Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Date: February 22 – 2:00pm

Location: My Backyard

Far Sounds: bell tolling, planes flying by overhead, incomprehensible music from a car radio down the street.

Medium Sounds: car honking, truck rumbling past, birds calling to one another, cars whooshing by, icy sleet falling.

Close Sounds: keyboard clicks, breathing in and out, sleet hitting the ground, chairs, tables nearby.

Sound Description/Level: as the sound of sleet intensifies, it brings the other sounds in and out of focus. The planes and cars increase in volume as they get closer, then gradually fade away. Every sound seems one-and-done, a little snippet of something new in the world before it disappears again into the wash of sleet falling. 

One Word: transient

Most Important Sounds: sleet, cars driving past, bird calls.

Location and time: Jones Beach, 5:30 pm. 

Sounds Heard: 

• Heavy rustling of wind
• Birds squawking
• Ocean waves   

Date: March 13th, 2022

Location and Time: My bedroom, 5:58pm

Far Sounds: An airplane flying over, water pouring into the sink from our broken washer, buttons scraping the dryer, leaves rustling outside my window, truck driving by, the hum of the dryer

Medium Sounds: Evening doves chirping, a crow flying above and cawing, neighbor bringing their trash bin out, my radiator making a low humming noise, Nia walking up the basement stairs, Lizzy shutting her door upstairs, neighbor getting into car and starting it

Close Sounds: Lizzy singing “Smoking Out the Window” by Bruno Mars, Lizzy adjusting the clocks on the microwave and oven, someone washing dishes in the kitchen and humming, chickadee that is chirping outside my window

Sound Description/Level: Serene, calm with an occasional blip

One Word: Calming

Most Important Sounds: Evening doves chirping, Lizzy adjusting the clocks, neighbor dragging trash bin out, Lizzy serenading me

This is on my walk from Lowe to Hagedorn. I do it on wednesdays and mondays. Yeah i typed that backwards. Today is monday and here is my sounds.

Location: Outside of Vander Poel 4/7/18 around 6pm

Sounds heard: Birds chirping, my footsteps on grass, cars passing by in the Vander Poel parking lot and on Oak Street

Sitting in the Bill of Rights parking lot waiting to park.  2/22/2018 10:30pm

sounds : old car running, tires on pavement, crows , wind

5:00 AM   April 14, 2017  My room

2. cars (not constant)

3. bird calls, both tweeting and cawing

4. laptop hum, roommate murmuring in sleep

5. low sound level with no real rhythm, very inconsistant

6. disruptive

7. roommate murmuring, cawing of the bird, and the cars

1. April 13, 3:46, Outside Bits&Bytes
2. Far Sounds: Students playing frisbee and yelling at each other
3. Medium Sounds: Birds chirping in the trees
4. Close Sounds: Children laughing as they chase each other around on the grass
5. Sound Level: Loud
6. Environment: Calm and relaxing
7. Essential Sounds: Students yelling, Birds chirping, Children laughing

Walking back to the Netherlands by the towers

Birds (a lot of them), shoes hitting pavement, whispering