Fear the Walking Dead' Pilot Director: The Art of Embracing the Shadows and Building Tension, One of the great — and terrifying — things about directing a television pilot is that you’re effectively writing the handbook for the look and tone of the rest of the series. So when filmmaker Adam Davidson landed the plum job of directing the pilot for Fear the Walking Dead, the prequel to the AMC zombie hit, he was able to immediately establish the visual and narrative cues that would set this series apart from its parent show. In a wide-ranging conversation with Yahoo TV, Davidson provides an insightful account of how he devised the visual style of Fear the Walking Dead, what happened when the series moved its production base from L.A. to Vancouver, and the numerous times he had to explain to customs officers why he was bringing women’s clothing into Canada.
I was born and raised in L.A., and it’s never been the place that I’ve seen portrayed onscreen all the time, with perfect weather and the people looking perfect. For me, growing up, I always saw the cracks in the concrete, the smoggy air, the houses and buildings blown away by windstorms. So in Fear the Walking Dead, we want to tell the story of the people who don’t makeL.A. look so glamorous. This is the backstage of L.A., the people who live on the other side of the river of concrete. For them, it’s hard enough to keep your kids in school, have a relationship, and get through the day. It’s like, “The car’s broken, the kitchen needs work and what the f–k, now we have killer zombies!”
I was born and raised in L.A., and it’s never been the place that I’ve seen portrayed onscreen all the time, with perfect weather and the people looking perfect. For me, growing up, I always saw the cracks in the concrete, the smoggy air, the houses and buildings blown away by windstorms. So in Fear the Walking Dead, we want to tell the story of the people who don’t makeL.A. look so glamorous. This is the backstage of L.A., the people who live on the other side of the river of concrete. For them, it’s hard enough to keep your kids in school, have a relationship, and get through the day. It’s like, “The car’s broken, the kitchen needs work and what the f–k, now we have killer zombies!”
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