In early May, Film alumni Ethan Gathman ’22 and Jorge Rodriguez ’22 spent a day at the Ringling College Studio Labs for the final day of mixing their horror mystery, Jit.
The day marked the last of a six-week project for Studio Labs sound designer and coordinator Troy Logan ’22, Film. The group, joined by Riley Cullather ’26, Film, who supported Logan on the project, met in the Studio Labs’ Dolby Atmos theater to give the mix a final pass—punching out any wishlist items, fixing tech issues, and addressing the directors’ notes before delivering them a final product at the end of the day.
Jit follows Alex, a wannabe thug, and his older brother Dillon, freshly released from a brief jail sentence. After a night of partying at their local trap house, Dillon mysteriously disappears. Alex begins to investigate, trekking across a strange and hostile Floridian environment and encountering esoteric characters. Once Alex gets a new job at the strange retirement trailer park community called Friendship Terrace, the pieces begin to fall into place.
In March, Logan began cleaning up the dialog, balancing the music, and roughing in automation. He shared that working on this project required working in a narrative world of dissonance. “Thugs, house parties, lizard people, government surveillance—all of these elements inspired a mix that could be described as cacophony, in a good way!”
Towards the end of the project, Logan enlisted the help of current Film student Cullather to help record and piece in any missing foley, sound effects, or sweeteners.
“Getting to be one of the final hands to touch a project that was only words on a stack of papers when I was a student here feels like an incredible full-circle moment,” Logan said. “I got to see my peers after quite some years and witness the growth they had undergone as filmmakers and creatives.”
Ringling College Studio Labs span the length of a city block and house five professional, acoustically isolated soundstages and 5,000 square feet of post-production space. Students from every major have the opportunity to utilize Studio Labs. Through community outreach programs, local high school students also have the opportunity to attend week-long workshops at Studio Labs and learn new skills.
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