Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: Monroe Hall Room 213, 5/14/2023

Farthest Sounds: Air conditioner

Medium Sounds: Future President of the Hofbeats speaking at the front of the room, clapping, people singing voice parts

closest sounds: The two lads having a side convo in front of me, me typing

Sound level: Loud, but few individual sounds

Description: Echoing

Important sounds: Clapping, presidential speech, singing

Location: Pride Den, corner of the room

Farthest sound: light chatter from individuals and small groups, someone singing (opera?)

Medium Sound: People walking in and out of the den, the hum of air conditioning

Closest Sound: Clatter of people typing on keyboards, my breathing, my fidgeting in my seat which makes it squeak a little, tapping of a shoe

Sound Level: Quiet and cozy

Sound Description in 1 Word: Anxious

Essential Sounds: Chatter of people, clatter of keyboards, deep breaths

1. it is 11:02 I am laying in bed
2. 2. the sounds furthest from me are the cars on the turnpike. my window is open so I can also hear the wind and sometimes a plane overhead
3. At medium range I can hear my neighbors in their backyard, they are talking and laughing
4. The sounds closest to me are the podcast that I’m listening to quietly on my phone and the sound of my stomach (I think I’m still hungry)
5. There is a lot of sound activity but it is all pretty quiet overall
6. Calm
7. The podcast, the laughter from next-door, and the wind are essential

1. 4/30/23 in my dorm with the windows open
2. Farthest Away: A plane flying, people talking on the ground outside, a car backfiring, several cars driving
3. Medium Range: A sink running, people opening and closing doors, the elevator beeping
4. Closest: Rain on my open window, wind, my blinds moving a little in the wind, leaves rustling
5. Sound Level: Quiet
6. Sound Activity: Occasional sounds, constant rain
7. One Word: Relaxing
8. Essential Sounds: Rain on the window, the sink running, cars driving

Location: My living room 4/29/2023

Farthest sound: Cars driving in the rain on the turnpike, Wind

Medium Sounds: Trees rustling in the breeze, car going down my street

Closest sounds: Front storm door hitting the railing of our porch in the wind. My roommates talking, jazz music playing from Sean’s phone, Betty (cat) meowing

Sound level Medium amounts of sound. not loud, but there are very specific key sounds

Description: Serene

Key Sounds: Betty meowing, Jazz from Sean’s phone, roommate conversation

Date: 4/25/23

Location: Citi Field

Far sounds: cheering & shouting from opposite side of stadium

Medium sounds: clapping and cheering from sections around us, the bat hitting the ball

Close sounds: roommate making comments next to me, people speaking French behind me, the loudspeaker anytime anything happens

Sound description/level: loud and passionate and full of a low level of anticipatory chatter punctuated by cheers

One word: lively

Most important sounds (three sounds that make the scene what it is): clapping, cheering, baseball hitting bat

April 28th, 10:33pm – my dorm with the door cracked

Farthest Away: Car vrooming down a street (barely audible), Plane flying overhead

Medium Range: Toilet Flushing, The sound of my roommate’s phone playing a tv show, the paper towel dispenser on the other side of my wall

Closest: Hum of the refrigerator, My roommate moving around the dorm packing, My roommate opening and closing her drawers

Sound Level: A medium level excluding farthest away sounds. Medium and Close range were often in a battle trying to be heard over the other.

Sound Activity: Inconsistent. It often felt like once one sound came in, they all tried to happen at once, then once one stopped they all stopped. My roommate was also not consistently moving around, she would stop in a spot to contemplate what she wanted to pack. Also, there wasn’t a person in the bathroom who was consistently dispensing paper towels.

Description: Active

Essential Sounds:

• Roommate moving around the room
• Paper towel dispenser
• Plane flying overhead

1:45pm/ Hofstra’s Child Care Institute (where I work) / April 28th

Farthest sounds: kids and teachers playing outside

Mid sounds: babies crying next door

Closest: sound machine playing white noise for babies nap, one of the kids being fussy

Sound level; quiet

One Word: sleepy

Most important sound: sound machine, babies crying

2:45pm // speigel theater SFAB open forum // April 28th. 

Farthest away sounds — hum of the ebb and flow of traffic, the occasional siren, shuffling of speigel seats. 

Medium sounds — clinking of bri’s dog’s collar, typing of Sfab rep computers. 

Closest sounds — me adjusting in my chair, people talking behind me, professors answering questions, ice shifting in my plastic dunkin cup. 

Sound level – mostly silent on the background noise except for the occasional shifting of people in audience or on stage. Focused in on the conversation and dialogue happening. 

One word – productive 

Most important sounds – the professors speaking, audience members speaking, typing of SFAB computers.