Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Date: March 30

Location: LHCOMM Classroom

Far Sounds: doors opening from down the hall, professor’s voice through the wall

Medium Sounds: air vents, people moving in their seats, clearing their throats, marker squeaking on the board

Close Sounds: Professor lecturing, people writing in their notebooks

Sound Description/Level: the professor himself is loud and clear because he projects his voice, but other than that the level of noise is pretty quiet.

One Word: enthusiasm

Most Important Sounds: Professor talking, marker squeaking

Date: March 29

Time: 11:20 am

Location: Career Center waiting room

Far Sounds: door opening and latching down the hall, voices moving past, footsteps, paper cutter slicing in a nearby office.

Medium Sounds: light keyboard tapping, bracelet swiping across a desk, computer mouse clicking, desk drawer opening and closing. 

Close Sounds: two women talking, door opening, footsteps on carpet, jacket rubbing, white noise machine.

Sound Description/Level: the sound in this room is refined, almost antiseptic. The white noise machine gives it a calming atmosphere and nothing is too loud or jarring. 

One Word: clean

Most Important Sounds: keyboard tapping, footsteps on carpet, white noise machine.

March 11, 2:08: Studio A in Comm. School

Furthest Away: People taking down lights, talking by the set, Genie going up/down for lights, hum of AC and lights

Medium Range: shuffling of footsteps, people moving equipment, shooting to people on other side of studio, others grabbing food

Closest Range: munching on pizza, light chatter in small group, breathing of myself and others

Sound Level: can get loud if people are chatting, quiet in some areas like near me but by equipment the sound can spike

Sound Activity: mainly i hear people chatting and moving equipment which means those levels can change from dead silent to loud in an instant

Description: echoey

Main Sounds:

Chatter, clatter of equipment, and footsteps

March 11th, 1:00am – Corner of Belmont and California Ave.

Farthest Away: Girls screaming and the whoosh of cars driving on a wet road.

Medium Range: The rustling of leaves from the wind.

Closest: The softness of the person next to me’s breathing, and the water dripping onto the ground from gutters, drains, and roofs.

Sound Level: Everything was at the same level regarding my ears. Since I was hearing everything at a consistent level, the farthest away sounds were actually louder than the closest sounds, so that my ears could pic them up as being at the same volume.

Sound Activity: Everything was very consistent except for when the cars would stop at the traffic light. However, even though the cars on the turnpike directly in front of me were stopped, I could still hear other cars driving on the wet pavement a couple streets away.

Description: Wet

Essential Sounds:

• Cars driving on wet pavement
• The dripping water
• The rustling of leaves

Date: 3/10/23

Location: the walk from the Student Center to VP

Far sounds: someone singing or playing music (faint), cars driving

Medium sounds: planes overhead, doors to the tower dorms opening

Close sounds: footsteps, jangling keys, stuff in bags rustling, clothes brushing, footsteps, breathing, friends talking

Sound description/level: It’s quiet, which make the quieter sounds like breathing and clothes brushing louder. The general feeling is calm. It’s also nighttime, so it’s dark out, which lends itself to the muted nature of the surrounding world.

One word: muted

Most important sounds: footsteps, jangling keys, friends talking

1. 3/10/23 at 3:22pm in the Stu

2. Farthest Away: the music and machines from Starbucks

3. Medium Range: Chairs scraping, people chattering, cutlery and tools clinking around

4. Closest: My friends talking, sounds of eating, the boba shaker shaking

5. Sound Level: Moderate

6. Sound Activity: Active constant

7. One Word: Busy

8. Essential Sounds: Cutlery/tools clinking, the music from Starbucks, my friends talking

March 10th, 2023

1:12 pm

Hofstra Gym, second floor

Far sounds – hum of machines surrounding me, weights hitting floor downstairs, muffled conversations as people run by, feet hitting the track surrounding me

medium sounds – rhythmic hum of treadmills as people run, tv above me, music on radio in gym speakers, conversation behind me, pull of the paper towel machine

Close sounds – music pulsing in my headphones, water bottle clanking against the machine, the hit of my feet on the treadmill 

Sound level – full of random clashing background noise, but overall medially mellow. Not too rambunctious. 

one word – focused

Most important sounds —  rhythmic hum of treadmills as people run, pull of the paper towel machine,  weights hitting floor 

Bill of Rights Laundry Room – 3/10/23 – 9:40am

Far sounds: Cars passing outside

Medium Sounds: metal clacking inside washers/dryers

Close sounds: dryer hum, machine creaking, water filling washer, buzzer when laundry finishes

Sounds level: consistently noisy but not too loud

One Word: busy

Most Important: dryer hum, metal clanking, water filling washer

Date: March 8

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Bits & Bytes

Far Sounds: indistinguishable conversations in the back room, electricity humming, food wrappers rustling.

Medium Sounds: garbled voice speaking over the phone, people talking, chairs scraping across the floor, hands clapping occasionally. 

Close Sounds: fan whirring overhead, keyboard clicks, table wobbling, fabric rubbing.

Sound Description/Level: quite consistent, there is a steady drone of voices engaged in different conversations, but they all blur into one another. The other sounds are mere accents dropped in occasionally.

One Word: bustling

Most Important Sounds: people talking, chairs scraping, voice on the phone