portfolio-audiomixing – Kai Tattersall

First Day of Being Black

First Day of Being Black

Sound designed and mixed by Kai Tattersall and Cassie Howell

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Twelve-year-old TYRONE attends his first day at an all-boys Catholic school, only to discover that he is the only black student. Immediately, Tyrone suffers microaggressions at the hands of his new classmates, who tease him and touch his hair. For an art assignment, Tyrone creates a masterful drawing of Black Jesus, but during his presentation, he is ridiculed by his classmates. Upset and questioning himself, Tyrone throws the drawing away. During recess, a game of soccer goes wrong when one of his bullies tackles Tyrone, telling him that "they don't want him here." In the bathroom, Tyrone scrubs himself with soap, covering his face in a thick layer: whiteface. Realizing how far he's strayed from his true self, Tyrone scrounges through the trash, retrieving his drawing. When his dad picks him up at the end of the day, Tyrone hands him the drawing of Black Jesus, demonstrating his growth into a proud, young man.

Tell Me What You Think

Sound designed and mixed by Kai Tattersall

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Tell Me What You Think utilizes motion tracking for first-person point-of-view. The process involved some couple hundred sticky notes and detailed choreography. The cinematography was done by Anna Waldron. Valerie Jackson dressed the environmental elements.

Elements of sound were mapped to a keyboard and played live. The sample bank includes home videos, synthetic sounds, foley, and other sound effect libraries. Narration was done by Vivian Gray.

Inside The Wolf

Sound designed and mixed by Kai Tattersall

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A visual adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood.

The video is a compliation of both live action and traditional animation, run through an AI-assisted process. A bulk of the work still relies on animators. Valerie Jackson lead the animation pipeline.

Micaela Ruiz played RED.

Once Upon A Strawberry Meeting

Sound designed and mixed by Kai Tattersall.

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A new compositional method improved the quality of the animation compared to earlier projects. The video is a compilation of both live-action and A.I.-assisted animation. Still, a bulk of the work relies on animators.

Farmer played by Max Von der Horst.
Animation directed by Valerie Jackson.

Tornado

Sound designed and mixed by Kai Tattersall