Crafting the real and imagined in Citizen Sleuth.
This post was written by Nathan Ruyle.
Having grown up in a small town in the rural Midwest, I’m always interested in working on projects that are set in that part of the U.S. So much of building a sound design for a film is tapping into your sense of memory and this is especially true with a documentary film, where the goal is to use sound to pull the audience into an authentic experience of a place.
I spent my early years exploring the fields and forests of the Midwest, eating lunch in the one diner in our little town, and shooting pool in the American Legion, so I knew the settings of this film intimately and loved bringing the audience into that ambient world.
Citizen Sleuth is the story of a true crime podcaster from Appalachia who blurs the line between fact and entertainment as she investigates a mysterious local death.
Author: Guest Author
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
