When somebody looks at The Walking Dead, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Zombies? Violence? Weapons? For Executive Producer Gale Anne Hurd, the answer is staying green! Gale, a long-time Hollywood producer who jumped on board The Walking Dead from it's start, has been an active advocate for maintaining a green, environmentally-friendly present during production of the hit tv show.
Hurd introduced the production team of the show to a phone application called Doodle, which allows for paper-free call sheets and production guides to be distributed digitally. Due to this app becoming popular among the members of the production crew, the production of The Walking Dead has become almost entirely paper-free, thus making much more environmentally-friendly than many other tv shows if this day and age.
In addition to the Doodle app, Hurd has also been an advocate for using hybrid and more gas-conservative vehicles both for transportation and on set during scenes, which ties into the constant Honda product placement within the show. Fluorescent lightbulbs are also used once she introduced the idea, saving both on waste and electricity. Lastly, Hurd has been big on recycling old sets, which saves on lumber, lighting, and many other products needed to make new sets for such a high-budget show.
Hurd has been attached to the show thus far, and hopefully will continue to make The Walking Dead as environmentally-friendly as possible!
Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2013/01/25/the-walking-dead-gets-green-executive-producer-gale-anne-hurd-on-how-zombies-are-saving-the-world/
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