Location: Houlihan’s (the restaurant) in a booth.
Sounds heard in the clip: Eliza is singing along with the music that is playing: Unwritten by Natasha Beddingfield. I am heard saying “Wait for the break” Stefanie says that we need to “get some harmonies in there” and there is general murmur of people talking in the restaurant underneath. Very fun times.
1) Studio 3/14/13, 5:24pm
2) Phil and Beja being ridiculous/singing/who knows, Abbie being cranky with them, Jack rustling papers and glue, the air conditioner whirring, backpacks moving, typing
3) Geena playing sound projects across the desk for me, Nic muttering something tiredly, my chair squeaking.
4) My own breathing, typing, my elbows hitting the edge of the desk.
5) The sound level is medium high, but the sound activity is very high.
6) Abrasive
7) As I am so tired, the sound projects, the air vent, and the rustling are all too much for my head.
1. March 14th – 4:45 PM – Drama Lounge
2. Marina typing on her computer, people talking outside the window, Max and Peter talking in the psibrary
3. Caitlin, Marina, and Laura singing and “bllrrrbb”-ing, Marina laughing, Mike snorting/snickering
4. Ringing in my ears (so annoying!), my phone vibrating
5. The sound level was moderate to high, which isn’t surprising considering it’s the drama lounge. The amount of sound activity is also moderate to high – there was a bunch of different things making different sounds all over the room/outside the room
6. Chaos
7. The singing/bllrrrbb-ing, the laughter, the people talking outside of the room
1- 3/13/13 – 9:22 – JCA Playhouse
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest from me I can hear faint clangs and rumbles of items and actors moving around backstage and hitting different props and tings as the lumber around.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a medium range from me I can hear the noises of the actors projecting their lines our into the audience and the occasional clang or their swords or the sturdy plastic noises of their armor hitting other objects. The loudest noises are coming from the actors as they recite their lines and kill themselves on stage.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – The sounds that are closest to me is an array of different high-pitched beeps and rhythmic clicks of shutters as each camera snapped off hundreds of photographs. In total there were four cameras all clicking and snapping photos at different times. If I shut my eyes I was able to pinpoint the exact spot of where each photographer is sitting in the audience and how far away each of them were from me.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – The loudest and most bold noise in this space is the sound of the actors on stage and moving around as they project their lines to the audience. Oddly enough the most overwhelming noises in the space are the noises of the clicks of the camera. I found it very difficult to block out these noises as they were never at a constant pace and seemed to just be an annoying noise that I could never tune out.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – Active
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try to figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact. – Camera click, Actor movement, and camera beep
1. March 14, 2013. 4:15 pm. Roosevelt 13.
2. Hum from air unit, jacket unzipping, door
3. Footsteps, voices, pretzel bag, notebook pages turning
4. Voices, bag being moved, chair moving, keys being placed on table
5. Low/medium. There are a lot of things happening, but most people are trying to not be very loud.
6. Subdued.
7. Notebook pages, voices, keys
Identify the location of the clip – Row R, seat 7 of the JCA Playhouse
Identify the sounds heard in the clip – If you listen closely you can hear the very beginning of the 64th annual Shakespeare festival. This song I think speaks volumes to the sort of week I have had with Rych. Just after you hear the iconic song to begin the show, you can faintly hear Rych come up to me and state that tomorrow will be a glorious day as he will not have to listen to this music any longer and especially that song. I have been planning to share this song as my song recording this week as I knew Rych would appreciate hearing it one last time. Also I recall one of our very first classes when Rych mentioned that different songs can cause humans to have a severe reaction. Whenever I hear this song I really do have a severe reaction as I immediately associate these noises with the long hours of tech week and the one 55 class that Rych spent setting levels with this song and this song only.
1- 3.12.13, 11:05am, 011 Davison Hall
2- Footsteps echo down the hall and above us; the occasional voice is heard, muffled through the door
3- The door opens when a student enters, but other than that, this area is silent.
4- Someone taps lightly on their desk; once in a while a person will shift in their chair creating a light swooshing noise; sometimes I can hear the breathing of the people around me as they take a deeper breath or sigh; the person next to me emits the tin-y beat from their headphones
5- The general sound level and activity is low. It seems as though we are sitting with baited breath – class begins in five minutes
6- Waiting
7- The echoing footsteps, breathing, the tin-y sound from someones’ earphones
1. March 7, 10:13 pm, Dutch Treats
2. Cars outside, wind
3. Voices, cash registers
4. Refrigerators, door and bell
5. Low. Mostly quiet.
6. Still
7. Cars, cash registers, door/bell
