Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

2/9/23, 8:50pm

Couch in the Living room at my off campus house

Farthest sounds – revving car engine, fridge humming, rustling wind in the front trees, plane rumbling overhead

medium sounds – doors opening up the stairs, fire station alarm (from the station behind our house), running faucet, radiator humming, footsteps upstairs, creaking floorboards

closest sounds – clicking of my laptop keys, housemate chewing her dinner, footsteps, styrafoam food container scraping, tin foil crinkling

sound description/level – when I started my observation, it was relatively quiet and the loudest thing was the clicking of my keyboard, sitting in the room by myself. My housemates got home, and the room was flooded with sporadic yet controlled noise levels of everyone doing their own night routines, settling down for the evening. the room really ebbed and flowed.

descriptor – at ease

Essential sounds – chewing, footsteps, clicking of my laptop keys