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S23 - Ep 5 - The Bondsman - Costumes and Production Design


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The compound, Kitty’s porch, and a bondsman’s fraying wardrobe — design tells the tale in Prime Video’s The Bondsman.

This week on Below the Line, Production Designer Eve McCarney and Costume Designer Liz Vastola join Skid and co-host Gianni Damaia to talk about crafting the look and feel of Prime Video’s The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon as an undead bounty hunter.

Among the highlights:

  • An unusually long prep schedule that gave Eve and Liz time to fully develop sets and wardrobes before cameras rolled
  • Building the show’s four permanent sets, including the sprawling compound and the lived-in bond shop
  • Designing Kitty’s porch as the emotional heart of the series and Hub’s apartment as a reflection of his resourceful character
  • The evolution of The Boxcar, a richly layered club set complete with a memorable “one-er” shot
  • Collaboration on the swimming pool sequence, balancing costume colors and set design for striking underwater visuals
  • How production and costume design worked hand-in-hand, despite Eve and Liz never having collaborated before this project
  • Behind-the-scenes stories of working with Kevin Bacon, from fittings and design emails to his generous, collaborative presence on
  • What shines through is the close collaboration between Eve and Liz — an intentional partnership that ensured the environments and characters lived in the same visual world, reinforcing the show’s grounded but heightened tone.

    🎧 Press play and go Below the Line on The Bondsman. For more, visit belowtheline.biz.

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