372 --> 00:32:17,839
We brought this from comic con.

663
00:32:17,841 --> 00:32:19,977
This has been signed by almost
every member of the crew.

664
00:32:19,979 --> 00:32:22,846
Oh, wow!

665
00:32:25,550 --> 00:32:28,750
That is a wrap on T-Dog!

666
00:32:35,793 --> 00:32:37,725
I can't even talk about it.

667
00:32:37,727 --> 00:32:41,293
I can't even talk about
it without losing it.

668
00:32:41,295 --> 00:32:43,463
I'm sorry.

669
00:32:45,496 --> 00:32:47,330
Here we go.

670
00:32:47,332 --> 00:32:50,165
I remember when we had the death of Shane.

671
00:32:50,167 --> 00:32:52,768
That was hard, saying goodbye to jon,

672
00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:56,173
because jon was my
brother, and is my brother.

673
00:32:56,175 --> 00:32:58,140
It's the only bad thing about the show,

674
00:32:58,142 --> 00:33:01,311
that you get to forge these
incredible relationships

675
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:05,551
with these amazing actors, and invariably,

676
00:33:05,553 --> 00:33:07,820
I have to kill them or stab them.

677
00:33:07,822 --> 00:33:10,557
When Norman has to kill zombie merle,

678
00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:12,059
yeah, that was tough.

679
00:33:12,061 --> 00:33:13,927
Still gives me chills.

680
00:33:13,929 --> 00:33:17,567
Yeah, when I saw Rooker,
Merle, as the walker,

681
00:33:17,569 --> 00:33:19,469
I instantly just crushed.

682
00:33:19,471 --> 00:33:21,907
Wasn't just like a sadness.

683
00:33:21,909 --> 00:33:24,877
It was a sadness that turned into a rage,

684
00:33:24,879 --> 00:33:27,516
and it wasn't a, you know,
stabbing him in the face

685
00:33:27,518 --> 00:33:28,816
over and over again.

686
00:33:28,818 --> 00:33:30,150
It's not that I hate him,

687
00:33:30,152 --> 00:33:31,884
and it's not that I want to kill him.

688
00:33:31,886 --> 00:33:33,285
It... it's like I'm mad at the world,

689
00:33:33,287 --> 00:33:35,321
and these are the card...
cards I've been dealt,

690
00:33:35,323 --> 00:33:37,255
and it's just not fair, you know.

691
00:33:37,257 --> 00:33:39,459
I mean, I think those were real tears

692
00:33:39,461 --> 00:33:41,195
Norman was... was shedding.

693
00:33:41,197 --> 00:33:43,065
Not just Daryl tears.

694
00:33:43,067 --> 00:33:45,602
How do you feel about Michael Rooker?

695
00:33:45,604 --> 00:33:48,306
I feel he's an awesome man.

696
00:33:48,308 --> 00:33:51,444
It was a drag, you know?

697
00:33:51,446 --> 00:33:53,046
I don't know... It's just like real life.

698
00:33:53,048 --> 00:33:54,482
You think you have more time with people.

699
00:33:54,484 --> 00:33:56,119
You know what I mean?

700
00:33:58,055 --> 00:34:01,091
Great... let's get, um...

701
00:34:01,093 --> 00:34:03,026
Let's get um, uh...

702
00:34:03,028 --> 00:34:04,859
I just wanna rehearse all this stuff,

703
00:34:04,861 --> 00:34:06,696
so let's get Maggie here. Yep.

704
00:34:06,698 --> 00:34:08,165
When they kill you on this show, man,

705
00:34:08,167 --> 00:34:09,868
they kill you good.

706
00:34:09,870 --> 00:34:12,069
They kill you good,.

707
00:34:12,071 --> 00:34:14,502
You're gonna cut her open,
and you're gonna, like,

708
00:34:14,504 --> 00:34:15,936
"Okay, I need help.

709
00:34:15,938 --> 00:34:17,771
"I need to do this,
and this is in the way."

710
00:34:17,773 --> 00:34:19,406
It's... it's overwhelming, honestly.

711
00:34:19,408 --> 00:34:22,275
It... it's mind-blowing,
it's... it's disgusting,

712
00:34:22,277 --> 00:34:26,214
it's heartbreaking, um,
seeing the way she goes.

713
00:34:26,216 --> 00:34:28,948
The situation that she's in.

714
00:34:31,618 --> 00:34:34,719
Don't show that... Don't show that.

715
00:34:36,287 --> 00:34:38,556
That we can do.

716
00:34:40,126 --> 00:34:41,993
You leave with as much gratitude and grace

717
00:34:41,995 --> 00:34:43,828
as you can possibly muster,

718
00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:47,234
but I don't know anyone
who's walked off this show,

719
00:34:47,236 --> 00:34:50,001
who hasn't just kind of
spent a few days going...

720
00:34:50,003 --> 00:34:52,439
That's gonna hurt.

721
00:34:52,441 --> 00:34:54,275
That's gonna hurt.

722
00:34:58,778 --> 00:35:03,282
But the flip side of that is that...

723
00:35:03,284 --> 00:35:05,618
Is that I had it, you know?

724
00:35:05,620 --> 00:35:08,256
I get to say I was here, and I did this,

725
00:35:08,258 --> 00:35:12,161
and, uh, and I think we
did the hell out of it.

726
00:35:17,338 --> 00:35:19,876
This is my home.

727
00:35:19,878 --> 00:35:23,714
And we built it into a home,
and you don't usually do that.

728
00:35:23,716 --> 00:35:26,116
Usually, you build a job.

729
00:35:26,118 --> 00:35:28,757
You could work 40 years in this business

730
00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:30,595
and not have this experience.

731
00:35:30,597 --> 00:35:34,635
To take these kind of risks
with these kind of warriors,

732
00:35:34,637 --> 00:35:36,035
it's amazing.

733
00:35:36,037 --> 00:35:37,602
When one of our regular actors leaves,

734
00:35:37,604 --> 00:35:38,937
the rest of the cast,

735
00:35:38,939 --> 00:35:40,538
even if they're not in their last scene,

736
00:35:40,540 --> 00:35:43,040
will come and watch the
filming of the scene.

737
00:35:43,042 --> 00:35:46,874
The character, Dale, Jeffery Demunn,

738
00:35:46,876 --> 00:35:50,509
flew in from upstate New York.

739
00:35:50,511 --> 00:35:52,576
He was already off the show.

740
00:35:52,578 --> 00:35:56,281
He flew back to be there for Jon Bernthal.

741
00:35:56,283 --> 00:35:59,117
That's the kind of strength
of comradery and loyalty

742
00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:00,816
that he showed,

743
00:36:00,818 --> 00:36:03,618
and the rest of the cast have
shown on this amazing show.

744
00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:07,157
I've simply never seen that,
in my 35 years in the business.

745
00:36:07,159 --> 00:36:09,824
Without further ado, picture's up.

746
00:36:09,826 --> 00:36:11,660
- Picture's up!
- Picture's up!

747
00:36:11,662 --> 00:36:13,461
Picture's up, picture's up.

748
00:36:13,463 --> 00:36:15,028
All right, here we go... Clear now.

749
00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:19,330
But, man... The ride of a lifetime,

750
00:36:19,332 --> 00:36:21,630
and I'm real grateful.

751
00:36:21,632 --> 00:36:24,301
- Checking the gate.
- Seriously?

752
00:36:24,303 --> 00:36:26,270
You rock.

753
00:36:26,272 --> 00:36:28,405
Anyone have a kleenex?

754
00:36:46,892 --> 00:36:49,060
If they kill me on the
show, I'll probably, like,

755
00:36:49,062 --> 00:36:51,395
set my trailer on fire.

756
00:36:51,397 --> 00:36:53,194
They'll probably have to
call in a bunch of cops

757
00:36:53,196 --> 00:36:56,194
to escort me off the property,
'cause I'll be so pissed.

758
00:37:13,164 --> 00:37:15,394
"The Walking Dead" is the best show.

759
00:37:15,396 --> 00:37:17,128
We've watched the show
ever since it started,

760
00:37:17,130 --> 00:37:18,728
and we've just been in love with it.

761
00:37:18,730 --> 00:37:20,362
We love "The Walking Dead!"

762
00:37:20,364 --> 00:37:24,768
We certainly hoped that
we'd have avid fans,

763
00:37:24,770 --> 00:37:28,236
but I have never experienced
anything like this.

764
00:37:28,238 --> 00:37:30,777
My favorite character is...

765
00:37:30,779 --> 00:37:32,981
- Daryl Dixon.
- Norman Reedus.

766
00:37:34,852 --> 00:37:37,356
My favorite character of "The
Walking Dead" is Michonne,

767
00:37:37,358 --> 00:37:41,428
because I love how she's like a samurai.

768
00:37:41,430 --> 00:37:43,465
She carries a sword around with her,

769
00:37:43,467 --> 00:37:46,565
and she knows how to chop and slice.

770
00:37:46,567 --> 00:37:49,531
And, you know, I even got my hair like her.

771
00:37:49,533 --> 00:37:51,266
We always have fans outside of basecamp,

772
00:37:51,268 --> 00:37:53,233
and our cast will go out there after wrap

773
00:37:53,235 --> 00:37:54,931
and sign autographs for an hour.

774
00:37:54,933 --> 00:37:58,300
One, two, three.

775
00:37:58,302 --> 00:38:00,301
To make something that
we're extremely proud of,

776
00:38:00,303 --> 00:38:02,771
and then to see the fans
get excited about it,

777
00:38:02,773 --> 00:38:04,809
and just to... to want more,

778
00:38:04,811 --> 00:38:06,911
and they're just, like, crazy about it.

779
00:38:06,913 --> 00:38:09,412
Like, that right there
is just what's incredible.

780
00:38:09,414 --> 00:38:10,915
You know, when we work really hard,

781
00:38:10,917 --> 00:38:12,619
and we go out there and we see that,

782
00:38:12,621 --> 00:38:14,589
it just fuels us to keep doing this better.

783
00:38:14,591 --> 00:38:16,555
That's what you want out of a job,

784
00:38:16,557 --> 00:38:18,960
is... is to create something
that you're extremely proud of.

785
00:38:23,566 --> 00:38:25,267
All right, guys... Guys, let's go.

786
00:38:25,269 --> 00:38:26,768
I've been lucky in my career

787
00:38:26,770 --> 00:38:28,736
that I've... I've been in
some movies that have been big,

788
00:38:28,738 --> 00:38:31,371
and TV shows that have been great,

789
00:38:31,373 --> 00:38:33,439
and theater that's been big hits,

790
00:38:33,441 --> 00:38:35,274
but there's nothing that's come

791
00:38:35,276 --> 00:38:37,243
anywhere near close to this.

792
00:38:37,245 --> 00:38:39,747
It feels like we have just a
responsibility to this fan-base

793
00:38:39,749 --> 00:38:42,015
to tell the best story we can.

794
00:38:42,017 --> 00:38:44,483
It's true, I've been an
actor for over 50 years.

795
00:38:44,485 --> 00:38:47,287
Now I'm Hershel.

796
00:38:47,289 --> 00:38:51,519
So it's... Thank you for doing that.

797
00:38:51,521 --> 00:38:55,220
This leg will be here.

798
00:38:55,222 --> 00:38:57,222
- With the shoe on, of course.
- No, this is all...

799
00:38:57,224 --> 00:38:58,724
and Rick will be on this edge.

800
00:38:58,726 --> 00:39:02,194
When it's 14 hours of shooting,

801
00:39:02,196 --> 00:39:06,568
and everyone is tired and struggling,

802
00:39:06,570 --> 00:39:10,239
it's the passion of the
fans that keeps us going,

803
00:39:10,241 --> 00:39:12,940
because we want it to be perfect for them.

804
00:39:12,942 --> 00:39:15,310
We never wanna let them down,

805
00:39:15,312 --> 00:39:19,816
and it really is all for them.

806
00:39:34,464 --> 00:39:37,864
Yeah, I think so.

807
00:39:37,866 --> 00:39:41,464
One of the things that we
all feel on "The Walking Dead"

808
00:39:41,466 --> 00:39:43,367
is that we're part of a big family,

809
00:39:43,369 --> 00:39:46,336
and on Twitter, we call
it "The TWD Family."

810
00:39:46,338 --> 00:39:47,802
"The Walking Dead family" is a real thing.

811
00:39:47,804 --> 00:39:49,904
It's not just a hashtag... It's amazing.

812
00:39:49,906 --> 00:39:52,372
We love each other, and
we love this crazy show.

813
00:39:52,374 --> 00:39:54,505
Everyone there is really awesome and funny,

814
00:39:54,507 --> 00:39:56,572
and they're just really amazing.

815
00:39:56,574 --> 00:39:59,509
It's not all everyone's
working, working, working.

816
00:39:59,511 --> 00:40:02,014
It's every awesome thing you could imagine.

817
00:40:03,952 --> 00:40:06,052
You get that one?

818
00:40:07,256 --> 00:40:08,591
We're all friends here,

819
00:40:08,593 --> 00:40:10,928
and there's not a weak
link in our chain anywhere.

820
00:40:10,930 --> 00:40:13,429
And everybody really does their best,

821
00:40:13,431 --> 00:40:14,831
and we're all buddies,

822
00:40:14,833 --> 00:40:16,134
and we give each other a lot of crap.

823
00:40:16,136 --> 00:40:17,599
We wrote a little song.

824
00:40:17,601 --> 00:40:20,070
- You wanna hear our song?
- Let me hear that song again.

825
00:40:20,072 --> 00:40:23,773
Carol is Daryl and Daryl is feral

826
00:40:23,775 --> 00:40:27,244
a match made in hell

827
00:40:27,246 --> 00:40:28,914
okay, and then, the scene after that,

828
00:40:28,916 --> 00:40:31,219
- you get shot in the head.
- I shoot myself.

829
00:40:31,221 --> 00:40:33,321
I've never worked on something

830
00:40:33,323 --> 00:40:37,225
where this kind of feeling of family,

831
00:40:37,227 --> 00:40:38,927
that we're all in it together,

832
00:40:38,929 --> 00:40:40,697
that we have each other's back,

833
00:40:40,699 --> 00:40:42,533
to the level that we've achieved

834
00:40:42,535 --> 00:40:45,004
on "The Walking Dead."

835
00:40:48,811 --> 00:40:50,714
We come on the set

836
00:40:50,716 --> 00:40:52,650
and everybody gives everything they've got.

837
00:40:52,652 --> 00:40:56,222
You leave here really knowing
you've emptied yourself out.

838
00:40:56,224 --> 00:40:59,428
Every department's really
just top notch, you know,

839
00:40:59,430 --> 00:41:02,364
and it's kind of a dream job, and it's fun,

840
00:41:02,366 --> 00:41:04,599
and it's a lot work,
but you're part of this.

841
00:41:04,601 --> 00:41:06,336
This is an awesome show

842
00:41:06,338 --> 00:41:09,273
when you get to put awesome
parts together of a show,

843
00:41:09,275 --> 00:41:11,176
and it comes out perfect.

844
00:41:11,178 --> 00:41:12,545
I mean, what else could you ask for?

845
00:41:12,547 --> 00:41:15,114
It feels like the most collaborative

846
00:41:15,116 --> 00:41:17,819
work experience I've ever been involved in.

847
00:41:17,821 --> 00:41:20,360
I think everybody is at
the top of their game,

848
00:41:20,362 --> 00:41:24,197
and they're all very,
very mindful and respectful

849
00:41:24,199 --> 00:41:27,772
that each person contributes
to the success of this show.

850
00:41:27,774 --> 00:41:30,406
You can't create brilliance
or genius upon command,

851
00:41:30,408 --> 00:41:31,574
or at will.

852
00:41:31,576 --> 00:41:32,842
You... you can't do it.

853
00:41:32,844 --> 00:41:34,912
The one thing you can create

854
00:41:34,914 --> 00:41:38,116
is the atmosphere you think
it's most likely to occur in,

855
00:41:38,118 --> 00:41:40,853
and it takes a lot of filmmakers

856
00:41:40,855 --> 00:41:42,589
and a lot of really talented people

857
00:41:42,591 --> 00:41:46,160
to create that atmosphere,
and it... we found it here.

858
00:41:46,162 --> 00:41:48,164
This has been our job for five years,

859
00:41:48,166 --> 00:41:49,865
and our lives for five years.

860
00:41:49,867 --> 00:41:52,535
It's a gift, and we wanna
keep delivering that back

861
00:41:52,537 --> 00:41:54,404
to the people who watch.

862
00:41:54,406 --> 00:41:55,772
Do I love my job?

863
00:41:55,774 --> 00:41:57,574
Are you kidding me?

864
00:41:57,576 --> 00:41:59,877
This is the greatest gig on the planet.

865
00:41:59,879 --> 00:42:01,279
It's amazing.

866
00:42:01,281 --> 00:42:05,819
I feel very, very, very lucky.

867
00:42:05,821 --> 00:42:09,058
Don't kill me, please.

868
00:42:09,060 --> 00:42:11,325
Guys.

869
00:42:11,327 --> 00:42:13,961
Don't kill me.

870
00:42:13,963 --> 00:42:15,598
Cut it!

871
00:42:22,072 --> 00:42:24,372
This guy loses it, and the other guy...

872
00:42:29,245 --> 00:42:31,378
Photo bomb!

873
00:42:33,448 --> 00:42:35,815
This is not how zombies
are supposed to act.

874
00:42:35,817 --> 00:42:37,817
I was really intrigued by...

875
00:42:37,819 --> 00:42:39,284
should we stop for that?

876
00:42:39,286 --> 00:42:41,553
Can you hear that?

877
00:42:41,555 --> 00:42:44,056
I think it's my phone... I'm sorry.

878
00:42:46,716 --> 00:42:48,718
Mmm.

879
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,776
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