EMMYS: Greg Nicotero Of 'Walking Dead'

Deadline contributor Elizabeth Snead files this Emmy report: Greg Nicotero may be the go-to effects makeup artist for gore and3-time Emmy champion who got his begin with the Godfather of Zombies, George Romero, on Day's The Dead (1985). Now he's area of the team nominated for AMC/AMC Productions'zombie-palooza The WalkingDead within the 2011 Emmy groups Outstanding Special Visual Effects For Any Series too in the capacity as Special Makeup Effects department mind forOutstanding Prosthetic Makeup For Any Series.But unlike many challengers he'd little difficulty selecting his prosthetic makeup submission episode:hepickedthe season premiere. Because you will find plenty of treats within the opening episode -- likezombies consuming an active equine along with a shocking scene by which thesheriff shoots just a little zombie girl still clutching her stuffed animal. The premiere also featuresthe infamous Bicycle Girl, one half body Forex so realistic it sparked anInternet debate over the way it was accomplished. Nicotero describes: We did an entire existence casting on Melissa Cowan, that has an excellent facefor zombie makeup. We required our guide in the graphic novel tosimulate that classic walking dead desiccated and decaying look. Shejust appeared as if she was whittling away. We did a 1-piece foam latexface and neck, two more for chest and back. We place the custom denturesin first after which applied the latex regarding this which means you often see herrotting nicotine gums and a part of her skull. Her makeup application required alittle over 3 hrs. Nicotero describes the gag was that after the sheriff (AndrewLincoln) comes her over, he sees her bottom half is, well, gone. Howto shoot this? There have been hole-digging discussions but that wasntpossible simply because they were shooting inside a real park. Additionally they thoughtaboutbuilding a platform and hiding her legs this way. We wound up putting her in blue tights to ensure that visual effects guyscould take away the bottom half. Therefore the top was all prosthetics. Peoplecould not work out how we made it happen. There is a large Internet debateand some fans stated it had been a puppet. Others was adamant that they was fullCGI. Nicotero states that keeping the latex home appliances so thin was possiblebecause the actress they cast naturally were built with a zombie-friendly facelarge eyes, a lengthy face, high face along with a small nose. The milky contact contacts given a vague cataract look. Nicotero saidwanted her to appear leatherlike, dry and burnt, like shed been lounging inthe sun for 3 days. You wouldnt believe the discussions we haveabout these items. Nicotero on Walking Dead labored with more than 150 stars in prosthetic zombie makeup foam, latex, prosthetic transfers, silicone pieces, take your pick -- within this opening episode. Even a few of the dead physiques are really the people entirely-on zombie makeup. The very first episode leads up to the zombie extras'horse-feeding craze. Greg packed a fake equine carcass with fake guts,organs, bloodstream, a lot of it constructed of gelatin therefore the zombie extrascould really chew and swallow the stuff. The zombie extra supplies were literally whipped right into a craze because thiswas the very first chance theyd reached eat somebody, Greg recalls. Once they screamed action, all of the zombies dove in andwereactually fighting within the guts.So when i was done moving, it had been just like a badge of recognition.Not one of them desired to clean from the bloodstream and guts. If you are azombie extra, that's that which you love.