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Sound Journal #8
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1- Bits and Bytes, Monday 3/24/14 12:45

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

  • Burger guys yelling at each other
  • Some sort of racket playing on the television
  • General B&B chatter

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

  • People at the table next to me talk about x-box
  • Cashier saying “Have a nice day”
  • Someone saying “Oh, SHIT” as they drop a glass bottle

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

  • Jeremy making a joke
  • rustling of my candy package
  • tapping on the table

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

This is a fairly busy time for B&B, so it’s loud and chatty. Everyone is going about their mid day food requirements

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

Hungry

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and 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.

  • Rustling of candy
  • Jeremy
  • General B&B noise

Sound Journal #8
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1. 3/27/2014, 7pm Rehearsal

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you:  Dora the explorer music coming from the room to my right, the fan blowing and booming, the front door opening and closing

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: three male voices singing together in the room to my left, piano playing also in the room to my left, footsteps of people walking from room to room

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: my cast speeding through our lines, the clicking of my highlighter cap, my boyfriend taping away at his phone.

5. General sound level and activity: the amount of sound activity is outrageous while the level is decently comfortable, maybe a little loud for others

6. One word to describe the sound environment:  Chaotic

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

Dora music

The fan

My highlighter cap

Field Recording
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7:46, 3/37/14, Student Center Front Dining Hall

Sounds Heard: Me placing my phone on the table, Tearing off my coffee cup holder, Christina picking up her keys, varied students talking in the background, Christina seasoning her food, someone sneezing, Emily trying to ruin my recording by tapping her phone

 

Sound Journal
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1. 3/27/2014, 10:24, Student Center Cafe

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you:  Kids on the balcony fooling around, The Sbarro chefs preparing the pizza for the night, muffled music playing from speakers in the atrium, a door opening and slamming shut on the floor above.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: The people at the table next to me, discussing the latest fashion, the girl two seats over tapping on her computer, the person at the table over tapping their fingers really loudly.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Emily crunching her water bottle, and playing with her phone case, Christina and Emily discussing something quite loudly, Christina fiddling with her keys. The girl directly next to me crunching on some potato chips, opera music suddenly blaring from the tv.

5. General sound level and activity: Even though there are not many people in here, the Student Center is still very active. The sound activity is very busy, and there is a wide variety of sounds around me. The noise level is high, but not unbearable

6. One word to describe the sound environment:  Active

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

The TV blaring

Sbarro’s chef’s knife slamming against the cutting board

The potato chips crunching (one of my pet peeves)

 

Sound Journal #8
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1. 3/27/2014, 9:38 Adams Playhouse 

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you:  There is a general low drone that I can always hear in this theatre, so I think that is the sound farthest from me.  I can also hear a whisper or two among the SM and ASMS watching the run-through.  A cannot hear the actors in the stage right wings.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: Medium range sounds are definitely the heels of my many female castmates and the lines and business that is being featured onstage.  Right now, there is a loud bell ringing, and I can hear two of my castmates cackling like mischievous little girls.  I would also consider the sound of other keyboards at medium range.  I can hear about five different girls working at their laptops, and a few whispering.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Closest to me, I can hear my own keyboard and my own breathing.  I am still coming back to normal breath, being that I just completed my last scene in this run, and I am sniffling a little.  When I move my feet, my boots crackle because they are very worn down.

5. General sound level and activity: The general sound level changes from very quiet to pretty loud, depending on what is happening in the scene.  Right this very second it is quite low and very relaxing.  You can sense that everyone is trying to be politely productive.

6. One word to describe the sound environment:  Fluctuating

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

– The business on the stage

– The sound of multiple MacBook keyboards

-My cast’s heels on the floor of the stage