NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: NYU Film Studies:"Sound Production For Film & Video"ROD's Class & Sound Team (August 2009)

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Thursday, August 13, 2009

NYU Film Studies:
"Sound Production For Film & Video"
ROD's Class & Sound Team (August 2009)

Hey Y'all,

I figured I'd share some of the pics I took in my Sound Production for Film and Video class. These pics are from the last day on Thursday, August 6th, 2009. With the exception of two pics that I'm in, I took all the pics you see here.

THE SOUND RECORDING TEAM aka "RAA" Team (left to right):
Aaron, ME (BIG ROD) and Arturo

The first thing we did as a team is check all the equipment to see if everything works BEFORE checking the equipment out. We are responsible for the equipment if anything is broken, so a spot check is a must before leaving the NYU equipment lab.

To prepare our recordings as a team we checked the levels of the Shure FP33 3-Channel Stereo Mixer using its built-in 1kHz tone generator and then balanced it against the Fostex FR-2 Field Memory Recorder.

Aaron was responsible for the Shure mixer, I (ROD) was responsible for the Fostex field recorder and Arturo generated the sounds we needed to record. Because Aaron and I were operating the equipment, we had to work closely together to make sure the sounds were being recorded properly so they're not too low or too high where the sound is clipping (distorting).

All The Sound Recording Equipment That We Checked Out.
I Had The Fostex FR-2 Field Recorder (not pictured)

Aaron Recording Auturo's Mouse Clicks and Keyboard Sounds

We Recorded The Elevator "Pings"
and The Door Opening and Closing

We Were Recording The Dial Tone From The Phone's Handset

Arturo With The Phone

Aaron Checking The Mixer's Sound Levels
In order To Pick Up The Cell Phone's Vibrate Sound

Arturo Using His Apple iPhone To Call My Cell Phone
So We Can Record My Phone's Ring Tone

Prepping a Recording

Aaron Holding The Shotgun Microphone At A Optimum Distance
To Record My Cell Phone's Ring Tone

Aaron Wrapping Up An XLR Cable

Our Instructor, Sam Skaf, Who Was Mad Qool And Funny As Hell!
He's Sitting At The Desk Preparing A Class Lesson.
The Fostex FR-2 Field Recorder (lower right corner of picture)