Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: My kitchen

Time: 10 PM

Far Sounds: Hofstra show in distance, cars outside driving by

Medium sounds: Washing machine, fridge

Close sounds: fish tank filter, typing, tv show

Overall noise level: Medium low

Important Sounds: Tv, fish tank, and cars

Location: Room 707 in Vander Poel, 8:45 am 3/13/18

Farthest: Snow being removed outside, wind blowing

Medium: Elevator dinging, the shower in the men’s bathroom running

Closest: My roommate snoring and my neighbor’s god awful and super loud alarm that woke me up and that did NOT need to be so intense on a snow day of all days
Level: Medium
Description: Annoying
Important sounds: The alarm, snow being removed, elevator dinging

1.   2/28/18 on the Northern State at 5:00

2. Honking, hip hop music, “F$@^ You!!!!”-Evil soccer mom

3. The sound of the road as my mom drives, the radio blasting Demi Lovato, the blinker indicators, the engine revving.

4. The wind rushing through the open windows, the beat of my heart.

5. Minimal sound activity. This was a challenge for myself to see what I could tune into in a non stationary environment. I feel like next time, I should stick with stationary environments.

6. Gravely

7. Engine revving, blinkers, radio.

1. Hofstra gym 2/20/18 @ 12:45 PM

2. Basketballs bouncing on the gym floor, disappointing pop music, dumbbells smacking the floor.

3. People’s footsteps, water bottles being used (drank from, picked up and down, etc.), the leg press being used, people grunting from the effort of heavy weights.

4. The squeakiness of the seat of the row machine, my heavy fast heartbeat, the creak of the bar next to me being adjusted.

5. The room itself isn’t very noisy, a lot of the sound is the radio or televisions.

6. Bass

7. The dumbbells, the disappointing music, and the sound of my potato chips.

1. 2/11/18 3:00 pm at Q Zar (lazer tag arena)
2. Far sounds- kids (screaming, yelling, crying, laughing), Arcade machines dinging, quarters falling, a four letter word not to be said in front of children.
3. Medium sounds- conversation between my co-workers, awful dubstep, laser guns going off, the feet of children running who shouldn’t be running.
4. Close sounds- cash register, my eardrum pounding from the noise, charging of laser guns, clatter of laser vests.
5. The noise level in Q Zar is very loud. It is very difficult to get anywhere quiet but surprisingly easy to determine where the sound was coming from. Maybe that’s due to my familiarity with the location.
6. Chaos.
7. Laser guns, arcade machines, and the abundance of noise children make.

1. Honors College Lounge- 2/12/18- 11:15 am
2. Farthest: Printer running, secretary talking to a student, woman on the phone in an office
3. Medium: Student typing on a keyboard, someone walking past and shuffling their feet
4. Closest: Coffee machine boiling water
5. Level: Typically quiet but has bursts of noise every few moments
6. Description: Studious
7. Important sounds: Typing, people on the phone, coffee machine boiling water, printer running