46 I M PS E . O R G
AARON
HERNANDEZ'S
MIND
ERIC MARKS MPSE: We are joined
by Jeremy Grody, supervising sound
editor of Killer Inside: The Mind
of Aaron Hernandez. The limited
documentary series format on Netflix
has been hugely popular, from Making
a Murderer through Tiger King. Did
any previous projects have an impact on
your approach to this show?
JEREMY GRODY: I have a different
approach to documentaries than
I do for feature films or narrative
programs. For docs, most additive
sound needs to closely approximate
production sound, in that we are
not going for "Hollywood" style
sound effects. This is real life, we
are telling real stories. Anything
we add in should generally seem
organic, so that no one would
question that it's the original sound
that came with the footage, even
though in many cases it's not.
Imagine yourself as a fly on the
wall during an Aaron Hernandez
courtroom scene—what would that
sound like in 5.1 surround? Even
though we are subtly adding in
sounds (courtroom movement, light
walla, occasional Foley), the goal is
to recreate the environment so that
The
Sound
of
Will we ever truly understand the mind
of Aaron Hernandez?
BY ERIC MARKS MPSE
