Project

“Stained”

Director

Jeremy Kamal

Type

Short Film

Year

2024

Roles

Music Composition (with Jeremy Kamal) | Music Production | Sound Design | Sound Engineering | Audio Mastering

Brief

In this short film, the viewer follows the tea master Demetrius as he relives a traumatic moment from his past: a harsh scolding by his elder named Bump. The music and sound design heightens the feelings of shame, confusion, curiosity, guilt, and anger shared by young Demetrius, Bump, and present-day Demetrius.

Process

“Stained” | Logic Pro session

Shows the sound design behind Bump’s voice, along with the creation process for some of the primary sounds within the composition.

Nathan designed the sounds within the film, served as the mixing engineer, and mastered the final audio for the project.

Awards

2024 Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction

Exhibitions + Screenings

2024 Lentos Museum of Art: Prix Ars Electronica Showcase, Linz, Austria

2024 Harvard XR Showcase

2024 A+D Museum “Da Fringes”

2024 ONX Studio “All Will Be Considered”

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