Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location : Hofstra USA

Sounds in Clip : Various levels of talking/chatter from various distances, phone dropping on table, bags being dropped on chair, hollow bottle being dropped on table, clanking and moving of chairs

Location: 3rd floor window, Rochester NY

Noises coming from outside my open window. Cars driving by on the main road, lots of wind, and some people walking around in the snow below.

Location: 2nd Floor on Axinn Library – Private Study Room

Sounds: heater, my planner being opened, pages turning, zipper, pen clicking, pen on paper, keyboard clacking, metal water bottle

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The walk from Memorial Hall to Emily Lowe Hall

footsteps crunching, my keys, doors, wind

Location: the middle of the student center (during common hour).

The sounds heard in this clip consists of people walking/talking about, my friend (who was sitting across from me) singing, my friend clicking her pen, my drink being swirled around, my papers/trash being crushed and moved around, and quiet thuds or booms of things being placed/dropped in the very background.

Furthest sound from me: people chatting at the opposite side of the student center

Medium range: the two different songs playing by Brooklyn Slice

Closest: the sound of me typing up my notes for the day

Sound Level: medium

Word(s): casual evening

3 essential sounds: Music, keyboard clacking, and distant talking

02/09/2023 4pm – My Dorm Room

The sounds the furthest away from me are cars honking out on the turnpike and some people yelling

Medium Range sounds include the birds, and a couple of people walk by down below

Closest Sounds are my heater running, the sheets of my bed moving as I shift around, and someone walking down the hallway outside of my room

It’s extremely quite all things aside. The heater can be decently loud, but other than that there isn’t much going on

One Word: Peaceful

Most Important Sounds: people outside, cars, heater

Tuesday Feb 6th, 8:15PM

Sounds heard: women struggling and counting. People coughing and laughing. The sounds of the wind and cars from outside. Chatter every once in a while and scattered laughter is heard. As the counting goes on, it gets louder and more intense.

Sounds farthest from me: cars driving by

Sounds medium range to me: The chattering and comments

Sounds closest to me: The coughing and counting

Description word: organized yet relaxed

Essential sounds: the counting, the laughing, coughing, and comments made. This allows the audience to know that even though there is organized counting, it is still in a relaxed environment.

2/9/2024, 7:03 PM ET, My dorm room

The farthest sound from me is the dull sound of cars speeding by on the road close to my dorm. It’s a dull roaring sound that starts just loud enough to be noticeable and fades quickly as they get further away.

A bit closer to me is the loud rumble of my air conditioning system that turned on a few seconds before I started typing. It’s the loudest thing in my room, incessant and powerful.

The closest sound to me is the Sims idling music, a happy little tune playing from my computer while it waits for me to return my attention to it.

The sound level, in general, is a relative quiet, only broken by the air conditioner when she decides my room is not yet cold enough. As I type currently, the sound of my dorm is peaceful and relaxed.

The word I would use to describe it would be calm.

Important sounds: the hum of my computer as she works oh so hard, the dull, heavy rattling of a truck passing by, and the click the air conditioner makes to signal she’s turning on.

Date: 2/9 6:51, my upstairs living room

Farthest away from me: My downstairs housemates talking in their kitchen

Medium range: My refrigerator humming in the kitchen and my upstairs housemate’s desk chair creaking a few times per minute 

Closest to me: My keyboard clacking as I type and my occasional sniffling. My other housemate typing on her phone and clearing her throat 

The sound level is very quiet. My other 2 housemates are out of the house and everyone is sort of decompressing from the day on their own in different parts of the house. 

One word: Mundane 

3 essential sounds: Chatter of the downstairs housemates, the fridge, and my housemate’s nails as she types her phone.