Journal Entry #1

Location: 224 Lenox living room  Time: 10 PM

Farthest Away Sounds:

  • people talking and laughing upstairs
  • footsteps upstairs
  • music playing upstairs

Mid Range Sounds:

  • sink running in kitchen next door
  • plates and bowls clanking in the sink
  • bedroom door opening in closing

Closest Sounds:

  • roommates sitting around table talking and laughing
  • chairs being scooched on floor
  • tv playing wii music

Sound Level:

When I started my observation I was the only one in the room and was mostly hearing everything upstairs that was very faint and far away and then as it went on more and more people joined in the living room and then we started playing games and it progressively got louder and more lively

Descriptors: lively but calm

Essential Sounds

  • laughing
  • music
  • wii music

Journal Entry #1

1. February 12, 12:00pm, Film Set in a Dinner

2. People chatting in a corner about the next shot for set, cars driving down the street, the hum of the heater running

3. The hum of the appliances (mainly fridge), actors practicing their lines, people walking by me and the squeaking of their shoes

4. The rubbing of my jacket in the booth, my heavier breathing and stuffy nose

5. It can get loud when people are debating in the corner or when they are walking by, but it’s generally at a medium level. The most consistent sound level is the appliances running.

6. Hectic

7. Fridge hum, director talking with actors, steps of people frantically walking to grab/move equipment