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Field Recording 5

Posted on March 4, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bus-Ride-2-screeching-brakes.mp3

Location/Time: On the shuttle around Stop & Shop, 6:15 p.m.

Sounds Heard: heat blasting, people talking, something metal banging around the bus, screeching breaks

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Field Recording #5

Posted on March 4, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/recording-20160225-123906-2.mp3

Sounds: Wind rushing around the car, Clicking of the turn signal, revving of the engine

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Car | Leave a comment |

Field Recording #5

Posted on March 4, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Audio-recording-2016-03-03-22-09-56.mp3

3/4/2016, 10:12 pm, 292 Plymouth Ct

sounds: door opening, dryer going, dryer stopping, washer continuing, laundry basket scraping, door closing

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Field Recording 5

Posted on March 4, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Walking.mp3

3/4/16 12am walking outside Nassau/suffolk dorms

Sounds: footsteps, car engines, wind, students yelling

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged Footsteps, students, wind | Leave a comment |

Field Recording 5

Posted on March 4, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Unispan.mp3
  1. Location: Unispan
  2. Sounds: people talking, rolling backpack, brief singing

 

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged backpack, unispan | Leave a comment |

Field Recording 5

Posted on March 4, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bits.mp3

Location & Time: Bits & Bytes, Thursday 3/3/16, 2:30 PM

Sounds: Talking, coughing, walking

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Field Recording #5

Posted on March 3, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Today.mp3

Location: Lowe 106

Sounds Heard: People milling about and talking with one another

 

*this was recorded on a BREAK during rehearsal, no show talk was recorded, there are no discernable conversations in this clip*

Posted in Field Recording | Tagged loud, noisy | Leave a comment |

Field Recording

Posted on March 3, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/New-Recording-3.mp3

3/3/16  8:07 pm   Walking down Front St.

Sounds: cars passing by, heels walking on concrete, and wind.

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Field Recording 4

Posted on February 26, 2016 by previous-student

Subway on January 30th around 2:00pm

Sounds: subway announcer, people talking, train moving

 

https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Subway.mp3
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Field Recording 4

Posted on February 26, 2016 by previous-student
https://drama20.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Classroom-Noises.mp3
  1. Location: Dempster Hall
  2. Sounds: Cindy Rosenthal lecture, papers turning, students, chairs, distant classical music from next door
Posted in Field Recording | Tagged chairs, music, papers, Professor, students | Leave a comment |

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