The Walking Dead (TV) - AMC Interviews Guy Ferland

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Q: You've directed episodes in all three seasons. How does this season compare to the first? 

A: There's a little bit of first season peeking through this season. In the first season it seemed like everything we were doing was new and there was a lot of discussion about who was going to live and who was going to die and what kind of tone the show was going to take. This year the same thing was introducing Woodbury. We were always asking the same questions: How self-sufficient do we make it? What are the citizens like? What kind of power does the town have? 

Q: What's the secret to directing big groups of walkers? 

A: There were a lot of instances this season where the zombie action was relentless but it wasn't spelled out in the script specifically. It would be written [that] Rick and the others... dispatch the remaining walkers, so it's my job to figure out what I wanted. Where is Daryl stabbing people once he's shot his bow? I'm always looking for new ways to execute the zombie action and I think we've done a lot of shooting in heads, so I was trying to bring something different. 

Q: What are some twists have you've been bringing to the action? 

A: Well, I really like to reveal everything -- reveal the zombies' geography and reveal the choice of how to kill the zombie -- all from the hero's point of view. So if you follow Rick when he has to deal with a zombie, you'll see I reveal it when Rick sees it. You want it to feel like a funhouse with lots of surprises.