Monthly Archives: February 2013

Field Recording #2
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Walking from the Adams Playhouse to Hofstra Hall, 11:03PM, 2/14/13

Sound of cart being wheeled across the sidewalk, sounds of me tripping slightly, sort of silence (We were talking in Drama 16 about how effective the absence of light can be in a lighting design, so I decided to try it with sound instead of light in a field recording. I took my recording purposely during a time when there is little to no sound to see how the absence of sound affects the sounds that can be heard)

Journal Entry #3
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1) 2/13/13, 11:15AM, Outside Axinn Library

2) Sounds of people walking (steps they’re taking, shuffling of feet, “clonk” sound of shoes with heels maybe), people talking

3) More people walking and talking, the automatic door that leads to south campus consistently opening and closing, the occasional “Thank you” as someone probably hold the door for someone else, sounds of doors leading to south campus closing, people pushing door bar in to open door

4) Stomach growling, slight squeaking of hinge of Axinn Library door as door opens and closes

5) Loud, very high activity. The volume gradually got lower the further away I was from the sound (considering that is usually how sound works in nature), but the door sounds that were of medium distance away were generally louder than anything else

6) “Foot-Traffic”

7) The sounds of the doors constantly being pushed open, the ambient sound of people chatting, the “clonk” sound of large-heeled shoes

Journal Entry 3
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1. DATE-TIME-LOCATION- 2/13/13 4:00 PM Breslin upstairs lounge

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.- People downstairs walking and talking on their way to class, mechanical sound of the automatic doors opening

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.- People down the hall leaving class

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you – people talking fairly quietly within the lounge space, several people typing on computers, chairs squeaking as people stand/sit.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity- The sound level is at a medium level, there are still some classes going on so people are trying not to be too disruptive.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”- bustling

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.- hushed conversation, people down the hall leaving class, sound of the automatic doors opening

Journal # 3
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1)      2/14/13 Friend’s dorm room 9:40

2)      Hallway voices, cars passing

3)      The radiator

4)      People talking, laughing, clicking of computer keys

5)      Its pretty loud, people talking over each other and voices from the hallway

6)      Social

7)      Talking, laughs, and the hallway voices