Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- February 12, 2014, 8:42pm, HofUSA

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Farthest from me, I can hear the sounds of students having lively conversations while eating their dinners. I can hear faint plans for Valentines Day and surprises girls are planning for their boyfriends.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

At medium range from me are the TVs showing the news, sports games, and the Olympics in Sochi.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Closest to me, I can hear the voice of my friend as she’s telling me a story while eating her dinner. I hear the sound of myself chewing my food and contributing to the conversation.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The sound level in HofUSA is that of excited, hungry students just looking for a place to relax and enjoy their dinner. It’s bustling and loud with a lot of people moving about the room.

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

Lively

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment are the sound of the other students around me, the TVs next to me and the sound of the conversation I’m having with my friend while eating dinner.

It’s almost midnight at HofUSA, and here you can hear a really bad pop music, two girls talking while playing pool and complaining about it, and a group of friends talking loudly. According to Cyndi (a friend I’m sitting with) the bad pop music playing has been on a loop for several hours.

…the horror.

1-    Date/Time/Location.
1.29.2013/10:30pm/HofUSA

2-    Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Pop music playing on a radio.  People ordering food at the register.

3-    Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
People talking. Laughter. A cell phone ringing.

4-    Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
People talking, telling stories.  Laughter.  The rustle of napkins and food containers.

5-    Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Loud.  Medium-High activity.

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

7-    Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.

Music, people talking, laughter.

1. 2/16/12   8:30pm    HofUSA

2. Farthest away from me, people are eating in the next room, talking, and laughing. A t.v. in the same room as me plays some kind of show or music video.

3. At a medium range, music is coming from the Dance Dance Revolution game in the arcade, along with other various arcade sounds.

4. The sounds closest to me are the sounds of pool balls being hit across the pool table and people commenting on whether it was a good shot.  My friends next to me are talking about where their food is.

5. The general sound level is very loud and there is a large amount of sound activity coming from every direction.

6. I would describe this environment as “hectic”.

7. Three sounds essential to this environment are the sounds being made at the pool table, the sounds of the arcade, and the sounds of people talking in the other room with their food.  The environment is meant to be a hangout, and these sounds represent that idea.