Ever had to clean up zombie blood? John Sanders does it all the time.
Tech Insider spoke with John Sanders, the property master for AMC's "The Walking Dead" about the gallons of gore that make up the series. Keep reading to see how the team handles and coordinates the massive amounts of blood and guts on the show.
There are about a dozen different types of blood, used in lots of different occasions. Humans, for example, have a brighter shade of blood than walkers.
The "deadness" of the zombie affects what color blood the props team will use.
Sanders explained that the more decomposed a walker is, the blood will become a darkened, rotten color.
"[Executive producer and makeup supervisor] Greg Nicotero’s guys, they have all these different colors of blood that we use for the actual killings of different things, whether it's humans or zombies or old zombies or new zombies or old dead people," Sanders said.
When Tech Insider spoke with Nicotero last fall, he described how the walkers will appear more decayed as time passes on the show. As Sanders mentioned, this will affect the color and material of the prop blood they use, saying they have different shades of "zombie dark blood" for the further decomposed and "zombie light blood" for newly resurrected walkers.
Lighting and the environment affect blood choice as well.
The show also uses different colors depending on the brightness or darkness of the scene.
"The [director of photography] may say 'Well, there’s not enough light. We need a lighter color.' or 'There’s too much light, we need a darker color.' Environment can make a difference, the type of walker, the type of person will make a difference."
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