- Union Stages, New York NY on February 16, 2017
- Farthest: car horns from the street, actors voices from the dressing room, the rattle of the AC turning on.
- Medium: Actors speaking onstage, the clicking of the light board, audience laughter
- Closest: My SM calling cues on the headset, actors asking questions in the other ear, my breathing in the headset mic, my heart pounding
- Energetic
- Headset chatter, actors voices, audience laughter
Author Archives: previous-student
Journal Entry 003
Bits n’ Bytes
2/16/2017
10:00 AM
2- The distant chatter of people far away as they converse. The sound of the doors outside opening and closing. The sound of the grills sizzling a little.
3- Nearby people speaking about this and that. Chairs at tables scraping the ground as people stand.
4- Autumn speaking. Autumn eating cereal.
5- Medium, as it was not that loud, but with a little of activity comprising it.
6- Busy
7- Autumn speaking, other people speaking, and the sound of chairs scrapping.
Field Recording 002
My car, on Merrick Road by the Best Market as you get off the Meadowbrook.
The rattle of my car, the hum of the road, my car jostling on a bump, and my blinker clicking as I make a turn.
Field Recording-2
Outside of Estabrook
Crunching snow and ice, wind, faint laughter and talking
Fun Journal
- 2/16/17 8:00 PM, boyfriend’s house
- Furthest sounds: The strong wind outside blowing through the trees
- Medium sounds: Shooting sounds from Call of Duty coming from the tv 10 feet away, Brad is frustrated and talking to himself
- Closest sounds: Alex playing music from his laptop and singing along directly into my ear
- Loud, a lot of sound activity
- Fun
- video game sounds, music, singing and talking
Ice Puddle
- Cherry Ln. 2/14/17
- I am stepping on the thin ice that covers puddles in the street. In the beginning, you can here the water splashing out of the cracks. In the end I am walking on the snow back onto the sidewalk.
Journal-3
- 2-16-17 Fitness Center
- Farthest- Sound of workout equipment, squeaks from the basketball court, basketballs bouncing, people talking
- Middle- Footsteps of people on the track, equipment sounds
- Closest- My own footsteps
- Level- Middle
- Environment- Athletic
- Essential Sounds- Footsteps, Equipment Sounds, Basketballs Bouncing
Night Kitchen
- 2/16/17, 11:18PM, Vander Poel Hall Kitchen
- Farthest-Sounds of laughter from a different room. winds outside, The thud of doors closing different sections of the building, dimmed screech of a police siren or ambulance.
- Medium-Refrigerators running in vending machines, air conditioner, a buzz from the fluorescent lighting
- Closest-Butter sizzling on a heated pan, random clinks from the stove, me biting and chewing toast and scrambled eggs, me typing on the keyboard.
- Level and Activity-Low sound level as in it’s very quiet and any sound emitted can be heard throughout the room, but there’s a moderate amount of sound coming preventing total silence.
- Solitary
- Buzz of vending machines, sizzling butter, Police/ambulance siren.
Running Water
Location: Bathroom in Vander Poel Hall
I put my phone in a Ziploc bag and let water run over it. Fair warning it doesn’t sound as pretty as I thought it would.
Film Anthropology Class
- February 16th, 5:20pm, room 201 Brower Hall
- Far Sounds: Kids snickering and whispering about the movie
- Medium Sounds: Chanting from the Kwakiutl tribe members
- Close Sounds: My pen taking notes in my note book
- Sounds level: Quiet expect for the movie
- Environment: Relaxed
- Essential Sounds: Kids whispering, chanting, my pen
