Oto by Jeremy

Kitchen Story – A Dolby Atmos Spatial Audio Project

An immersive sound-driven narrative set in a university kitchen, designed and mixed in 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos.

This project explores how spatial audio can transform a simple late-night cooking scene into a dynamic storytelling experience — blending realism, subtle horror elements, and object-based sound placement.

Recorded using Ambisonic and Double MS techniques, and rendered in both ADM (Atmos Master) and binaural formats.

Focus areas:
• Object-based spatialisation
• Ambisonic ambience capture
• Custom impulse responses
• Loudness calibration (-23 LUFS)
• Binaural translation

Sound was used not just to support the story — but to drive it.

An artistic overhead view of a sound designer’s desk arranged with precision on a dark, matte surface: a portable field recorder with XLR inputs, a small shotgun microphone, neatly coiled balanced cables, a sleek external SSD, a slim notebook with waveform sketches, and a pencil aligned perfectly along its edge. All objects are in monochrome or muted tones, emphasizing form and texture over color. Soft, diffused top lighting creates gentle, shadowed contours and a subtle vignette around the frame, keeping focus in the center. Photographic realism with a minimalist, editorial aesthetic, ideal as a portfolio section background. The mood is meticulous and calm, suggesting methodical preparation for capturing film sound and building a sonic palette.
A moody, close-up macro shot of a studio monitor’s woofer and tweeter, rendered in high-resolution photographic realism. The speaker baffle is a smooth, matte charcoal surface with finely beveled edges, while the woofer cone reveals subtle woven fiber texture under the light. A narrow beam of cool, directional light grazes across the drivers from the upper left, creating a sharp highlight on the cone’s dust cap and a soft falloff into darkness at the edges. The background is completely out of focus and nearly black, isolating the speaker as an icon of critical listening. Framed tightly and off-center, the image feels modern, minimal, and suitable as a graphic motif for a sound design brand.
A meticulously organized film sound design workstation in photographic realism, featuring a matte-black audio interface, dual studio monitors, and a large ultrawide screen displaying a detailed film timeline with waveforms and color-coded audio tracks. The desk is a clean, dark wood surface with a compact control surface and a closed-back reference headphone resting neatly on a stand. Soft, diffused cool-toned light from an unseen window gently illuminates the equipment, creating subtle reflections on brushed metal and rubberized knobs. The background falls into a smooth, dark blur, emphasizing clarity and focus. Shot at eye level with a shallow depth of field, the composition feels minimal, precise, and professional, reflecting a high-end film mixing environment without any visual clutter.
A dedicated film re-recording mix room captured in photographic realism, seen from the rear looking toward a large, neutral-gray projection screen frozen on a film still. In front of the screen sits a clean, dark mixing desk with a compact control surface, keyboard, and a pair of substantial front speakers. Side walls are lined with understated broadband absorbers and bass traps in charcoal fabric, forming a symmetrical, geometric pattern. The only light comes from dimmable recessed ceiling fixtures, creating a soft halo over the console and leaving the rest of the room in gentle shadow. Shot with a wide-angle lens, sharp focus throughout, the composition feels balanced, cinematic, and deeply focused on the listening sweet spot.