Monthly Archives: February 2013
Journal Entry #3
1- 2/14/2013 (Happy Valentine’s Day all!)-3:57 pm- in the middle of the food section of Au Bon Pain on campus.
2- Sounds farthest away: Hissing of what sounds like a latte machine, staff at the sandwich-making stand yelling customer’s names and orders.
3- Sounds at medium range: People shaking out plastic bags to grab food, constant low hum from the refrigerated food aisle.
4- Sounds at closest range: People chattering at various volumes, sometimes yelling very excitedly, loud laughter, the sporadic screech of shoes against the tile floor, soup lids clanking, muffled shuffling of feet walking by.
5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Sound level is very high and tumultuous. There are no peaks and valleys, highs and lows. The sound is at a constant high chaos and there are no lulls. There is no harmony or order to the various sounds. The origins of the majority of the sounds are very near me, which could potentially make others feel claustrophobic however to me it is not at all off-putting, but rather a happy and exciting chaos.
6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Lively.
7- 3 sounds essential to the sound environment. People chattering at various volumes, muffled shuffling of feet walking by, staff at the sandwich-making stand yelling customer’s names and orders.
Journal Entry 3
1. 5pm 2/14/13 Friends house
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Low sounds of the television from down the hall, bird chirping outside, faint voices from across the street
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
Bustling in a room down the hall, a motorcycle going by really fast- loud zooming noise, the heat coming on, car driving by
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
Friends talking, my breathing,
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Lots of sound activity, lots of soft sounds and occasional short bursts of loudness, ex. motorcycle going by
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Contained
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The tv, friends talking, bustling throughout the house
Field Recording #2
Identify the location of the clip – I was sitting in the studio working on my design for one of my characters for 179. The recording is taken at a very close range to my pencil and work surface to enhance the finite sounds that are being created.
Identify the sounds heard in the clip – At first you hear the pencil forming the arm shape of one of my characters. I was struggling with the foreshortening effect needed for his arm. As I drew I was also constantly erasing and redrawing. You can distinctly hear the difference between my pencil on the paper and my eraser and my hand brushing the eraser shavings off of the paper. If you listen very closely you can even hear a slight difference in pencil noises from the beginning to the end as I used a 4H pencil in the beginning and darkened the line at the end with a much softer, 4B pencil.
Field Recording #2
Journal Entry 3
1- Date/Time/Location.
2.12.13 / 12:52 / Breslin 112
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
People out in the hallway talking, door closing
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
The squeaking of the air conditioner, an unidentified hum
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
Professor speaking, coughing, the rustling of paper
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Quiet except for professor, medium-low
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Tired
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
Professor speaking, squeaking of air conditioner, paper rustling
Journal Entry #3
1) 2/14/13, 10:15am, Dorm Room in Constitution Hall
2) Trucks on the road near by, honking, wind blowing through the trees
3) Wind rattling the blinds on my window, which is slightly open. Refrigerator humming quietly
4) My own typing, breathing
5) It is very quiet, but fairly active.
6) Tranquil
7) Wind, Trucks going by in the distance, rhythm of the window shade tapping
Journal Entry 3
1- 2/12/13, My dorm room shower, 10:30 P.M. After State of the Union Address
2- TV News Station talking about State of the Union speech, Roommates talking about the speech
3- Smooth Jazz pandora radio station being played from an ipod in the bathroom, water running through pipes in the walls
4- Water splashing against shower walls, water rushing through shower head
5- Dull and muffled outside the bathroom, the bathroom gave the sounds within an echoing effect. If I focused on the sound of the water in the shower I couldn’t hear anything else, but if I focused on sounds other than the water I still heard the water of the shower just as easily.
6- Resonant. The news and my roommates were reflecting on the speech that happened prior, resonating in a figurative sense, and the sounds in the bathroom resonated, literally, withing the bathroom itself.
7- Water from the showerhead, the News, sound of splashing water
Field Recording #2
Location: Walking to class, from my house on Duncan Road to Emily Lowe Hall.
Sounds heard in the clip: The very satisfying sound of crunching a light layer of snow under my snow boots. The tempo is pretty fast and consistent and it is a constant sound in the clip. A car beep and a car starting are more specific sounds that follow, as well as occasional spurts of wind toward the end.
Journal Entry #3
1. Wednesday, February 13th – 9:03 AM – Breslin 100
2. The heater in the front of the room making a spitting noise, the door opening and closing consistently, the creaking of the chairs in the room any time someone shifts their position
3. People talking on the other side of the room and behind me.
4. The fan on my laptop whirring, the crinkling of plastic wrap as someone unwraps their breakfast
5. The sound level is fairly high, as actors have a lot of energy and are surprisingly talkative in the morning. There are lots of different elements in the overall sound activity, but in general it doesn’t sound too busy.
6. Energetic
7. Talking, the door opening and closing, the crinkling of plastic