1 00:00:00,094 --> 00:00:02,766 I'm here today for zombie school. 2 00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:06,648 [bell ringing] 3 00:00:06,788 --> 00:00:10,953 It's like "American Idol," for zombies. 4 00:00:10,988 --> 00:00:14,622 I am here to be a zombie on "The Walking Dead." 5 00:00:14,656 --> 00:00:15,822 Bang! 6 00:00:19,224 --> 00:00:20,125 That was scary. 7 00:00:20,159 --> 00:00:21,657 You're-you're great in the front. 8 00:00:24,262 --> 00:00:26,862 We're going for a very specific aesthetic. 9 00:00:26,896 --> 00:00:29,427 You have a great, cool, sort of, creepy look. 10 00:00:29,462 --> 00:00:30,928 It just feels a little floaty. 11 00:00:30,962 --> 00:00:31,830 Okay. 12 00:00:31,864 --> 00:00:34,337 So maybe just take all that down. 13 00:00:34,371 --> 00:00:38,446 [Zombies snarling] 14 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:42,150 I'd love to see more... Yeah-yeah. 15 00:00:42,185 --> 00:00:44,284 Don't do that. 16 00:00:44,319 --> 00:00:45,788 If I say, "Action," and you do this, 17 00:00:45,822 --> 00:00:48,095 then, I'm gonna... It'll be like, "Fine. 18 00:00:48,130 --> 00:00:49,333 "I'm out." 19 00:00:49,885 --> 00:00:53,213 sync and corrections by dreaMaker7 www.addic7ed.com 20 00:01:04,394 --> 00:01:07,326 Welcome to our fifth year of zombie school. 21 00:01:07,361 --> 00:01:11,234 Uh, this-this all started, uh, during season one, 22 00:01:11,269 --> 00:01:13,603 when we really didn't have a TV show 23 00:01:13,637 --> 00:01:15,203 for people to reference. 24 00:01:18,408 --> 00:01:19,343 We started season one, 25 00:01:19,378 --> 00:01:21,114 the show clearly hadn't aired, yet. 26 00:01:21,148 --> 00:01:23,516 So people didn't know what our gauge was 27 00:01:23,551 --> 00:01:25,888 for what we wanted the zombies to look like 28 00:01:25,924 --> 00:01:27,860 and how we wanted them to perform. 29 00:01:32,366 --> 00:01:35,240 So we had made a little reel of clips from different movies, 30 00:01:35,275 --> 00:01:37,643 including, like, "Night of the living dead." 31 00:01:37,677 --> 00:01:39,144 There was a Spanish film called "Wreck." 32 00:01:39,178 --> 00:01:41,080 Even "Shaun of the Dead," we put in there. 33 00:01:41,115 --> 00:01:42,250 You know, we were sort of trying to illustrate 34 00:01:42,284 --> 00:01:44,689 that they're not fast-moving zombies. 35 00:01:44,723 --> 00:01:47,093 They're slow moving zombies, and we put a little, 36 00:01:47,128 --> 00:01:50,365 kind of, pamphlet together. Like, "Here's what we expect." 37 00:01:52,071 --> 00:01:53,307 Zombie school is imperative 38 00:01:53,341 --> 00:01:55,914 because it gives us a chance to see these people in person, 39 00:01:55,951 --> 00:01:57,918 before we've come and done all this work to them, 40 00:01:57,952 --> 00:02:00,153 and have them in the middle of the shot.. 41 00:02:00,187 --> 00:02:01,020 That's great. 42 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:02,021 It all starts in zombie school, 43 00:02:02,055 --> 00:02:03,256 and Greg checking them out 44 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:04,960 and making sure they know how to move, 45 00:02:04,994 --> 00:02:07,531 and can take direction, and have the right look. 46 00:02:07,565 --> 00:02:08,498 Kind of in there fast. 47 00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:10,633 The walkers are so critical to this show. 48 00:02:10,668 --> 00:02:11,767 They're extras, 49 00:02:11,802 --> 00:02:14,404 but they're kind of the stars of the show, as well. 50 00:02:14,438 --> 00:02:15,572 One of the most exciting things 51 00:02:15,607 --> 00:02:16,774 about "The Walking Dead" is, 52 00:02:16,808 --> 00:02:20,080 it really celebrates practical make-up effects. 53 00:02:22,118 --> 00:02:23,852 There's not a lot of digital zombies. 54 00:02:23,886 --> 00:02:25,354 Everything is practical. 55 00:02:25,389 --> 00:02:28,828 It's all done with prosthetics, foam latex, 56 00:02:28,862 --> 00:02:31,363 contact lenses, custom dentures. 57 00:02:31,397 --> 00:02:33,131 I mean, we really spend a lot of time 58 00:02:33,165 --> 00:02:38,639 to make sure that the look of the zombies is unique. 59 00:02:38,673 --> 00:02:40,374 Something a little different than you usually see 60 00:02:40,408 --> 00:02:41,942 on television. 61 00:02:41,977 --> 00:02:43,711 I mean, you watch anything else, 62 00:02:43,745 --> 00:02:45,716 any other zombie show, it has no comparison. 63 00:02:45,751 --> 00:02:48,152 We are doing... [Indistinct], 64 00:02:48,186 --> 00:02:49,820 that's certainly Greg Nicotero and his people, 65 00:02:49,855 --> 00:02:52,156 are doing an unbelievable job with the zombies. 66 00:02:52,191 --> 00:02:55,394 That work is fantastic. 67 00:03:00,468 --> 00:03:03,138 Three, two, one, boom! 68 00:03:03,173 --> 00:03:06,877 Bicycle girl was my first formal meeting of a zombie. 69 00:03:06,911 --> 00:03:10,847 I just remember being completely blown away 70 00:03:10,881 --> 00:03:12,748 by the quality of the make-up. 71 00:03:12,782 --> 00:03:14,181 And then, also, very disconcerted 72 00:03:14,216 --> 00:03:16,182 when we started having a conversation together 73 00:03:16,216 --> 00:03:17,450 in between takes. 74 00:03:17,484 --> 00:03:19,521 And they start talking to you, and they can't really see you 75 00:03:19,555 --> 00:03:21,457 'cause they wear these contacts that are, like, 76 00:03:21,491 --> 00:03:24,926 clouding over their eyes, and it's just very surreal. 77 00:03:26,596 --> 00:03:29,398 They're all trained so well in the way that they move, 78 00:03:29,433 --> 00:03:31,869 and, I mean, they're just craftsman. 79 00:03:31,904 --> 00:03:35,108 And, um, it was a joy to work with them. 80 00:03:37,645 --> 00:03:39,243 The characters are tremendously important, 81 00:03:39,277 --> 00:03:43,777 but equally important, in my eyes, are the walkers. 82 00:03:43,811 --> 00:03:45,447 It's one thing to get into make-up, 83 00:03:45,482 --> 00:03:48,450 but it's another thing to bring that make-up to life. 84 00:03:48,484 --> 00:03:52,588 There's a-a ferocity that-that we really wanna play. 85 00:03:52,622 --> 00:03:55,626 You know, if-if the zombies aren't scary, 86 00:03:55,661 --> 00:03:58,828 people who are watching the show aren't gonna buy into it. 87 00:03:58,862 --> 00:04:00,830 You-you don't want people laughing. 88 00:04:03,235 --> 00:04:05,203 You know, our group's been on the road for a long time. 89 00:04:05,237 --> 00:04:09,107 So, they've become more efficient killers. 90 00:04:09,142 --> 00:04:10,976 Boom, and then, he goes... 91 00:04:11,011 --> 00:04:14,048 So, the more efficient they are at killing, 92 00:04:14,082 --> 00:04:17,586 then the less frightening the walkers are, 93 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:20,191 because if you can easily dispatch them, 94 00:04:20,225 --> 00:04:21,760 then, they're less of a threat. 95 00:04:21,794 --> 00:04:24,863 So, we're introducing more elements 96 00:04:24,897 --> 00:04:29,205 that make the walkers more dangerous and more threatening. 97 00:04:33,510 --> 00:04:35,143 Blam! 98 00:04:35,178 --> 00:04:36,345 And then, you, blam! 99 00:04:36,379 --> 00:04:37,345 Shoot him, okay? 100 00:04:37,379 --> 00:04:38,378 You shoot him in the head. 101 00:04:38,413 --> 00:04:39,579 The walkers are what most people 102 00:04:39,614 --> 00:04:40,481 are watching the show for. 103 00:04:40,515 --> 00:04:41,682 I mean, the story is everything. 104 00:04:41,717 --> 00:04:43,485 I think the story is amazing and they keep it going. 105 00:04:43,519 --> 00:04:46,020 The writing on the show is fantastic. 106 00:04:46,055 --> 00:04:47,986 But people watch the show for zombies. 107 00:04:48,020 --> 00:04:49,820 I mean, there's no other show like this. 108 00:04:49,854 --> 00:04:53,594 The zombies are the best in the world. 109 00:04:53,628 --> 00:04:55,529 You forget that there's a person under there because, 110 00:04:55,563 --> 00:04:57,164 here at "The Walking Dead," 111 00:04:57,199 --> 00:05:00,699 it looks real in person. 112 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:02,867 Every now and then, I still get spooked by a walker. 113 00:05:02,901 --> 00:05:04,138 They're so well done. 114 00:05:04,172 --> 00:05:06,343 They're so amazingly realistic. 115 00:05:06,377 --> 00:05:08,077 Not that I know what a real zombie looks like, 116 00:05:08,112 --> 00:05:10,010 but I imagine that's what they look like. 117 00:05:13,616 --> 00:05:15,619 Sorry... We're doing a repair. 118 00:05:15,653 --> 00:05:17,588 Not just the make-up that makes a great zombie. 119 00:05:17,623 --> 00:05:20,156 It's the person inside who's giving that performance. 120 00:05:20,190 --> 00:05:23,827 So, Greg and zombie school are where it all begins. 121 00:05:23,861 --> 00:05:25,859 I've been doing make-up effects and creature effects 122 00:05:25,893 --> 00:05:26,993 for 30 years. 123 00:05:27,027 --> 00:05:29,230 My first job was a movie called "Day of the Dead," 124 00:05:29,264 --> 00:05:30,598 with George romero. 125 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,734 She's gonna stand here, 126 00:05:36,769 --> 00:05:39,237 and she's gonna look right into your eyes. 127 00:05:39,271 --> 00:05:40,605 And you'll be looking at her, 128 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:43,273 and then, she's gonna chop your head off. 129 00:05:43,307 --> 00:05:46,376 Greg Nicotero, uh, it really can't be over-stated, 130 00:05:46,411 --> 00:05:48,045 his importance to this show. 131 00:05:48,180 --> 00:05:50,482 He is a zombie encyclopedia all by himself. 132 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:52,184 He'll reference movies I've never heard of, 133 00:05:52,218 --> 00:05:53,318 ever, in my life. 134 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:57,019 No one has a filmmaking spirit like he does. 135 00:05:57,053 --> 00:05:58,254 Come on... Get in here. 136 00:05:58,289 --> 00:06:00,325 You have to stand here and talk to the-talk to the puppet 137 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,063 like it's me. 138 00:06:02,097 --> 00:06:04,030 The glorious, the beautiful, 139 00:06:04,065 --> 00:06:07,166 the deeply disturbed, Greg Nicotero. 140 00:06:07,201 --> 00:06:09,269 - And again. - Ugh! 141 00:06:09,304 --> 00:06:11,538 [Indistinct] 142 00:06:11,572 --> 00:06:13,441 He's so good at what he does and what his team does, 143 00:06:13,475 --> 00:06:17,677 is that you see the-the lost, dying, 144 00:06:17,711 --> 00:06:21,545 dead, sad person behind the monster, 145 00:06:21,580 --> 00:06:23,351 and that's-that's the creepiest part. 146 00:06:23,385 --> 00:06:25,652 Are they sticking in... What's the matter? 147 00:06:25,686 --> 00:06:28,454 He puts so much effort in training these guys, 148 00:06:28,488 --> 00:06:30,658 from day one and through zombie school. 149 00:06:30,692 --> 00:06:33,228 You know, from the beginning of their walks, 150 00:06:33,262 --> 00:06:35,562 and then shaping it, and then his enthusiasm. 151 00:06:35,596 --> 00:06:37,029 Let's do that one more time. 152 00:06:37,064 --> 00:06:39,631 Let's see a little more in your faces, in terms of, 153 00:06:39,666 --> 00:06:42,470 like, "Ooh, that's-there's some food over there." 154 00:06:42,504 --> 00:06:44,438 To go through that process and have him there, 155 00:06:44,472 --> 00:06:46,140 even now, into season five, 156 00:06:46,174 --> 00:06:49,210 still showing up and being part of that casting process, 157 00:06:49,245 --> 00:06:51,080 it just sets the tone across the board 158 00:06:51,114 --> 00:06:52,916 of-of what the show is gonna look like 159 00:06:52,950 --> 00:06:55,685 and how those walkers are gonna move and interact. 160 00:06:55,719 --> 00:06:58,190 Walkers, these shots are all about you... the POV 161 00:06:58,224 --> 00:07:00,058 We had never cast zombies before 162 00:07:00,092 --> 00:07:01,324 in any movie that I had done, 163 00:07:01,358 --> 00:07:03,493 aside from maybe a few hero zombies. 164 00:07:03,527 --> 00:07:05,396 Usually, it was like, the extras show up, 165 00:07:05,430 --> 00:07:06,697 and you just do make-up on 'em, 166 00:07:06,732 --> 00:07:08,667 and then you send 'em out to set. 167 00:07:08,701 --> 00:07:09,968 But "The Walking Dead" is very different 168 00:07:10,002 --> 00:07:12,368 because we're going for a very specific aesthetic, 169 00:07:12,402 --> 00:07:15,906 which is, you know, we want them to feel emaciated. 170 00:07:15,941 --> 00:07:17,441 We want it to feel like they're rotting. 171 00:07:17,475 --> 00:07:20,207 We want it to feel like they're walking skeletons. 172 00:07:20,241 --> 00:07:23,776 Action. 173 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:26,547 [Grunting] 174 00:07:26,582 --> 00:07:27,782 Pretty good. 175 00:07:27,816 --> 00:07:29,183 Pretty good. 176 00:07:29,217 --> 00:07:31,385 I'm here today for zombie school. 177 00:07:31,420 --> 00:07:35,120 They sent out a casting call for slim, moveable people, 178 00:07:35,154 --> 00:07:36,654 which I'm all about. 179 00:07:36,688 --> 00:07:38,923 It's not just sort of lumbering around a field. 180 00:07:38,957 --> 00:07:41,560 You guys will be interacting with the lead actors, 181 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:44,262 and if there's kills or something, you know, 182 00:07:44,296 --> 00:07:46,397 even in terms of, you know, if I'm here, 183 00:07:46,432 --> 00:07:48,867 and he's-he's a zombie and he's trying to bite me. 184 00:07:48,901 --> 00:07:51,938 So come like you're trying to... Trying to bite me. 185 00:07:51,973 --> 00:07:53,373 Even more. 186 00:07:53,408 --> 00:07:54,608 Yeah, see, that's good... That's good. 187 00:07:54,643 --> 00:07:55,710 As I'm going through this process, 188 00:07:55,744 --> 00:07:58,346 it's definitely clicking a little bit more. 189 00:07:58,381 --> 00:08:01,552 Um, I'm starting to form a walk that's kind of my walk, 190 00:08:01,586 --> 00:08:03,488 if that makes any sense. 191 00:08:03,522 --> 00:08:04,723 It's pretty cool. 192 00:08:04,757 --> 00:08:06,627 Those performances, like, that moment, 193 00:08:06,661 --> 00:08:08,129 that close-up that we would get of him, 194 00:08:08,164 --> 00:08:10,898 that's what is-adds the scare factor. 195 00:08:10,933 --> 00:08:12,333 We don't want people to go, 196 00:08:12,367 --> 00:08:13,501 "Oh, it's just a guy in make-up." 197 00:08:13,536 --> 00:08:14,938 We want people to think, "Man, those teeth, 198 00:08:14,972 --> 00:08:16,642 he's gonna-he's gonna bite him, 199 00:08:16,677 --> 00:08:18,078 "And then he's dead off the show." 200 00:08:18,112 --> 00:08:20,713 So, we always wanna keep that, sort of, 201 00:08:20,748 --> 00:08:22,584 level of excitement in there. 202 00:08:22,618 --> 00:08:24,856 So that was very good, by the way. 203 00:08:24,890 --> 00:08:26,726 I hope I'm gonna be called. 204 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:27,860 We'll see. 205 00:08:32,698 --> 00:08:35,303 We've had five seasons of being able to put 206 00:08:35,337 --> 00:08:39,574 the fantastic art that the people at the shop 207 00:08:39,609 --> 00:08:41,077 contribute to the show. 208 00:08:41,111 --> 00:08:43,946 Fantastic sculptures, paint jobs, fabrication. 209 00:08:43,981 --> 00:08:46,250 Just the outrageous ideas that we come up with. 210 00:08:46,284 --> 00:08:47,986 And we get to do it on a weekly basis. 211 00:08:48,021 --> 00:08:49,022 It's not like a movie, 212 00:08:49,056 --> 00:08:50,690 where you have two hours and the movie's over. 213 00:08:50,724 --> 00:08:54,827 We have an opportunity to continue to refine the process, 214 00:08:54,861 --> 00:08:57,765 and try to top ourselves every season. 215 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,167 And that's tremendously exciting, 216 00:08:59,202 --> 00:09:01,535 from-from the artistic standpoint. 217 00:09:01,569 --> 00:09:04,802 Ky covered bacon in his throat. 218 00:09:04,837 --> 00:09:06,140 What we've been able to accomplish 219 00:09:06,174 --> 00:09:07,809 on "The Walking Dead" is something where 220 00:09:07,843 --> 00:09:10,713 we've kind of redefined what zombies look like. 221 00:09:10,748 --> 00:09:14,350 We've been able to create our own, sort of, sub genre. 222 00:09:14,384 --> 00:09:16,853 Twenty years from now, when people think about zombies, 223 00:09:16,887 --> 00:09:18,621 they're gonna remember what the zombies on 224 00:09:18,655 --> 00:09:20,322 "The Walking Dead" looked like. 225 00:09:37,943 --> 00:09:40,980 The zombie experience begins when somebody 226 00:09:41,014 --> 00:09:43,314 just has that yearning to be a zombie. 227 00:09:43,348 --> 00:09:46,185 I'm still shocked by how many people want to be zombies. 228 00:09:46,219 --> 00:09:49,993 You're not too cool for zombie school. 229 00:09:50,028 --> 00:09:51,429 But the lucky few get to start 230 00:09:51,464 --> 00:09:52,763 at the beginning of the season 231 00:09:52,798 --> 00:09:55,334 when we do walker camp or zombie camp. 232 00:09:55,368 --> 00:09:56,835 It's like "American Idol," for zombies. 233 00:09:56,870 --> 00:09:59,306 You know, they're like, "This is my big moment, man." 234 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:00,640 Zombie school is an audition. 235 00:10:00,674 --> 00:10:02,475 Basically, we bring 'em in, in small groups, 236 00:10:02,542 --> 00:10:04,142 so Greg has a chance to work with 'em. 237 00:10:04,176 --> 00:10:05,976 The make-up is-is half the process, 238 00:10:06,511 --> 00:10:07,977 but the other half of the process 239 00:10:08,012 --> 00:10:10,046 is your guys' performance, you know? 240 00:10:10,081 --> 00:10:12,884 So, the purposes of today will be 241 00:10:12,918 --> 00:10:16,689 for me to get a chance to preview people's performances, 242 00:10:16,723 --> 00:10:18,723 so that we can fine tune them. 243 00:10:18,757 --> 00:10:22,194 And then, number two, preview how you guys look. 244 00:10:22,228 --> 00:10:23,828 We're always looking for the standout ones, 245 00:10:23,863 --> 00:10:27,094 you know, that we can re-recycle and reuse. 246 00:10:27,128 --> 00:10:28,463 I've been 17 different walkers 247 00:10:28,497 --> 00:10:30,366 and I've been killed seven times. 248 00:10:30,401 --> 00:10:31,835 I got shot in the face by Andrea, 249 00:10:31,869 --> 00:10:33,905 kicked in the chest by Michonne and head stomped. 250 00:10:33,939 --> 00:10:35,106 I was crawling up Glen's leg. 251 00:10:35,140 --> 00:10:36,040 I got shot in the face. 252 00:10:36,075 --> 00:10:37,242 Maggie shot me coming out of the bridge. 253 00:10:37,277 --> 00:10:39,347 Tyreese gave me the hammer, which was pretty special. 254 00:10:39,381 --> 00:10:41,684 I have not gotten the arrow yet. 255 00:10:41,718 --> 00:10:42,950 And, turn. 256 00:10:42,984 --> 00:10:44,853 But, uh, I'm hoping. 257 00:10:44,888 --> 00:10:47,861 Having the training at zombie school is-is a huge asset, 258 00:10:47,895 --> 00:10:49,530 because when we're out here and we're filming, 259 00:10:49,565 --> 00:10:51,668 we have a lot to do every single day. 260 00:10:51,702 --> 00:10:53,173 We shoot these episodes in eight days, 261 00:10:53,207 --> 00:10:54,774 which is kind of insane. 262 00:10:54,808 --> 00:10:56,741 So having the walkers, the extras come in, 263 00:10:56,775 --> 00:10:58,342 knowing kind of what's expected of them. 264 00:10:58,377 --> 00:11:00,479 It just helps smooth out the whole process, 265 00:11:00,513 --> 00:11:01,782 so that we're not spending a lot of time 266 00:11:01,816 --> 00:11:03,585 trying to get the perfect walker. 267 00:11:03,620 --> 00:11:06,418 You have a great, like, with the hair and the big eyes, 268 00:11:06,453 --> 00:11:08,987 like, there's a cool, sort of, creepy look. 269 00:11:09,022 --> 00:11:11,158 But you can't smile. 270 00:11:11,192 --> 00:11:12,661 'Cause if you smile, then you look pleasant. 271 00:11:12,695 --> 00:11:15,194 You don't look scary. [Indistinct]. 272 00:11:15,228 --> 00:11:16,662 Yeah, I don't need happy zombies. 273 00:11:16,697 --> 00:11:17,964 They're pissed 'cause they're dead. 274 00:11:17,999 --> 00:11:21,367 So... 275 00:11:21,401 --> 00:11:22,469 Zombie school doesn't necessarily 276 00:11:22,503 --> 00:11:24,572 just consist of the audition process. 277 00:11:24,607 --> 00:11:27,210 You know, they come in, they sign up with Patrick. 278 00:11:27,244 --> 00:11:30,442 We get submissions from, literally, all over the world. 279 00:11:30,476 --> 00:11:32,977 But we try to keep casting locally, just because, 280 00:11:33,011 --> 00:11:36,318 it's for no other reason than things change so last minute. 281 00:11:36,353 --> 00:11:38,787 We also get all their measurements done 282 00:11:38,821 --> 00:11:40,021 by the wardrobe department, 283 00:11:40,055 --> 00:11:42,622 so that when those people are chosen, 284 00:11:42,656 --> 00:11:44,156 wardrobe will be pre-made for them. 285 00:11:44,190 --> 00:11:46,758 - These will fit you. - We take photos of them, 286 00:11:46,792 --> 00:11:48,561 so that we can put together a booklet 287 00:11:48,595 --> 00:11:51,865 that has photo reference and my, sort of, score card, 288 00:11:51,899 --> 00:11:54,866 in terms of their look and their performance. 289 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:56,165 Pretty much everybody, you know, 290 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:57,366 once they've gotten the training, 291 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,400 they've got enough that they'll get in there somewhere, 292 00:11:59,434 --> 00:12:01,333 but some are, of course, better than others. 293 00:12:07,206 --> 00:12:08,608 Ready? 294 00:12:08,642 --> 00:12:09,808 Action. 295 00:12:09,843 --> 00:12:11,342 We have a zombie school 296 00:12:11,376 --> 00:12:13,211 because everybody's first tendency, 297 00:12:13,245 --> 00:12:14,680 when-when you're a zombie, 298 00:12:14,715 --> 00:12:16,550 is to throw your arms up in the air and walk 299 00:12:16,584 --> 00:12:20,686 like Frankenstein, and it's not what they want. 300 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,152 [Zombies growling] 301 00:12:28,656 --> 00:12:30,824 Frankenstein arms are usually bad. 302 00:12:30,858 --> 00:12:32,726 Last year, we actually had to go in and, like, 303 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,234 digitally erase one-one guy's arms because he was in... 304 00:12:36,268 --> 00:12:38,772 Like, in the middle of a shot, doing this. 305 00:12:38,807 --> 00:12:41,408 And Michonne was right next to him, and it was like, 306 00:12:41,443 --> 00:12:45,013 "God, that shot's great, except for that... oh!" 307 00:12:47,718 --> 00:12:49,654 The walk is tremendously, tremendously important. 308 00:12:49,688 --> 00:12:51,022 You know, if you're shooting a scene 309 00:12:51,057 --> 00:12:52,522 and you have a wide shot with 50 people, 310 00:12:52,556 --> 00:12:54,823 and one guy's walking a little too herky-jerky, 311 00:12:54,858 --> 00:12:57,262 your eye goes right to them... Right to them. 312 00:12:57,296 --> 00:12:58,364 It's, you know... 313 00:12:58,398 --> 00:13:00,633 Gayle and Denise often were at the monitor together 314 00:13:00,667 --> 00:13:03,070 and everybody's eye goes to that same person. 315 00:13:03,104 --> 00:13:05,709 They're like, "Oh, that guy's not walking quite right." 316 00:13:05,743 --> 00:13:06,877 Your eye kinda goes right to them, 317 00:13:06,911 --> 00:13:10,046 and then you have to walk up and go, 318 00:13:10,081 --> 00:13:11,848 "Take it down a little bit," and then I'll walk away. 319 00:13:11,883 --> 00:13:13,885 So, see, now, I put him on the spot, 320 00:13:13,919 --> 00:13:15,153 'cause he was already into it. 321 00:13:15,187 --> 00:13:17,922 So, he's gonna be the best zombie of the year, by the way. 322 00:13:17,957 --> 00:13:20,859 A walker that doesn't quite have the right walk jumps out. 323 00:13:20,893 --> 00:13:22,327 I mean, it's just-it's amazing. 324 00:13:22,362 --> 00:13:23,830 You don't want them to look all completely the same. 325 00:13:23,864 --> 00:13:25,733 We try really hard that they don't-they're not all 326 00:13:25,767 --> 00:13:27,133 moving the exactly the same way, 327 00:13:27,167 --> 00:13:29,634 but if something's off, it really jumps out. 328 00:13:29,668 --> 00:13:30,802 What you guys did was good. 329 00:13:30,836 --> 00:13:33,004 It-what happens sometimes is, 330 00:13:33,038 --> 00:13:36,173 that if you get into one particular posture 331 00:13:36,207 --> 00:13:37,574 and you hold that posture for a while, 332 00:13:37,608 --> 00:13:41,713 then it just-it looks a little unnatural. 333 00:13:41,748 --> 00:13:42,681 All right, you guys all look great. 334 00:13:42,715 --> 00:13:44,082 Okay, good. 335 00:13:44,117 --> 00:13:45,317 Don't do that. 336 00:13:45,352 --> 00:13:49,786 If you do that, I will feel like I've failed. 337 00:13:49,820 --> 00:13:51,487 If I say, "Action," and you do this, 338 00:13:51,522 --> 00:13:53,890 then I'm gonna-it'll be like, "Fine. 339 00:13:53,925 --> 00:13:55,059 "I'm out." 340 00:13:57,926 --> 00:14:00,093 One thing that I learned years ago, 341 00:14:00,127 --> 00:14:03,967 from George romero, was that you cannot, 342 00:14:04,002 --> 00:14:05,637 um, demonstrate, 343 00:14:05,671 --> 00:14:09,110 for a-a large group of people, a zombie walk. 344 00:14:09,145 --> 00:14:12,180 Because if you demonstrate that and then, you say, "Action," 345 00:14:12,214 --> 00:14:14,047 all 50 people or all 100 people are gonna do 346 00:14:14,081 --> 00:14:16,250 exactly what you showed them to do. 347 00:14:16,285 --> 00:14:19,854 [Zombies growling] 348 00:14:25,002 --> 00:14:26,939 You know, I didn't give them examples 349 00:14:27,007 --> 00:14:28,273 of what I wanted to see. 350 00:14:28,308 --> 00:14:30,209 I wanted them to show me what they can do, 351 00:14:30,243 --> 00:14:32,677 and what their perception of a good zombie 352 00:14:32,711 --> 00:14:35,648 performance would be, and then we went from there 353 00:14:35,682 --> 00:14:38,816 and, sort of, built on those performances. 354 00:14:38,851 --> 00:14:41,222 All right, uh, increase the speed a little bit, guys. 355 00:14:41,256 --> 00:14:42,522 A little more. 356 00:14:42,556 --> 00:14:47,158 I was expecting to walk in and do a few zombie walks 357 00:14:47,192 --> 00:14:50,624 in a line, um, but it ended up being a lot more than that. 358 00:14:50,658 --> 00:14:53,761 There's something that you did, that I love. 359 00:14:53,796 --> 00:14:56,398 There was-there was an interesting thing that she did, 360 00:14:56,433 --> 00:14:58,401 where the one shoulder was up, 361 00:14:58,436 --> 00:15:00,400 but her eyes were kind of locked. 362 00:15:00,434 --> 00:15:02,338 You mind doing it for... 363 00:15:02,372 --> 00:15:04,641 Sort of come towards me like you wanna bite me. 364 00:15:07,011 --> 00:15:09,314 And then, reach-reach-reach-reach out. 365 00:15:09,348 --> 00:15:12,383 Yeah, I mean, it-it's just... Thank you. 366 00:15:12,417 --> 00:15:13,618 I'm like, "Yeah, get out of here." 367 00:15:13,652 --> 00:15:15,451 We should do it that the next person that comes in the door, 368 00:15:15,486 --> 00:15:16,852 you guys should just attack 'em. 369 00:15:16,887 --> 00:15:20,123 Greg Nicotero totally knows exactly what he wants, 370 00:15:20,157 --> 00:15:21,857 and he gives us instruction, 371 00:15:21,892 --> 00:15:25,027 but he allowed us to put our own style on it. 372 00:15:25,062 --> 00:15:27,528 Like, do whatever you feel like as a zombie, 373 00:15:27,562 --> 00:15:28,896 and it'll be a lot more natural. 374 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:32,933 Great... good. 375 00:15:32,968 --> 00:15:34,399 Okay, cut. 376 00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:37,532 Uh, we have three levels of walkers on the show. 377 00:15:37,567 --> 00:15:39,670 We have background, which are just really in wardrobe, 378 00:15:39,704 --> 00:15:42,373 that don't have a lot of make-up on. 379 00:15:42,407 --> 00:15:44,542 When we're doing big scenes and we have 50 or 60 zombies, 380 00:15:44,577 --> 00:15:46,010 which do happen, and sometimes, 381 00:15:46,044 --> 00:15:47,777 we've had up to 100 and 150 zombies, 382 00:15:47,811 --> 00:15:49,645 we have the deep backgrounds, and they're the ones 383 00:15:49,713 --> 00:15:51,314 who are far enough away from the camera that, 384 00:15:51,348 --> 00:15:52,850 quite often, they're just in wardrobe 385 00:15:52,884 --> 00:15:54,752 and necessarily don't have any make-up on at all, 386 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,422 or they'll have masks on. 387 00:15:57,456 --> 00:15:58,924 The second version of our walkers is 388 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,461 the assembly line, where we have five make-up artists, 389 00:16:01,496 --> 00:16:02,827 and each one has a different color, 390 00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:03,994 and you walk in and they go... 391 00:16:04,028 --> 00:16:07,362 And then you go to the next station and they go... 392 00:16:07,396 --> 00:16:09,367 You go to the next station... 393 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:11,969 You go to the last station and they douse blood on you, 394 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:13,636 and then, you go out and shoot. 395 00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:16,905 And then, the third version is our hero walkers. 396 00:16:16,940 --> 00:16:18,175 Hero zombies refer to people 397 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:19,710 who are gonna be featured on camera, 398 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:21,479 who we're gonna see a very featured kill. 399 00:16:21,514 --> 00:16:23,082 Direct interaction with our leads, 400 00:16:23,117 --> 00:16:24,852 usually a full body make-up, 401 00:16:24,886 --> 00:16:28,058 and something particularly extra juicy 402 00:16:28,092 --> 00:16:30,326 and gross going on with them. 403 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:31,795 That's like the v.I.P. Prize. 404 00:16:31,829 --> 00:16:34,296 You know, you get the full prosthetics, 405 00:16:34,330 --> 00:16:36,129 you get the contact lenses, you get the dentures. 406 00:16:36,163 --> 00:16:40,231 We even mix up this vanilla flavored, black mouth stain 407 00:16:40,265 --> 00:16:42,632 to stain your-your tongue black, 408 00:16:42,667 --> 00:16:44,433 'cause nothing looks weirder than, like, 409 00:16:44,467 --> 00:16:46,268 a rotted face with this big, pink tongue on it. 410 00:16:46,303 --> 00:16:49,003 It's sort of an all-encompassing process. 411 00:16:49,037 --> 00:16:51,807 Your hands get painted, we put goop in your hair. 412 00:16:51,841 --> 00:16:54,176 Sometimes we'll even put, like, a bald cap on you 413 00:16:54,211 --> 00:16:55,410 and give you a fake ear. 414 00:16:55,444 --> 00:16:56,944 I mean, it-it's pretty crazy. 415 00:16:56,978 --> 00:16:59,312 So, that whole process is anywhere 416 00:16:59,347 --> 00:17:00,813 from an hour and a half to two hours, 417 00:17:00,847 --> 00:17:02,413 sitting in the make-up chair. 418 00:17:02,448 --> 00:17:04,149 You'll become very friendly with our make-up effects guys, 419 00:17:04,184 --> 00:17:05,684 who are all great guys. 420 00:17:05,719 --> 00:17:07,053 We have a lot of episodes coming up 421 00:17:07,087 --> 00:17:08,855 and lots of opportunities. 422 00:17:08,889 --> 00:17:10,890 The first episode alone has a zillion zombies. 423 00:17:10,925 --> 00:17:12,491 So, we'll be fine. 424 00:17:12,525 --> 00:17:14,556 Hey, you were great in zombie school today. 425 00:17:14,591 --> 00:17:15,824 You did a really good job. 426 00:17:15,858 --> 00:17:18,894 So... okay. 427 00:17:18,929 --> 00:17:20,263 Anyway. 428 00:17:30,817 --> 00:17:33,506 You guys are doing a great job in here. 429 00:17:37,194 --> 00:17:38,561 Good foam. 430 00:17:40,095 --> 00:17:42,095 KNB is the funnest place in the world to go. 431 00:17:44,633 --> 00:17:46,600 Here we are at KNB EFX, in chatsworth. 432 00:17:46,634 --> 00:17:49,870 This is the brain center of the studio. 433 00:17:49,904 --> 00:17:51,908 This is where the entire process begins. 434 00:17:51,943 --> 00:17:54,546 Behind me, you'll see some of the best sculptors in the world, 435 00:17:54,580 --> 00:17:57,515 who create the zombie prosthetics from scratch. 436 00:17:59,549 --> 00:18:01,783 All right, now I'm doing a set of teeth. 437 00:18:01,818 --> 00:18:05,389 I'm actually using a casting of real teeth. 438 00:18:05,424 --> 00:18:07,826 I have a silicone mold here. 439 00:18:07,861 --> 00:18:09,695 For this, I'm using a wax to sculpt the teeth 440 00:18:09,729 --> 00:18:11,029 because it's a lot harder 441 00:18:11,063 --> 00:18:13,932 and can get more of, like, a carving. 442 00:18:13,966 --> 00:18:17,904 And this stuff is great 'cause you can melt it really well. 443 00:18:17,938 --> 00:18:20,641 So, uh, once I finish this sculpture, 444 00:18:20,675 --> 00:18:23,076 then I'll send it to the mold guys, 445 00:18:23,111 --> 00:18:27,713 and they will, basically, put a mold on top of it. 446 00:18:27,747 --> 00:18:31,685 We remove the mold from this, clear out the clay, 447 00:18:31,719 --> 00:18:33,821 put the two halves together, 448 00:18:33,856 --> 00:18:36,825 inject it with whatever we decide to use, 449 00:18:36,859 --> 00:18:39,931 uh, dental, acrylic, or latex, or whatever. 450 00:18:39,965 --> 00:18:42,331 And then, when you open it, 451 00:18:42,366 --> 00:18:46,471 you have a perfect shape that fits perfectly over their face. 452 00:18:47,371 --> 00:18:50,474 When they have something that they really like on their face, 453 00:18:50,508 --> 00:18:53,244 they just become, you know, what they need to be. 454 00:18:56,645 --> 00:18:59,578 Right now, I'm working on a, uh, female zombie appliance. 455 00:18:59,612 --> 00:19:00,978 I'm in the, uh, 456 00:19:01,013 --> 00:19:03,949 sort of the refining stage of all the forms. 457 00:19:03,984 --> 00:19:06,183 And after I refine all that, 458 00:19:06,217 --> 00:19:08,353 we'll throw in this little detail stuff, 459 00:19:08,387 --> 00:19:12,488 like the wrinkles and little bits of rot, here and there. 460 00:19:12,522 --> 00:19:14,323 And that will be the last stage. 461 00:19:14,357 --> 00:19:16,760 The finished detail stage. 462 00:19:16,794 --> 00:19:19,993 To start, we pretty much just start taking little bits of Clay 463 00:19:20,028 --> 00:19:23,795 and throwing them on the life casts, like that, 464 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:25,264 and smoothing 'em out, 465 00:19:25,298 --> 00:19:29,074 and starting to shape it with the, uh, skull underneath, 466 00:19:29,108 --> 00:19:30,840 and adding more bits of Clay to it 467 00:19:30,875 --> 00:19:33,577 to look like flesh over a skull. 468 00:19:33,612 --> 00:19:34,980 And that's pretty much how we usually start 469 00:19:35,014 --> 00:19:36,881 every-every skull. 470 00:19:36,915 --> 00:19:38,114 They want-they really wanna see, like, 471 00:19:38,149 --> 00:19:40,817 the bone showing through the skin. 472 00:19:43,555 --> 00:19:45,791 They can put this appliance on a ton of people 473 00:19:45,825 --> 00:19:48,963 and have it look different every time. 474 00:19:48,997 --> 00:19:51,096 Like, add little wounds to it. 475 00:19:51,130 --> 00:19:52,733 Take pieces away from it. 476 00:19:52,768 --> 00:19:54,603 Add rot to it, if they want. 477 00:19:54,637 --> 00:19:58,172 But this is pretty much a good base to work off of. 478 00:19:58,207 --> 00:20:00,944 From here, it goes to the mold making department. 479 00:20:00,978 --> 00:20:01,945 They make molds. 480 00:20:01,979 --> 00:20:03,179 Then it goes to the foam latex department, 481 00:20:03,214 --> 00:20:05,184 where they run foam into the molds 482 00:20:05,218 --> 00:20:07,218 and create the actual prosthetics 483 00:20:07,253 --> 00:20:10,455 that we glue onto the extras every single day. 484 00:20:14,363 --> 00:20:16,833 Basically, what Steve's doing over here is, 485 00:20:16,868 --> 00:20:18,003 this is a Hobart, 486 00:20:18,038 --> 00:20:21,444 and he's mixing the foam up in the Hobart right now. 487 00:20:21,478 --> 00:20:24,879 So he's got foam latex inside that bowl. 488 00:20:24,913 --> 00:20:27,381 From there, we'll take this bowl of foam 489 00:20:27,415 --> 00:20:31,418 and we'll put it inside of these giant tubes [Indistinct]. 490 00:20:31,453 --> 00:20:34,757 Now the key to it is trying to actually 491 00:20:34,792 --> 00:20:38,462 get it into the mold before it goes from liquid to solid. 492 00:20:54,183 --> 00:20:57,020 Because these are zombies, they have a, uh, 493 00:20:57,055 --> 00:20:59,321 they've got a lot of detail to 'em, 494 00:20:59,354 --> 00:21:01,554 so we really have to get in there 495 00:21:01,588 --> 00:21:03,722 and really brush 'em in real good. 496 00:21:08,131 --> 00:21:10,331 Make sure all the foam gets in all the pieces. 497 00:21:17,273 --> 00:21:21,943 Now, take the positive down inside of the negative. 498 00:21:24,344 --> 00:21:25,945 Press it down in there. 499 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,320 Put a strap on it to close it up nice and tight. 500 00:21:35,354 --> 00:21:39,027 This part is what gives it a nice cutting edge, 501 00:21:39,045 --> 00:21:41,515 so it blends off into the skin. 502 00:21:42,965 --> 00:21:45,264 From there, it basically goes into the oven. 503 00:21:45,298 --> 00:21:46,734 It bakes all night. 504 00:21:46,769 --> 00:21:49,538 And then, the next morning, you're popping pieces. 505 00:21:49,572 --> 00:21:51,307 So you're looking at a good day and... 506 00:21:51,341 --> 00:21:53,009 You know, day and a half. 507 00:21:53,044 --> 00:21:54,311 There you go. 508 00:21:59,016 --> 00:22:00,584 I have several of these on my desk 509 00:22:00,619 --> 00:22:02,119 that are in various stages. 510 00:22:02,153 --> 00:22:03,219 Some are finished, some are not. 511 00:22:03,254 --> 00:22:04,985 This is what it-what they look like 512 00:22:05,019 --> 00:22:06,318 when they come right to us. 513 00:22:06,353 --> 00:22:07,419 This is fresh. 514 00:22:07,454 --> 00:22:08,722 No color, no anything. 515 00:22:08,757 --> 00:22:11,793 This is just the natural color of the rubber. 516 00:22:13,795 --> 00:22:15,629 The one that's on this form, 517 00:22:15,664 --> 00:22:19,833 I have got, um, a light gray flesh base tone 518 00:22:19,867 --> 00:22:22,337 and a couple of just spattered colors. 519 00:22:22,371 --> 00:22:24,273 It's really, really... To look at it, 520 00:22:24,307 --> 00:22:27,678 it looks really haphazard and, sort of, slap and tickle. 521 00:22:27,712 --> 00:22:29,946 If you were looking at that right off, you were thinking, 522 00:22:29,980 --> 00:22:31,080 you know, where's that gonna go? 523 00:22:31,114 --> 00:22:33,318 It's not really-doesn't really look all that good, 524 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:34,819 but the finished product, 525 00:22:34,853 --> 00:22:37,620 once about eight or ten more layers are put on 526 00:22:37,654 --> 00:22:40,823 and they're all blended nicely, they come out looking more... 527 00:22:43,159 --> 00:22:46,731 A little closer to what the actual make-ups would be, 528 00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:48,299 minus the movement. 529 00:22:48,333 --> 00:22:50,102 Again, for background. 530 00:22:53,373 --> 00:22:54,339 Over the last five years, 531 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,541 we have, uh, stockpiled about 100 make-ups 532 00:22:57,576 --> 00:22:59,510 that we can pick and choose from 533 00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:01,112 through the course of the series. 534 00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:02,714 Some are just individual cheek pieces, 535 00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:05,383 some are chin pieces, some are full face pieces. 536 00:23:05,417 --> 00:23:07,483 So we have such a great variety that, 537 00:23:07,517 --> 00:23:10,253 when the extras and the stunt people show up on set, 538 00:23:10,287 --> 00:23:11,924 we can tailor each make-up 539 00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:14,924 to the proportions in the face of each extra. 540 00:23:14,958 --> 00:23:17,825 A lot of times, you see the same actors 541 00:23:17,859 --> 00:23:19,261 as different walkers. 542 00:23:19,295 --> 00:23:20,363 It's funny. 543 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:22,066 This one stunt zombie I worked with the other day, 544 00:23:22,101 --> 00:23:23,968 she looked very different 'cause she was 545 00:23:24,002 --> 00:23:25,969 a very different type of zombie than she had been. 546 00:23:26,003 --> 00:23:27,503 But I looked in her eyes and I said, 547 00:23:27,538 --> 00:23:28,438 "Have I killed you before?" 548 00:23:28,472 --> 00:23:29,607 She's like, "Yeah, season three. 549 00:23:29,641 --> 00:23:30,942 "You know, I was up against the pole. 550 00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:31,776 "You killed me with the rope." 551 00:23:31,810 --> 00:23:32,677 "Yeah." 552 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:33,679 You know, so, it's kind of fun. 553 00:23:33,713 --> 00:23:35,215 Beyond all the zombie stuff, 554 00:23:35,250 --> 00:23:37,655 I can still kind of see through the eyes that, 555 00:23:37,689 --> 00:23:39,023 I remember this kill. 556 00:23:51,565 --> 00:23:52,565 If you're a vegetarian, 557 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:54,166 then you probably will not wanna eat somebody, 558 00:23:54,201 --> 00:23:57,438 'cause we use barbecue for all the eating scenes. 559 00:23:57,472 --> 00:24:00,409 I mean, Greg Nicotero is a genius. 560 00:24:00,444 --> 00:24:03,148 And I'm never gonna eat spare ribs again. 561 00:24:03,182 --> 00:24:04,183 You know, today was interesting. 562 00:24:04,217 --> 00:24:07,523 I think we had 120-140 people. 563 00:24:07,557 --> 00:24:10,560 I'd say, this group was above average. 564 00:24:10,594 --> 00:24:13,832 There were a few that sort of popped. 565 00:24:13,866 --> 00:24:15,134 That was good... That was scary. 566 00:24:15,168 --> 00:24:17,203 You're-you're great in the front. 567 00:24:17,238 --> 00:24:18,405 I think, every season, 568 00:24:18,439 --> 00:24:22,374 we get 15 or 20 of those people that just are naturals, 569 00:24:22,408 --> 00:24:24,175 and they get it. 570 00:24:24,210 --> 00:24:26,046 The people that we're gonna want, 571 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,883 come in in a zombie mindset, 572 00:24:28,917 --> 00:24:31,717 and those are the ones that you want to see up close in camera. 573 00:24:31,751 --> 00:24:33,317 When we did "Land of the dead," 574 00:24:33,351 --> 00:24:34,583 we had... this was the funniest thing. 575 00:24:34,617 --> 00:24:36,884 So, we-we started naming the zombies. 576 00:24:36,919 --> 00:24:40,622 So, we had this guy... 577 00:24:40,656 --> 00:24:43,561 And he was the "Get the hell out of my yard" guy. 578 00:24:43,596 --> 00:24:46,430 We had the ice skating guy that was walking on ice. 579 00:24:46,464 --> 00:24:48,934 So, if we start naming your performance, 580 00:24:48,969 --> 00:24:50,299 then, you're doing the same thing over and over again. 581 00:24:50,333 --> 00:24:51,661 I might come over and go, "Okay. 582 00:24:51,696 --> 00:24:53,995 "You're the 'swimming the marathon' zombie, 583 00:24:54,030 --> 00:24:55,496 "'Cause you're doing this." 584 00:24:55,530 --> 00:24:58,329 Then, that will be your cue to not do that, anymore. 585 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:03,264 I'm here to be a zombie. 586 00:25:03,298 --> 00:25:05,766 Try out to be a zombie, at least. 587 00:25:05,801 --> 00:25:07,934 Well, what it takes to be a zombie, first of all, 588 00:25:07,968 --> 00:25:09,335 you have to be dead. 589 00:25:09,369 --> 00:25:11,269 You have to like human flesh. 590 00:25:11,304 --> 00:25:13,769 You have to walk like you're drunk. 591 00:25:13,803 --> 00:25:16,107 [Zombies growling] 592 00:25:16,141 --> 00:25:17,710 If you ever go to a bar at 2:00 in the morning 593 00:25:17,745 --> 00:25:19,312 and you see everybody walking out of the bar, 594 00:25:19,346 --> 00:25:23,053 that's really good reference for an initial zombie walk. 595 00:25:23,087 --> 00:25:24,621 What we try to do is simulate, sort of, 596 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:28,059 a disconnect between motor skills and awareness. 597 00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:31,528 Gotta be relaxed, and you have to be slow. 598 00:25:31,562 --> 00:25:33,599 Wewe don't really run. 599 00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:36,302 Anytime there is a zombie attack, 600 00:25:36,336 --> 00:25:38,638 they become excited in a way that 601 00:25:38,672 --> 00:25:41,676 they're maybe a little more energetic than normally. 602 00:25:41,711 --> 00:25:44,814 But, generally speaking, it's not "28 days later" 603 00:25:44,848 --> 00:25:46,652 or "The dawn of the dead" remake, 604 00:25:46,687 --> 00:25:50,090 where they're olympic sprinters running down the street. 605 00:25:50,124 --> 00:25:52,160 Just go out there and act like you got a craving 606 00:25:52,194 --> 00:25:54,828 for some bloody flesh and I think you'll be good to go. 607 00:25:58,763 --> 00:26:00,629 So, this season, you know, 608 00:26:00,664 --> 00:26:03,062 I-if there's ever an instance where zombies 609 00:26:03,096 --> 00:26:05,797 are close to our lead actors, 610 00:26:05,831 --> 00:26:09,431 instead of just kind of walking up and just standing there, 611 00:26:09,465 --> 00:26:12,535 you know, I really want them to get physical, 612 00:26:12,569 --> 00:26:15,775 in terms of trying to grab them, and snarling and hissing, 613 00:26:15,810 --> 00:26:17,609 and, like, open their mouths wide. 614 00:26:17,644 --> 00:26:21,576 I'd love to see a little more... 615 00:26:21,610 --> 00:26:24,010 Yeah-yeah, even opening your mouth. 616 00:26:24,045 --> 00:26:25,746 Yeah, I mean, you got a good-you got... 617 00:26:25,781 --> 00:26:27,148 You got a great look. 618 00:26:27,183 --> 00:26:28,618 My name is Ben Bladon. 619 00:26:28,652 --> 00:26:32,955 I am here to be a zombie on "The Walking Dead." 620 00:26:32,989 --> 00:26:34,655 Try out for it, at least. 621 00:26:34,690 --> 00:26:35,889 I wanna make sure that you're seeing, 622 00:26:35,924 --> 00:26:38,961 not even necessarily squinting, but, like... 623 00:26:38,995 --> 00:26:42,695 You know, you can get really-you can get really scary. 624 00:26:42,730 --> 00:26:44,496 I really like the show, "The Walking Dead," 625 00:26:44,530 --> 00:26:46,631 and when somebody pointed out that there was a post 626 00:26:46,666 --> 00:26:49,167 for extras, I said, "Why not?" 627 00:26:49,201 --> 00:26:52,038 You know, I signed up for it and here I am. 628 00:26:52,072 --> 00:26:53,674 Open your mouth. 629 00:26:58,446 --> 00:26:59,614 Great... good. 630 00:26:59,649 --> 00:27:00,882 Okay, cut... Thank you. 631 00:27:00,917 --> 00:27:01,949 The future star of "The Walking Dead," 632 00:27:01,983 --> 00:27:04,083 ladies and gentlemen. 633 00:27:04,118 --> 00:27:06,420 He will be killed 37 times this year. 634 00:27:06,454 --> 00:27:07,454 No. 635 00:27:07,488 --> 00:27:08,756 Uh, that was great, but t u see what I mean? 636 00:27:08,790 --> 00:27:10,593 I mean, it just adds... And all you guys, I mean, 637 00:27:10,627 --> 00:27:12,931 it adds that extra level of energy. 638 00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:16,837 The trick that we-that we strive for every year is, 639 00:27:16,871 --> 00:27:18,872 we don't... the zombies always have to feel threatening. 640 00:27:18,907 --> 00:27:20,541 It's one thing to go, "Oh, yeah. 641 00:27:20,575 --> 00:27:22,075 "They're just kind of slow moving in the field, 642 00:27:22,109 --> 00:27:23,876 "and I could just run through those." 643 00:27:23,911 --> 00:27:26,882 But then, the minute that they turn and they're there, 644 00:27:26,916 --> 00:27:28,714 it gets-it gets kind of frightening 645 00:27:28,748 --> 00:27:31,014 because you see that sort of snarling, 646 00:27:31,048 --> 00:27:32,481 horrible face coming at you. 647 00:27:32,515 --> 00:27:37,022 What would it be like for me to get-to be here on the set? 648 00:27:37,056 --> 00:27:39,258 I think it would be absolutely awesome. 649 00:27:39,293 --> 00:27:41,225 I think it would be one of the best experiences 650 00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:43,791 of my life, so far. 651 00:27:43,826 --> 00:27:46,695 Something we did this year, that we hadn't done before, um, 652 00:27:46,730 --> 00:27:50,699 was a little exercise I like to call "Kill the cameraman." 653 00:27:50,733 --> 00:27:52,268 Action! 654 00:27:52,293 --> 00:27:52,302 Welcome to our fifth year 655 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:52,302 of zombie school. 656 00:27:52,303 --> 00:27:53,503 Now, I like cameramen. 657 00:27:53,537 --> 00:27:55,471 I have lots of friends that are cameramen. 658 00:27:55,504 --> 00:27:57,671 But in this particular exercise, 659 00:27:57,705 --> 00:28:01,307 I thought it was a really good opportunity to get people, 660 00:28:01,341 --> 00:28:04,808 sort of, amped up into actually doing something, 661 00:28:04,843 --> 00:28:07,076 as opposed to just, sort of, walking around the room 662 00:28:07,110 --> 00:28:09,446 and exploring the space. 663 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,416 This really gave them something to do that, 664 00:28:11,450 --> 00:28:15,050 as a collective experience, when they all started, 665 00:28:15,084 --> 00:28:16,450 sort of, rushing after the camera 666 00:28:16,484 --> 00:28:17,951 and trying to get into the doorway 667 00:28:17,985 --> 00:28:19,754 and trying to force their way in, 668 00:28:19,788 --> 00:28:21,656 it sort of took it to another place. 669 00:28:21,690 --> 00:28:22,857 It's one thing to go, 670 00:28:22,891 --> 00:28:23,756 "Okay, well, I'm gonna go audition for "Walking Dead." 671 00:28:23,791 --> 00:28:25,223 But then, when they, sort of, 672 00:28:25,248 --> 00:28:25,257 Welcome to our fifth year 673 00:28:25,258 --> 00:28:25,257 of zombie school. 674 00:28:25,258 --> 00:28:27,158 were involved in this mass attack, 675 00:28:27,193 --> 00:28:28,928 and then we would say, "Cut," 676 00:28:28,962 --> 00:28:30,963 and they're like, "Oh, my God... We really are doing this. 677 00:28:30,998 --> 00:28:33,133 "It's kind of not just an exercise." 678 00:28:36,805 --> 00:28:37,804 Don't crush the... 679 00:28:49,884 --> 00:28:51,252 And, cut. 680 00:28:51,286 --> 00:28:53,585 [Collective chatter] 681 00:28:53,619 --> 00:28:56,521 Best one yet. 682 00:28:56,556 --> 00:28:57,922 That was the best one yet... good. 683 00:28:57,957 --> 00:28:59,289 You all right? 684 00:28:59,323 --> 00:29:01,793 I was afraid they were gonna-they were gonna separate, 685 00:29:01,827 --> 00:29:02,795 and you were just gonna be a bloody pulp 686 00:29:02,830 --> 00:29:05,399 that would just fall down. 687 00:29:05,434 --> 00:29:08,067 What's really important for me, as a director, 688 00:29:08,101 --> 00:29:12,072 is how well you take direction. 689 00:29:12,106 --> 00:29:15,706 [Zombies growling] 690 00:29:17,810 --> 00:29:19,779 Zombie school's been really, really helpful for me, 691 00:29:19,813 --> 00:29:21,814 to be able to go through and say, 692 00:29:21,848 --> 00:29:25,318 "These ten, these 12, these 14 people are fantastic. 693 00:29:25,352 --> 00:29:27,020 "They take direction well. 694 00:29:27,055 --> 00:29:28,388 "They look great, they walk great. 695 00:29:28,423 --> 00:29:29,422 "They move well. 696 00:29:29,457 --> 00:29:30,822 "They're kind of scary and creepy, 697 00:29:30,856 --> 00:29:33,892 "and they bring character to the zombies." 698 00:29:33,927 --> 00:29:35,895 So just ignore that I'm writing names down. 699 00:29:37,731 --> 00:29:38,965 Rehearsing. 700 00:29:38,999 --> 00:29:41,667 And, background. And, action. 701 00:29:43,969 --> 00:29:45,467 When you get here, you're thrown into the pit, 702 00:29:45,501 --> 00:29:46,600 so to speak. 703 00:29:46,635 --> 00:29:48,801 You get an education on, you know, walker etiquette 704 00:29:48,836 --> 00:29:50,336 and how we do things. 705 00:29:50,371 --> 00:29:51,505 And they have to be open-minded. 706 00:29:51,540 --> 00:29:55,244 They gotta hit the ground running. 707 00:29:55,278 --> 00:29:58,182 Uh, Claire, the first one was too fast. 708 00:29:58,217 --> 00:30:00,086 And I think they were all trying to match her speed. 709 00:30:00,121 --> 00:30:02,891 If we slow her up a little, then I think we're good. 710 00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:06,061 I-I feel even more direct responsibility 711 00:30:06,095 --> 00:30:07,395 to make sure that you guys are safe, 712 00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:08,530 that you're taken care of, 713 00:30:08,565 --> 00:30:11,200 that you have a good experience on set, 714 00:30:11,234 --> 00:30:14,568 because we have scenes where our lead characters 715 00:30:14,602 --> 00:30:15,937 comes up and swings a machete, 716 00:30:15,971 --> 00:30:19,507 and then five minutes later, you go, "Ugh," and fall over. 717 00:30:19,541 --> 00:30:21,109 The timing has to be right. 718 00:30:21,143 --> 00:30:23,948 So, um, one of these guys said, "Wow. 719 00:30:23,982 --> 00:30:25,449 "It's not as easy as it looks." 720 00:30:25,483 --> 00:30:26,615 It-it's actually not. 721 00:30:26,649 --> 00:30:28,617 I mean, you guys, there is acting involved with this, 722 00:30:28,652 --> 00:30:30,086 and there is taking direction, 723 00:30:30,121 --> 00:30:32,657 and there is a-a physicality to it. 724 00:30:32,692 --> 00:30:34,159 My right, which is your left. 725 00:30:34,193 --> 00:30:36,861 Take five steps to your left, please. 726 00:30:36,895 --> 00:30:39,830 It's important that everyone be on the same page, 727 00:30:39,864 --> 00:30:42,300 so that, when they arrive on set, 728 00:30:42,334 --> 00:30:45,504 and they come out after having had make-up and wardrobe, 729 00:30:45,539 --> 00:30:46,974 they're with the program. 730 00:30:47,008 --> 00:30:48,877 We don't have the time, once we're shooting, 731 00:30:48,911 --> 00:30:52,279 to give individual direction to people. 732 00:30:52,314 --> 00:30:54,482 Ready? 733 00:30:54,515 --> 00:30:55,915 [Bell ringing] 734 00:30:55,949 --> 00:30:57,482 I have faith in you guys. 735 00:31:07,390 --> 00:31:08,457 You know, it all starts with zombie school, 736 00:31:08,491 --> 00:31:10,327 and Greg checking them out and making sure they, 737 00:31:10,361 --> 00:31:12,332 you know, know how to move, and can take direction, 738 00:31:12,367 --> 00:31:13,300 and have the right look. 739 00:31:13,334 --> 00:31:14,768 But the walkers really go through 740 00:31:14,803 --> 00:31:16,771 almost every department on the show. 741 00:31:16,805 --> 00:31:18,006 I'll be with Eric today. 742 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,307 He's gonna be a featured hero walker, 743 00:31:20,342 --> 00:31:22,540 which means he gets the full make-up experience. 744 00:31:23,075 --> 00:31:24,740 Before Eric goes into make-up, 745 00:31:24,774 --> 00:31:27,198 we'll check him out and make sure his clothing fits... 746 00:31:27,709 --> 00:31:30,411 And he's dressed appropriate for what we're doing tonight. 747 00:31:30,445 --> 00:31:32,512 'Cause it's a night shoot, it should be a little lighter, 748 00:31:32,513 --> 00:31:34,077 so he stands out in the dark. 749 00:31:36,144 --> 00:31:37,743 I think what we picked out for Eric is pretty cool 750 00:31:37,777 --> 00:31:39,144 and it's gonna suit him well. 751 00:31:39,178 --> 00:31:42,580 [Zombies growling] 752 00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:46,619 Eulyn Womble, who is our costume designer, 753 00:31:46,654 --> 00:31:48,892 is a huge part of it, in-in what they're wearing, 754 00:31:48,926 --> 00:31:51,358 and she really thinks about, "Well, how did this person die, 755 00:31:51,392 --> 00:31:52,459 "And what have they been through?" 756 00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:54,227 And even though our zombies 757 00:31:54,262 --> 00:31:57,598 all kind of have a similar look and color palate, 758 00:31:57,632 --> 00:31:58,763 they're all unique, in their own way, 759 00:31:58,798 --> 00:32:00,196 from the make-up to the clothes. 760 00:32:02,998 --> 00:32:04,064 Well, it fits. 761 00:32:04,098 --> 00:32:05,531 It's a little short. 762 00:32:08,170 --> 00:32:10,471 I'm just gonna button them up just a little bit, 763 00:32:10,506 --> 00:32:13,306 'cause I like this shirt more than I do the one underneath. 764 00:32:13,340 --> 00:32:14,540 Derek, can you jump in and maybe do 765 00:32:14,574 --> 00:32:16,975 a little bit of shred on him before he goes into make-up? 766 00:32:17,010 --> 00:32:19,713 I wanna see the light coming out of the dark. 767 00:32:19,748 --> 00:32:22,316 Because it's nighttime and the shirt will be really dark, 768 00:32:22,350 --> 00:32:24,016 we bring a light shirt underneath. 769 00:32:24,051 --> 00:32:25,352 With the holes in this shirt, 770 00:32:25,386 --> 00:32:27,521 we'll see the light color coming through. 771 00:32:27,555 --> 00:32:29,220 The more shred there is, the more beautiful it is, 772 00:32:29,255 --> 00:32:32,055 really, at this point. 773 00:32:32,089 --> 00:32:33,290 It's, uh, pretty cool. 774 00:32:33,324 --> 00:32:35,894 I feel a lot more zombie-like. 775 00:32:35,929 --> 00:32:37,831 We're gonna take Eric to make-up now. 776 00:32:37,865 --> 00:32:39,100 This way. 777 00:32:46,744 --> 00:32:48,346 - You ready, Eric? - Yeah, I am. 778 00:32:48,381 --> 00:32:49,749 Let's get you into a walker. 779 00:32:49,784 --> 00:32:51,417 Okay. 780 00:32:51,451 --> 00:32:53,019 I have five core make-up artists 781 00:32:53,053 --> 00:32:55,891 that work on the show every day, 782 00:32:55,926 --> 00:32:58,328 and have worked on the show since season one. 783 00:32:58,362 --> 00:33:00,564 We generally spend about an hour and a half 784 00:33:00,598 --> 00:33:01,800 per hero make-up. 785 00:33:01,835 --> 00:33:05,336 We get to know our zombie extras pretty intimately. 786 00:33:05,371 --> 00:33:06,504 Just kinda ball cap him up. 787 00:33:06,538 --> 00:33:09,206 Sometimes, guys will come in, or girls, 788 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:10,573 and they've just had a haircut, 789 00:33:10,608 --> 00:33:12,640 or it looks-looks like they have nice hair. 790 00:33:12,674 --> 00:33:14,942 So we don't wanna have it look like these walkers 791 00:33:14,976 --> 00:33:18,346 have been visiting salons during the apocalypse. 792 00:33:19,816 --> 00:33:20,984 The beauty of this is, 793 00:33:21,018 --> 00:33:22,853 we can make you look very different every time. 794 00:33:22,888 --> 00:33:25,457 So, if you're up for it, and you're into it, 795 00:33:25,491 --> 00:33:29,789 and you had a blast doing it, I guarantee, you'll be used. 796 00:33:29,823 --> 00:33:31,191 Today, I'm becoming a walker. 797 00:33:31,226 --> 00:33:34,732 I'm going through all the stages of becoming dead. 798 00:33:34,766 --> 00:33:38,133 I'm gonna be doing a quick scene, getting killed. 799 00:33:38,168 --> 00:33:41,105 Now, I'm in make-up and I've got this thing on my neck. 800 00:33:41,140 --> 00:33:43,041 I'm starting to feel this whole walker experience 801 00:33:43,075 --> 00:33:44,808 kind of come to life. 802 00:33:44,843 --> 00:33:46,276 These are foam appliances, uh, 803 00:33:46,311 --> 00:33:47,879 that we've-that were manufactured back at KNB, 804 00:33:47,913 --> 00:33:49,482 in Los Angeles. 805 00:33:49,517 --> 00:33:50,417 When they walk in the chair 806 00:33:50,452 --> 00:33:51,953 the make-up artist has to look at 'em 807 00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:53,955 and kind of figure out what's gonna fit 'em, 808 00:33:53,989 --> 00:33:55,623 and we know most of the pieces back there now, uh, 809 00:33:55,658 --> 00:33:58,260 'cause we've been working with 'em for so long. 810 00:33:58,295 --> 00:34:00,693 Probably be puttin' on, uh, maybe seven or eight pieces 811 00:34:00,727 --> 00:34:02,360 onto Eric today. 812 00:34:02,395 --> 00:34:04,462 In five years that we've been doing the show, 813 00:34:04,497 --> 00:34:08,533 no two zombies ever look the same. 814 00:34:08,568 --> 00:34:11,039 We want them to look like-like stray animals 815 00:34:11,073 --> 00:34:13,109 that have been out there too long. 816 00:34:13,144 --> 00:34:14,243 Nothing to eat. 817 00:34:14,278 --> 00:34:15,879 No sort of grooming anything. 818 00:34:15,914 --> 00:34:17,883 Their hair can get a little wild. 819 00:34:17,918 --> 00:34:19,886 Andy painted his mouth black 820 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,155 because, in this particular appliance there, 821 00:34:22,189 --> 00:34:23,956 there's some exposed teeth. 822 00:34:23,991 --> 00:34:25,224 When this goes on, 823 00:34:25,259 --> 00:34:28,064 we don't wanna be able to see his lips behind the teeth. 824 00:34:28,099 --> 00:34:29,965 We'll put a mouth rinse in his mouth 825 00:34:29,999 --> 00:34:32,136 that'll make his teeth go away, as well. 826 00:34:43,011 --> 00:34:45,643 Next time you hear from me, I'll be dead. 827 00:34:45,678 --> 00:34:48,278 It's usually an hour and a half for each one of these. 828 00:34:53,587 --> 00:34:56,589 After zombie school, I was just thinking that, 829 00:34:56,623 --> 00:34:57,657 you know, this is one shot. 830 00:34:57,691 --> 00:35:00,728 I hope I don't mess it up. 831 00:35:00,763 --> 00:35:04,365 - Hey, Eric, how you doing? - Good. 832 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,102 What we've done on Eric, so far, is we've got him, 833 00:35:07,136 --> 00:35:08,804 what we call "Based out." 834 00:35:08,838 --> 00:35:11,571 We have a base tone of, uh, what's called pax paint, 835 00:35:11,605 --> 00:35:13,674 on him that's sort of his undertone. 836 00:35:13,709 --> 00:35:15,344 And now, Andy's putting a little bit of spatter 837 00:35:15,378 --> 00:35:16,712 on his arms. 838 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:18,948 This is a purply-colored spatter that I use 839 00:35:18,982 --> 00:35:21,655 to mimic the look of rotting skin. 840 00:35:24,259 --> 00:35:27,027 You don't want anything to look too red. 841 00:35:27,061 --> 00:35:29,864 It's all gotta be very muted and dark. 842 00:35:29,898 --> 00:35:32,067 If we're doing something at night-time 843 00:35:32,101 --> 00:35:33,236 and it's gonna be dimly lit, 844 00:35:33,271 --> 00:35:35,742 we tend to go a little bit lighter in color. 845 00:35:35,776 --> 00:35:37,909 Otherwise, you're just not gonna see him, at all. 846 00:35:37,944 --> 00:35:40,479 Now, I'm just kinda going in and darkening up the colors. 847 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:54,451 Yeah, I'm looking pretty scary, right now. 848 00:35:54,486 --> 00:35:56,287 The paint really makes it, uh, come to life. 849 00:35:56,321 --> 00:35:58,657 Or, so to speak. 850 00:35:58,692 --> 00:36:00,293 If somebody came up right now and said, 851 00:36:00,327 --> 00:36:02,363 "We need him on set right away," 852 00:36:02,397 --> 00:36:04,700 we could probably send him away and he would be okay 853 00:36:04,735 --> 00:36:06,702 for, like, a medium shot. 854 00:36:06,736 --> 00:36:08,202 If it was a close-up one, 855 00:36:08,237 --> 00:36:09,904 we'd probably wanna keep him a little bit longer. 856 00:36:09,938 --> 00:36:11,372 It looks pretty cool right now, 857 00:36:11,406 --> 00:36:13,242 but you give us another 15 to 20 minutes, 858 00:36:13,277 --> 00:36:15,546 we can get it to look that much better. 859 00:36:15,581 --> 00:36:19,348 Sometimes we don't get that ten or 15 minutes. 860 00:36:19,382 --> 00:36:22,386 I think I've aged about 20 years. 861 00:36:22,420 --> 00:36:24,356 You know, I lost my hair. 862 00:36:24,390 --> 00:36:26,192 I lost a piece of my nose. 863 00:36:26,226 --> 00:36:28,095 Amongst other things. 864 00:36:28,129 --> 00:36:30,463 Uh, I'm definitely dead. 865 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,172 I think it completed the zombie experience. 866 00:36:36,207 --> 00:36:38,372 Pretty good. 867 00:36:40,446 --> 00:36:42,946 [Snarling] 868 00:36:46,947 --> 00:36:50,180 - You ready? - Yeah. 869 00:36:50,214 --> 00:36:51,648 Take you up to set, all right? 870 00:36:51,681 --> 00:36:52,814 All right. 871 00:36:52,848 --> 00:36:54,581 A huge part of it's just, you know, 872 00:36:54,616 --> 00:36:55,849 people who we like having around. 873 00:36:55,884 --> 00:36:58,847 You know, it-it's... being a cool person to hang out with, is nice. 874 00:36:58,989 --> 00:37:01,455 So, to be good at it and wanna do it over and over again, 875 00:37:01,490 --> 00:37:03,761 it's a very unique person. 876 00:37:07,132 --> 00:37:09,532 [Snarling] 877 00:37:23,162 --> 00:37:25,461 The walkers are great on the show. 878 00:37:27,399 --> 00:37:29,067 In some ways, I think their acting job's harder 879 00:37:29,102 --> 00:37:30,902 than all of our acting job. 880 00:37:30,936 --> 00:37:34,039 [Indistinct chatter] 881 00:37:34,074 --> 00:37:35,843 This show is very physical. 882 00:37:35,877 --> 00:37:37,713 There may be an instance where somebody 883 00:37:37,748 --> 00:37:39,214 might pull you out of the crowd and go, 884 00:37:39,248 --> 00:37:41,314 "Okay, Daryl's gonna kill you." 885 00:37:41,349 --> 00:37:42,650 Here you go, man... Let me help you. 886 00:37:42,684 --> 00:37:44,754 - Let me help you. - After about six takes maybe, 887 00:37:44,788 --> 00:37:47,522 I had my death fall down to a 'T'. 888 00:37:47,557 --> 00:37:48,891 You just get in the zone. 889 00:37:48,925 --> 00:37:50,394 You don't care that you're gonna fall on gravel. 890 00:37:50,429 --> 00:37:52,064 You don't care that you're gonna hurt yourself. 891 00:37:52,098 --> 00:37:53,566 You're doing it for the show. 892 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,434 You're a zombie, and so you just do it. 893 00:37:55,468 --> 00:37:57,404 Fire! 894 00:37:59,709 --> 00:38:01,476 They had to pick out the gravel out of my prosthetics, 895 00:38:01,511 --> 00:38:03,310 every single time that I'd die, 896 00:38:03,344 --> 00:38:06,077 because I hit the gravel and then it all stuck. 897 00:38:08,115 --> 00:38:10,182 [Indistinct] 898 00:38:10,216 --> 00:38:11,649 I remember when we burned down the barn, 899 00:38:11,684 --> 00:38:13,281 hershel's barn. 900 00:38:13,315 --> 00:38:15,314 I'm sitting on the motorcycle with Melissa, 901 00:38:15,348 --> 00:38:17,350 and it's freezing. 902 00:38:17,385 --> 00:38:20,120 And I look out and there's, like, 1,000 walkers, like, 903 00:38:20,154 --> 00:38:24,222 in snuggies and stuff, like, freezing their butt off. 904 00:38:24,257 --> 00:38:27,327 [Cheering] 905 00:38:27,361 --> 00:38:29,798 Being that we film may through November, 906 00:38:29,832 --> 00:38:32,239 we kinda get all the elements in Georgia. 907 00:38:32,273 --> 00:38:34,241 From 100 degree heat in the summertime, 908 00:38:34,276 --> 00:38:37,776 to, you know, 30 degrees when the sun goes down. 909 00:38:37,810 --> 00:38:39,745 It's hot, it's sweaty. 910 00:38:39,780 --> 00:38:42,944 Even though you think, "I never get sunstroke." 911 00:38:42,979 --> 00:38:44,911 So you're all right, is what you're saying? 912 00:38:44,946 --> 00:38:46,813 It's hot. 913 00:38:46,848 --> 00:38:49,083 [Indistinct chatter] 914 00:38:49,117 --> 00:38:51,418 It gets you into character. 915 00:38:51,453 --> 00:38:53,421 It gets you into character when you're hot and sweaty. 916 00:38:53,455 --> 00:38:55,356 We will make sure that you guys 917 00:38:55,390 --> 00:38:57,056 are always drinking water, 918 00:38:57,091 --> 00:38:58,224 that you always have sunscreen, 919 00:38:58,258 --> 00:38:59,992 that you're always in the shade. 920 00:39:00,026 --> 00:39:01,627 They eat well and we make sure 921 00:39:01,662 --> 00:39:03,464 they're properly hydrated. 922 00:39:03,498 --> 00:39:05,365 We take care of them to me sure that 923 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,401 they're happy and healthy, too. 924 00:39:07,436 --> 00:39:09,771 - How are you? - We're doing good. 925 00:39:09,806 --> 00:39:12,074 I'm not hungry anymore. 926 00:39:14,711 --> 00:39:20,717 I'm constantly bewildered how hard people work. 927 00:39:20,751 --> 00:39:24,121 How people put their bodies on the line constantly. 928 00:39:27,058 --> 00:39:28,858 And yet, how they're able to maintain 929 00:39:28,892 --> 00:39:30,859 an incredibly good humor. 930 00:39:30,894 --> 00:39:33,197 They're very committed and my hat goes off to them, 931 00:39:33,231 --> 00:39:35,165 'cause we couldn't do it without 'em. 932 00:39:35,198 --> 00:39:37,865 - Everybody, back that way! - Follow me. 933 00:39:37,899 --> 00:39:40,871 These guys and girls who are-are walkers, 934 00:39:40,905 --> 00:39:42,672 are-they're bad asses. 935 00:39:42,707 --> 00:39:44,239 I don't know if I can say that. 936 00:39:44,274 --> 00:39:45,675 They... I mean, they are. 937 00:39:45,709 --> 00:39:47,445 They are the true stars of this show. 938 00:39:47,479 --> 00:39:49,647 I mean, they are so heavily featured, 939 00:39:49,681 --> 00:39:53,479 and they are what makes this show real, you know? 940 00:39:53,513 --> 00:39:57,984 These walkers you see, I mean, they are focused. 941 00:39:58,019 --> 00:40:02,123 So you see them in the background doing their thing 942 00:40:02,158 --> 00:40:04,358 and it helps put-put you in place, 943 00:40:04,392 --> 00:40:06,759 where you're supposed to be. 944 00:40:06,793 --> 00:40:08,093 Cut. 945 00:40:08,128 --> 00:40:10,829 All right, check his eye. My eye's doing okay. 946 00:40:10,864 --> 00:40:12,899 How committed they are, as actors, 947 00:40:12,933 --> 00:40:14,133 is really the joy of it all. 948 00:40:14,167 --> 00:40:15,968 Like, sometimes, we'll catch one guy 949 00:40:16,002 --> 00:40:18,136 that's just killing it as a walker and you're like, 950 00:40:18,170 --> 00:40:20,005 "Oh, my God... Look at that dude." 951 00:40:20,039 --> 00:40:21,773 And you'll pick him out of a group of 50 people 952 00:40:21,807 --> 00:40:23,206 that are there, 953 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:24,641 and it just makes it that much more real for us. 954 00:40:24,675 --> 00:40:26,577 We had a woman who came and, I mean, 955 00:40:26,611 --> 00:40:29,080 she literally dragged the side of her ankle 956 00:40:29,114 --> 00:40:31,751 till she scraped her ankle bone on the side. 957 00:40:31,785 --> 00:40:34,089 She was just doing it to be in the show, 958 00:40:34,123 --> 00:40:37,297 and I was amazed how far people will go 959 00:40:37,331 --> 00:40:38,900 with being a zombie. 960 00:40:38,934 --> 00:40:40,469 She had to walk up to this pole. 961 00:40:40,504 --> 00:40:42,404 We had a retractable pole, and stabs herself. 962 00:40:42,438 --> 00:40:44,605 And she just, no fear, walked right into it, 963 00:40:44,639 --> 00:40:46,239 trusting us 100%. 964 00:40:46,273 --> 00:40:48,509 Stabs all the way through her, as she's just dragging. 965 00:40:48,543 --> 00:40:50,412 And this performance was unbelievable. 966 00:40:50,447 --> 00:40:51,980 We were cheering. 967 00:40:52,015 --> 00:40:54,282 [Applause] Thank you, stunt zombies. 968 00:40:54,317 --> 00:40:56,850 [Collective chatter] 969 00:40:56,884 --> 00:40:58,551 Another good day with zombies. 970 00:40:58,585 --> 00:41:00,521 Every day with zombies is a good day. 971 00:41:00,556 --> 00:41:02,389 There have been several instances 972 00:41:02,424 --> 00:41:05,190 where the crew has all stood up and just applauded the walkers 973 00:41:05,223 --> 00:41:07,625 for the amazing job that they've done. 974 00:41:07,660 --> 00:41:10,395 And the zombies, the zombies, let's hear it for 'em. 975 00:41:10,429 --> 00:41:12,830 [Cheers and applause] 976 00:41:12,865 --> 00:41:15,536 Without fantastic walkers, 977 00:41:15,571 --> 00:41:18,310 our show could not and would not succeed. 978 00:41:18,344 --> 00:41:20,845 They're part of this extended "Walking Dead" family. 979 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,447 Thank you. 980 00:41:22,482 --> 00:41:23,984 You know, I always end up getting great stuff 981 00:41:24,018 --> 00:41:25,787 out of them because I treat them like 982 00:41:25,822 --> 00:41:28,292 they're integral parts of the show. 983 00:41:28,326 --> 00:41:30,428 Because if their performances are believable, 984 00:41:30,463 --> 00:41:32,397 then the audience watching it will believe it, 985 00:41:32,431 --> 00:41:35,133 and the audiences will get pulled into those characters 986 00:41:35,167 --> 00:41:39,338 as much as they're pulled into our living characters. 987 00:41:39,373 --> 00:41:41,007 And we could not do it without them. 988 00:41:41,041 --> 00:41:42,375 There would be no "Walking Dead" 989 00:41:42,409 --> 00:41:44,077 without the walking dead. 990 00:41:44,111 --> 00:41:45,546 And start walking. 991 00:41:45,580 --> 00:41:47,717 Everyone else should be getting up... good. 992 00:41:51,416 --> 00:41:55,088 [Collective chatter] 993 00:41:57,056 --> 00:41:59,655 [Laughing] 994 00:42:08,403 --> 00:42:11,070 [Snarling] 995 00:42:11,105 --> 00:42:13,274 Boy, am I just dead on my feet. 996 00:42:13,308 --> 00:42:15,777 I need a pick-me-up. 997 00:42:15,812 --> 00:42:17,479 [Laughing] Dead on my feet. 998 00:42:17,513 --> 00:42:19,047 I get it. 999 00:42:19,081 --> 00:42:20,748 [Laughing] 1000 00:42:20,782 --> 00:42:23,539 What zombies do when there's nothing to eat. 1001 00:42:23,984 --> 00:42:26,558 Come on, come on.