Love You to Death Season 5 - excerpt!

introduction

“I’m in.” “Me too.” “Absolutely.” “Count me in.” “Done dealio.” This spring, very shortly after we sent out interview requests for this here volume of Love You to Death to a list of TVD crew, our inboxes filled up with these quick and keen replies. As it turns out, the talented folks who work on The Vampire Diaries, just like those who watch it, are more than happy to talk about it. Which makes this season five companion a Super Edition: we have more insights and voices herein than in the previous four books combined. From the revealing backstories that informed what we ended up seeing on screen, to the lighting and framing and stunts, to the perspective on the season as a whole now that it’s in the rear-view mirror, this group of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, production designers, and editors together provide a candid (and often funny) oral history of this season.

We hope you find it as illuminating and entertaining to read as we did to put it together. After all (to paraphrase Ferris Bueller), The Vampire Diaries moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.