Location: The drive home from the Movie Theatre
Sounds heard: Me sniffling, my car engine revving, another sniffle, the tires of my car as I hit a pothole, the sound of me hitting my blinker, the noise of the blinker, various sounds as I hit potholes
1 – 2/20/14 – 9:03pm, Sunrise Hwy, Merrick, NY
2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Wheels of other cars rushing through puddles
-Wind whistling
3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Air creeping through the narrow window opening
-My old car rocking with every bump in the road
4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– Rain drops hitting the windshield of my car
– Windshield wiper squeaking every time it hits the furtherest limit on both the right and left sides
-Heater
5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound level is pretty loud. There is a lot of sound activity going on, partly from nature and partly from machines I am using to try to control the nature. Theres a lot going on, and each of these things have a set rhythm to them.
6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
– Effortful
7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Rain drops falling on the windshield
– Whistling of the wind
-My car jerking around with every little bump in the road
Location: Bits and Bytes
Time: 2/20 12:15 pm
Sounds heard: General conversation, Plastic salad container opening, Chair sliding, Voice from t.v.
1. Thursday 2/20, 7:30 pm, HofUSA
2. Identify sounds farthest away from you:
3. Identify sounds at medium range from you:
4. Identify sounds closest to you:
5. Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity:
The room is full of ongoing games and conversation provided by the air hockey and pool tables. There are general cheers stemming from the games and a white noise of conversation in the background. The sound level is fairly high as it usually can be described as excited.
6. Assign a one word description to the sound environment:
vibrant
7. Select three sounds that are essential to the environment:
1. AMC Theatre 8, Roosevelt Field Mall, 8:03
2. Identify sounds farthest from me: The door to the theatre opening at the back, latecomers shuffling to their seats, a vacuüm in the distance
3. Identify sounds at medium range: The kid a few rows down opening his bag of overpriced candy, muffled conversations between family members, the text noises made by an iPhone that someone has not silenced.
4. Identify sounds closest to me: Even though relatively far from me, the sound of the movie blasts into my ears. The kid next to me crunching on his popcorn, and the person to my left slurping down a soda.
5. General sound level and activity: It’s surprisingly noisy for a movie trip, but there is still that typical hush that comes in movie theaters. It seems as if not many people are actually paying attention to the movie, but are instead concerned with their snacks and drinks.
6. Word to describe sound environment: Disrespectful
7. Three sounds that complete the sound environment:
-The sound of the movie in my ears
-The texting noises
-The popcorn crunch
Location of clip: The Den, my house.
Sounds heard: Mom flapping a garbage bag, me playing Skyrim and zipping up my backpack, followed by Mom typing quickly on the keyboard. Mom then gets up from her chair with the garbage bag in hand, and leaves while I continue to play the game.
1. The Drama Lounge, Thursday, February 20, 2014, 9:26 pm.
2. Identify sounds farthest from me: The outermost door to Emily Lowe makes a raucous slam as students go home for the night.
3. Identify sounds at medium range: Dance Teachers speak softly as they enter the building and go up to their offices. The sound of their footsteps grows fainter as they get further away from the drounge.
4. Identify sounds closest to me: Jess High types swiftly on her Mac and her nails make a soft tapping on the keys. Pedro is beside me, biting into an apple; he is consciously trying to be as inconspicuous with each bite as possible, as he intently watches League of Legends on his iPad. On my right side, Maya, Kristin and Jack are rehearsing a scene for Speech class in standard stage, making sure they’re off-book. Maya says one part of the dialogue, and Jack and Kristin say the other part in unison (probably because they both need to know that part), and they sound like the girls from The Shining.
5. General sound level and activity: It’s noisy in here, as always, with actors acting, others playing on their computer, watching videos, typing away as they do their homework.
6. Word to describe sound environment: Hectic.
7. Three sounds that complete the sound environment:
— The sound of Maya, Kristin and Jack rehearsing lines.
— Pedro’s League of Legends video and his apple.
— The soft tapping of the keys on Jess’s keyboard.
This is a clip of Kristin Papadopoulos and Maya Carter rehearsing a scene in for speech class; they struggle to get off book. This was recorded while I was sitting in the drama lounge.
Kristin and Maya have both given their permission for the posting of this clip.
Location: Au Bon Pan dining room
Time: 7:51P Thursday, February 20 2014
Sounds Featured: Misc. Conversation, Lousy Top-40 Music, clatter of plastic-ware
1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment
Thursday, Feb 20 2014. 7:51P. ABP Dining room.
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
• Employees in Kitchen rattling metal baking sheets
• A sink being operated
• The employee entrance door opening and closing
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
• Overhead sound system (playing Top-40 drivel)
• Anonymous person in bathroom is operating the paper-towel dispenser
• Footsteps outside of the window directly in front of me
• Conversation of various topics, spoken by various persons (Beja included)
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
• Tapping of chair leg against the floor (the chair is wobbling)
• A/C overhead vent just turned on
• Girl behind me is taking selfies/photographing her food; camera shutter sound effect
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The room is open and sound travels far. Sound reverberates in a full, clear manner. The amount of sound activity seems normal for this area at this time of day; it is a quiet, focused energy.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
Milky
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
• Employees banging baking sheets
• Music overhead
• Constant Conversation