Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1 – 3/6/14 – 11:00pm – My home

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-The television on a few rooms away
-The refrigerator humming

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Another television
-My cats fighting
-The tingling of the bell on one of the cats collars as he fights

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-Squeezing of a plastic water bottle
-Keys clicking on my laptop as I type
-The faint squeak of the light above me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound level is at a medium but is very concentrated. My entire house, for the most part, is asleep and still, except for where I am. There is a decent amount of sound activating coming from the direct vicinity that I am in.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The television closest to me
-The keys typing
-The refrigerator humming