{"id":9943,"date":"2014-10-27T13:52:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9943"},"modified":"2014-10-27T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T17:52:05","slug":"podcast-interview-with-nima-fakhrara-the-music-of-the-signal-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9943","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Interview with Nima Fakhrara + the music of The Signal (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Signal2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9377\" alt=\"Signal2014\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Signal2014.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>I\u2019m keeping things brief because of a very tight prior and current week \u2013 a lot of time went into crafting the background visuals for the latest KQEK.com podcast, and there were some valuable lessons learned with Adobe After Effects. It\u2019s maddening, brilliant software that shares some aspects of Photoshop, and it has its own peculiarities that often make one balk \u2018Why did they set it up that way?!?!?!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: you can\u2019t create a composition and play its soundtrack or music cue in tandem. Well, actually, there is a way, but it\u2019s <em>highly<\/em> impractical.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Nuff said.<\/p>\n<p>The final edit of my podcast interview with Iranian-born composer Nima Fakhrara is up, and we discuss his entry into film music, classical Persian \/ Iranian music, and adapting and creating instruments for film projects like his brilliant score for <a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=9372\"><strong>The Signal<\/strong><\/a> (2014):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/T-qMzPFVJq4\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A making-of blog covering the nuances of the podcast visuals \u2013 basically analogue video feedback layered and treated in Adobe Premiere and After Effects \u2013 will come a bit later at Big Head Amusements.com. I shot behind-the-scenes footage and have before \/ after excerpts, but I\u2019ve a few things that have to get cleared.<\/p>\n<p>You can, however, check out the excerpted visuals in full HD:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Vimeo:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/110116023\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0On YouTube:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/faWb1EwL_3g\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">I\u2019ll have the Video Store Day post up shortly, followed by reviews of <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Under Fire<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (new on Blu from Twilight Time) + a related film that also starred Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy, the equally underrated <\/span><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Package<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (MGM).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lastly: today is election day in the city of Toronto. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Please get out an vote<\/span>, especially if you want to ensure the end of the so-called Ford political dynasty. (Boy, was it ever hard keeping an F-bomb out of that sentence.)<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n<strong>KQEK.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast interview with Iranian-born film composer Nima Fakhrara and the music of The Signal (2014) + some updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[2562,2563,2937,2938],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Video_cvr_image_featured.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-2An","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9943"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9947,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9943\/revisions\/9947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}