Sounds featured: Footsteps, thunder, planes passing overhead, trees shaking in the wind
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Journal Entry Numero 9
1. Thursday, 4/3/14, 11:07P Greengrove Ave
2. Identify the sounds farthest from you:
> Cars passing on distant streets
> Thunder overhead
> A single bird down the street
3. Identify the sounds at medium range from you:
> A person throws trash out of their houses back door
> Wind rustles leaves of a tree
> Rain hitting the pavement
4. Identify the sounds closest to you:
> My footsteps
> My breathing
> The jingling of my various zippers
5. Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity:
The sound level is low and the amount of activity is low. It is late, all the animals are tired, and the rain is not helping anybody to want to go outside.
6. Assign one word to describe the sound environment
Slipery
7. Select three sounds essential to the environment:
Rain on Pavement
Trees rustling
Thunder
Field Recording #8
Adams Playhouse, 4/2/14 11:30 am, Dance symposium
Sounds Heard: Conversation among friends, ambiguous chatter from high school students, me texting. (Permission was granted for recording)
Journal Entry #9
1. Thursday, 4/3/14, On break at 7:52 pm, Lowe 106
2. Identify the sounds farthest from you:
- Cars outside in the parking lot
- Footsteps on the side walk
- An airplane outside
3. Identify the sounds at medium range from you:
- Music coming from Room 108
- People talking loudly in the hall
4. Identify the sounds closest to you:
- Matt and Maggie talking behind me
- Cindy texting on her phone
- Justin playing on his 3DS
5. Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity:
The sound level is pretty low but the activity is fairly high due to the music from 108 and the people talking in the hall
6. Assign one word to describe the sound environment
Techno
7. Select three sounds essential to the environment:
- Music from 108
- People talking in the hall
- Cindy texting
Field Rec.
4/3/14, around 3:45 PM, Bits&Bytes
Sounds Heard: muffled talking from people in the background, water bottle falling over, Meagan clearing her throat, me sighing loudly and then sniffling, Meagan hitting me for reading her texts, me scolding Meagan for hitting me, Richie asking “what the hell”
Field Recording #8
My Room, Centereach
I start off the clip by grabbing and moving a few of my Yu-Gi-Oh card boxes toward me. I open up a Deck box and start flipping through some of the cards. Lastly, I set the cards down and plop my card binder in front of me and begin to flip through its pages.
Field Recording #8
3/30/14 Early Afternoon, My bedroom
Sounds heard: static, the wind, bird cawing, multiple birds chipping, and me touching the phone at the end.
Sound Journal #9
1 – 4/3/14 – 4:00pm – Outside Emily Lowe
2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-The opening and closing of Emily Lowe’s doors.
-The footsteps of students walking down the stairs and onto the sidewalk.
-Other students talking while they play catch with a football.
3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-My friends’ cheers as they successfully throw and pass the Frisbee around.
-The clacking sound the Frisbee makes when as it hits a few tree branches.
4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-My feet thumping on the grass as I run.
-The rustling of the bushes as the Frisbee flies into them.
-The whoosh of air as I throw the Frisbee.
5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-The sound level was pretty loud outside Emily Lowe. There was never a minute where someone wasn’t goofing around and enjoying each other’s company. All of the sounds were occurring within moments of each other.
6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
-Fun.
7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-My friends cheering.
-The initial whooshing of the air.
-The thumping of my feet.
Sound Journal #9
1. 4/3/2014, 7:30 PM, Marshalls
2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: The music over the speaker system, the sliding doors occasionally opening and closing, carts rolling
3. Identify the sounds at medium range: More carts rolling, employees talking, footsteps by many
4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Even more carts rolling, my mom talking, the sound of my arm brushing against my jacket as I walk around, my own footsteps
5. General sound level and activity: It’s a week day night but there are definitely a decent number of people in the store. The sound level and activity are both at a medium level. The store is still far from closing so no one is in a rushing to do anything really.
6. One word to describe the sound environment: Leisurely
7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment:
-Many carts rolling
-Music playing
-My own footsteps
Sound Journal #9 OPEN DRESS
1. 4/3/2014, 8:30 PM, NAB Female Dressing Room
2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: Furthest from me, I can hear a can of hair spray spraying in the last row of mirrors. I can also hear a bit of the conversation in that aisle.
3. Identify the sounds at medium range: At medium range, I can hear the action on stage via the intercom, and the faint fuzz that can be heard when the intercom is turned on. There are some wire hangers banging against each other on the dressing rack and footsteps coming from the same area.
4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Closest to me, I can hear the conversations of the girls in my dressing row. I can hear Laura’s keyboard and Sophie putting on her shoes. Whenever someone sets something on the counter, there is a satisfying placement sound.
5. General sound level and activity: Now that the show is in progress, the general sound level is lower than it is pre-show. It is cool, despite the heat in the dressing room. You can tell that everyone is ready now and is doing homework between scenes.
6. One word to describe the sound environment: Costumed
7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment:
-Hair spray spraying
-Dressing room chatter
-Makeup, water bottles and spray cans on the counters