Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

2/23/24 – 11:33 pm – my friends dorm
Farthest Sound – the farthest sound from me is the cars racing down Oak Street, honking at other cars that are going “too slow”
Medium Sound – the sound that is in medium distance from my friend’s air purifier, a white noise background noise if you will
Closest Sound – the closest sound from me is my besties ranting about the newest tea in around campus and a song playing on my friend’s tiktok
The sound level – the sound level continues to vary like the shape of a wave due to the people around me getting really into what they are explaining
One word – drama
Essential sounds – talking, white noise, honking, cars driving quite fast

Location: Kitchen in my house

Sounds: Ice cubes going into a glass from a fridge ice maker and then being gently shaken.

Location: My Living Room

Sounds: Children’s songs (Super Simple Songs mix of humpty dumpty), My little brother playing with his blocks, then crashing his T-Rex into said blocks; he also has a cactus toy that can replay any sound it picks up and play it back at a higher pitch and speed (much to my chagrin), My little sister cooing and making small noises in the background.

Location: My Room

Sounds: movie, cat purring, air conditioner

 

Location : Hofstra USA

Sounds in Clip : Various levels of talking/chatter from various distances, phone dropping on table, bags being dropped on chair, hollow bottle being dropped on table, clanking and moving of chairs

Location: 3rd floor window, Rochester NY

Noises coming from outside my open window. Cars driving by on the main road, lots of wind, and some people walking around in the snow below.

The walk from Memorial Hall to Emily Lowe Hall

footsteps crunching, my keys, doors, wind

Furthest sound from me: people chatting at the opposite side of the student center

Medium range: the two different songs playing by Brooklyn Slice

Closest: the sound of me typing up my notes for the day

Sound Level: medium

Word(s): casual evening

3 essential sounds: Music, keyboard clacking, and distant talking

02/09/2023 4pm – My Dorm Room

The sounds the furthest away from me are cars honking out on the turnpike and some people yelling

Medium Range sounds include the birds, and a couple of people walk by down below

Closest Sounds are my heater running, the sheets of my bed moving as I shift around, and someone walking down the hallway outside of my room

It’s extremely quite all things aside. The heater can be decently loud, but other than that there isn’t much going on

One Word: Peaceful

Most Important Sounds: people outside, cars, heater

Tuesday Feb 6th, 8:15PM

Sounds heard: women struggling and counting. People coughing and laughing. The sounds of the wind and cars from outside. Chatter every once in a while and scattered laughter is heard. As the counting goes on, it gets louder and more intense.

Sounds farthest from me: cars driving by

Sounds medium range to me: The chattering and comments

Sounds closest to me: The coughing and counting

Description word: organized yet relaxed

Essential sounds: the counting, the laughing, coughing, and comments made. This allows the audience to know that even though there is organized counting, it is still in a relaxed environment.