Skender’s Vault - “Justified: City Primeval”
Built into an existing location, this set incorporated the existing concrete columns and some walls, with multiple wild walls for camera, as the overall footprint was not very large. The vault door was practical (but made of wood made to look like metal), and went through several iterations before settling on this somewhat restrained, sleek look.
With a 2:1 aspect ratio, we didn’t worry too much about seeing the ceiling.
The floor had to be created as a raised platform, since the existing site was sloped for drainage, but you can’t see the characters stepping up onto it because of the editing.
For much of the design process, we had a criss-crossing pulley system that may have looked good on camera, but was dropped because it would never be on camera, and probably be too distracting if it was.
CUT CONTENT
We designed these custom speaker cabinets to be deliberately tacky to fit with the “Albanian Man Cave” vibe, but unfortunately they were cut for budget reasons.