Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- Date/Time/Location.
2.21.13/11:15am/Emily Lowe Hall (Drama Lounge)

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
I can hear people in distant rooms speaking, a door closing.  There are footsteps in the hallway.

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
People outside the door reading a scene, laughing.  Someone coughing.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
The sound of Max asleep on the couch, deep breaths with the occasional snore.  The sound of someone’s iPod headphones buzzing and the clacking of their fingers against a laptop keyboard.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Low activity, all sounds seem to be muffled except the snoring.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The indistinct mumbling in the hall, The people reading a scene, and Max’s snores