For this episode of the Rundown, host Heba Fouad and producers Nadine Awadalla & Refan AbdelNabi discussed the latest in arts and entertainment on Oscars night.

They discussed some of the controversial movies up for awards that night, trends in book-to-screen adaptations, & the iTunes top 5 hits of the week.

For the interview segment, Fouad interviewed Artkhana co-founder Sara Hany to tell us more about independent art spaces in Cairo and how Artkhana fosters underground creative culture through charity.

Credits:
Music: Sleepless Nights by Anitek
Image: Kanzy Mahmoud
Artkhana: goo.gl/dqRtjW

News gathered from Time Magazine, E! Online, CairoScene, iTunes, BBC Arts & Entertainment, and CNN.

Host: Heba Fouad
Producer 1: Nadine Awadalla
Producer 2: Refan AbdelNabi

The Rundown Group 4 :: Oscars Night Episode 2

1- Sound in food court
2- Sound near Mcdonalds 
3- Ordering a meal
4- Coke Machine
5- Fried fries
6- Woman calling for ready-done order

Image Credits: Heba Fouad

Unhealthy Assembly :: Nat Sound Excercise

During assembly hour at the food court in the American University in Cairo, I walk in to order an unhealthy meal.
It looks very crowded today. I believe that more and more AUCians are looking to unhealthy food as if its comfort food to make them, as I believe, forget about their midterms.
"Good Morning" said the woman in Mcdonalds
"Good Morning to you, excuse me can I have a chicken fillet combo with medium fries and coke?"
Woman calls out for my order
"Thank you so much," I continued, "have a great day."
And that was how I spent my unhealthy assembly.

Image Credits: Heba Fouad

Unhealthy Assembly :: Nat Sound Essay

This edition of The News Report is produced by Heba Fouad, Refan AbdelNabi and Nadine Awadalla  on Tuesday March 17th for our audio production class.
 
Special thanks to our interviewee Mrs. Amal Salah, director in the Office of International Students and Study Abroad, she talked about the theme for the International Day in AUC this year, the activities that are going on, and why this is important for AUC as a global university.
 
News was gathered from:
 
BBC
CNN
Reuters
Egypt Independent
AhramOnline
Daily News Egypt
 
Producer #1: Heba Fouad
Producer #2: Refan AbdelNabi @refanabdelnabi
Field Reporter: Nadine Awadalla @nadineawadalla

Image Credits: Heba Fouad

The News Report :: Tuesday, March 17, 2015

An interview conducted with Dr Rasha, assistant professor in the faculty of commerce, Ain Shams

And where drama series, Egyptian drama series were really strong, were very powerful and strong. And do you think that soundtracks nowadays are kind of undermined, like in the past they always gave a very long duration for the song to play in a movie or in a series, but now they focus more on the storyboard or on the acting; do you believe its kind of this way in the present? Well I do agree, but I think again it has something to do with the rhythm of technology nowadays, according to technological advances, the rhythm is quite quick, and I think people or audience, or I would say directors are very well aware that the audience do not have enough time to listen to quite long soundtracks, so according to the rhythm, according to nowadays rhythm, I think it is okay to be used that way. I think its something related to generation and using technologies and the advances in technology and technological equipment as well. Ok, now Dr Rasha I am going to let you listen to a piece of music from a soundtrack in a movie, and I want you like try to picture a story in your head that is happening, or something you can recall from your past or anything that like relates to the music.. So here is it: Soundtrack plays.. Well, (laughing) yes I am, maybe because I know this soundtrack and I know which, when it was played in the movie, it was one of the greatest comedy movies played in, I think, 60s 70s? I think in the 60s and up till now and it was black and white, and up till now upon watching the movie over and over again, I love it, I love it, well, if, because I know where it was played and which scene it was played in, however the sense of the soundtrack gives me sense of urgency like someone is running after someone, and actually more or less this was the scene in the movie, meaning back again to question no 1, it is very relevant it was very well positioned in the movie, and therefore, though I am listening to it far away from the movie, this is the exact feeling I am getting. Can you, like, imagine any scenario that is happening? its just giving me the sense of someone is in a hurry to do something, someone has to run to do something, or run from something, not necessarily to do something, someone is running, something quick will happen, this is the feeling that I got. He is running because he is afraid of something? No, the soundtrack didn't give me the feeling of being afraid, but something that has to be done, its sense of urgency lets put it this way, but in a nice way, because the sound itself is nice, i wouldn't say humor, but its vivid, its lively, its fresh, so I didn't get the feeling of being afraid, anxiety for instance.

The Sound of Egyptian Television

This is the promo for my audio documentary project... emphasising the importance of soundtracks in the Egyptian television and how they can easily manipulate the emotions of the audience.

Interview Soundbite: Dr Rasha Hussein, assistant professor in the faculty of commerce, Ain Shams

Music: Mafia Soundtrack, Omar Khairat Live Show

Image Credit: Heba Fouad

The Sound of Egyptian Television :: Promo

Interview with Professor Chelsea Green at the music department in The American University in Cairo

Image Credit: AUC Website

The Sound of Egyptian Television :: Interview #2

An interview conducted through a phone call with Amr Ismail, a well-known Egyptian composer.

Image Credit: Photographer Sherif Karas

The Sound of Egyptian Television :: Interview #3

This audio documentary is to clarify how Egyptian soundtracks are the key success that influences the audience’s feelings in a movie or series, through a journey of soundtracks in the history of the Egyptian Television.

The length of this documentary is 00:08:18

Link to Dar.AUC for documentary: http://bit.ly/1ISGm1e

Interviewees (available are links to the complete interviews at Dar.AUC):

Amr Ismail – Egyptian Composer http://bit.ly/1AqQyeo

Dr Rasha Hussein – Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Commerce in Ain Shams University http://bit.ly/1JKu8Hd

Professor Chelsea Green – Music History Professor at The American University in Cairo http://bit.ly/1Hp7mQ1

Music Credits:
Background music by Moataz Al Qammari

Soundtracks:
Abo Ali Movie – from Amr Ismail
Lion King Theme Song
Home Alone 
Mission Impossible 
Jaws
Titanic
Doaa Al Karawan
Ramadan Prank Show (The hidden camera)
Egyptian Comedy Soundtrack 

Image Credit: Heba Fouad
