Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Time: 5:05

Location: Drounge

Sounds closest: Air conditioner, music

Sounds in medium distance: keys clacking on the other side of the room and the door opening and closing

Sound furthest: people talking down the hallway

One word: studious

Sound level: medium

Three important sounds: AC, Talking, Music

Time: 6:49 pm

Location: Outside at home

Sounds Closest: Birds chirping

Sound in Medium Distance: My family talking amongst themselves at the table

Sound farthest: airplane

One word: homey

Sound Level: medium

Three important sounds: birds, talking, airplane

5/5/24

Time: 7:45 pm

Location: my living room

Sounds closest: my computer humming, my roommate’s music playing

Sounds in medium distance: cat meowing in the bathroom, bottles occasionally falling over when she knocks them over

Sounds furthest: people milling around downstairs

One word: relaxing

Sound level: low

Most important sounds: music, cat, bottles falling over

4/27/24

Time: 9:12 am, the blackbox

Sound closest: people warming up vocally

Sound in medium distance: people walking around and preparing cues

Sound furthest: someone talking in the theatre

One word: stirring

Sound level: medium

April 30, 4:52. My livingroom.

The sounds that are furthest away from me: Cars and birds outside, footsteps upstairs.
The sounds that are a medium distance from me: The fridge and ice-maker in the kitchen.
The sounds that are closest to me: Adventure Time on the TV, friends talking.
The sound level of the space: Medium
One word description: Fun
Three sounds that are most important to the environment: TV, friends, ice-maker.

Class 12:00PM School of Communication

Sounds closest to me- Sounds of a video playing from the speaker my professor is playing

Sounds medium distance- a tour guide giving a tour through the wall right behind me

Sounds furthest – people lightly typing on laptops

sound level – pretty loud. The contrasting sounds of the tour and video are overstimulating

description – overstimulating

essential sounds – the tour and the video

4/28/24 – 1:54 PM- New Paltz UCAT UPL BUS.

1. Furthest sound- Sounds of cars whooshing by the window, running water from a lake.

2. Medium Sound- The sound of the engine of the bus roaring.

3. Closest Sound- “Closest sound? My ass talking your ear off” Meagan R., Meagan R. talking about the wicked movie, and the couple in front of us talking.

4. Sound Level and Activity- Loud! Meagan is Puerto Rican. Also loud when the bus is zooming down the road, but low when it stops! (and I don’t mean the bus)

5. Descriptor- Perfect.

6. Essential sounds: The most lovely voice in the world, bus, soft murmurs.

1. 4/27/24 10:31AM Blackbox
2. furthest sound: people talking about cues, rehearsal cubes being moved around backstage
3. medium range: actors onstage singing
4. close to me: keyboards clacking, people whispering
5. sound level and activity: the sound level was low-medium; the people meant to be heard were easily heard, but there wasn’t much movement otherwise
6. description: focused
7. essential sounds: cue discussions, actors singing, hushed whispers

1- 4/24/24- 11:20AM – Bits & Bytes

2- Furthest: The sounds from the workers cooking, the slight hum of the building, the fan blowing
3- Medium: People chatting at the table next to me, the workers having a conversation at the cash register, a phone ringing across the room.
4- Closest: My friend telling me a story, my bracelets jangling as I type, keyboards clacking, brief clips of people’s conversations as they walk by.
5- Sound level and activity: low, it’s still early and there’s not many people inside, the calm before the storm of common hour
6- Usual
7- The chatter from people, kitchen sounds, my friend’s voice

1. 04/20/2024 – 3:38pm – The Playhouse.
2. Sounds farthest away from me: dancers/crew members whispering to each other, crew members talking/responding in the distance, somebody coughing.
3. Sounds at medium range: the choreographer giving directions/counting followed by the dancers moving around on stage.
4. Sounds closest to me: typing on my computer, a dancer wrapping their ankle in tape next to me, the crew members near me occasionally adjusting themselves or moving items, a constant faint buzzing.
5. The general sound level is subdued but passionate. The amount of sound activity is very particular and arranged.
6. Description word: precise.
7. Essential sounds: counting/directing, stage movement, hushed whispers/humming.