- 2/25/2016, 3:46 pm, Adams Playhouse
- Farthest: David’s voice talking to students in the basement of the playhouse, random chatter and laughter from the students
- Medium: The actors inside onstage performing their scenes
- Closest: The box office ladies selling tickets to various people coming in and out of the playhouse, the doors squeaking
- Level: Soft, Low noise
- One Word: Calm
- 3 sounds: squeaking doors, voices from inside the playhouse, laughter downstairs
Category Archives: Journal Entry
Sound Journal
2/24/16 7:05 pm NYC Subway (the 1 train Uptown)
Closest: Hofstra students talking, guy singing New York, New York and shaking a money jar
Medium: People talking and someone with the music on their headphone playing much too loud
Far: the roaring of the subway traveling on the tracks and the screeching of the breaks or when the subway turns corners.
Sound level: Loud
One word: Busy
Three sounds: People talking, guy singing, and subway tracks roaring.
Journal Entry 6
February 24th. 6:58P.M. Lowe 106: Peer Gynt Rehearsal
Closest: People screaming, yelling, laughing, jumping around (loud thuds from hitting the floor hard)
Med: Wind through the window, people walking in socks, the door opening and closing
Far: Typing, clock ticking
Sound level: Loud
One word: Overwhelming
Three sounds needed: People screaming/laughing, people walking in socks, door opening and closing repeatedly
Journal Entry 4
Location: 1130 Pembroke Street living room, 2/18/16, 9:00am
Farthest: muted voices in room next door
Medium: Cars driving by on the street, birds tweeting outside
Closest: Heater breathing, keys typing
Sound level: low
One Word: Peaceful
Three Sounds: Cars, people, birds
Location: Adams Playhouse, Wednesday February 17th, shortly after 8pm
Farthest: Keys clicking on a keyboard, pencil scratching
Medium: Jean, Maureen and Sam discussing script changes
Closest: Max leading the cast in a vocal warm up that involves them jumping around in circles repeating “Topeka Bodega”
Sound level: High
One word: Echo-y
Three sounds: Vocal warm up, script discussion, pencil scratching.
Journal Entry 4
February 14th. 10:30 AM. My house in Delaware.
Closest: Dog barking excitedly, my mom greeting me, pots and pans being moved around (not loudly)
Medium: Rain pouring outside, Feet shuffling on the floor, the creaking of old wood, coffee brewing
Farthest: Wind, a door opening and closing in the back of the house, cat playing with a curtain (paws scampering against the floor)
Sound level: Medium
One word: Busy
3 Sounds: Dog barking, Rain, Pots and Pans
Journal 4
- Airplane, 2/16/16, 1:30pm
- Farthest: flight attendants giving demonstration
- Medium: engine noises, people talking
- Closest: baby crying
- Sound Level: High
- One Word: Loud
- Three Words: Flight attendants, engine, baby
Journal Entry 4
- When/Where: February 18th, 2016. 6:55 p.m. Backstage of As You Like It
- Farthest: audience members coming in and chatting, footsteps on stage and risers, Jim’s keys jingling
- Medium: run crew on stage right talking, actors getting into places and warming up their voices
- Closest: Dabney talking on headset, an ASM asking me a question, actors flipping through my script
- Sound level: medium
- One Word: anticipation
- Three Words: chatter, warm-ups, headset
Journal Entry 4
February 14th, Movie Theatre
Farthest: door opening and closing, popcorn bags being rustled
Medium: people walking around, a baby crying, someone talking on a phone
Closest: people talking, a small child running around in line
Sound Level: Loud
One word: Excited
Three essential sounds: popcorn bags, people talking, footsteps
Sound Journal #4
- 2/18/16, 3:53pm, Netherlands Core Cafe
- Farthest: low music playing in the area where you actually pick up your food, the sound of the turnstile as people go in
- Medium: footsteps and random chatter as people pass by
- Closest: the conversation of the students in the cafe, the loud obnoxious noise from the giant TV in the center
- Sound Level: Relatively high
- One word: Active
- 3 sounds: TV noise, music, turnstile