Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 2/16/17, 11:18PM, Vander Poel Hall Kitchen
2. Farthest-Sounds of laughter from a different room. winds outside, The thud of doors closing different sections of the building, dimmed screech of a police siren or ambulance.
3. Medium-Refrigerators running in vending machines, air conditioner, a buzz from the fluorescent lighting
4. Closest-Butter sizzling on a heated pan, random clinks from the stove, me biting and chewing toast and scrambled eggs, me typing on the keyboard.
5. Level and Activity-Low sound level as in it’s very quiet and any sound emitted can be heard throughout the room, but there’s a moderate amount of sound coming preventing total silence.
6. Solitary
7. Buzz of vending machines, sizzling butter, Police/ambulance siren.

1) My Kitchen, 2/3/2017 at 12:47 AM
2) The pipes upstairs clanking every so often.
3) My sister upstairs, milling about in her room.
4) The soft hiss of the oven as it runs, and the clicks it makes every so often, including the pilot light reigniting in a soft “fwoosh”.
5) Very low; very little.
6) Muffled.
7) My sister milling about at a distance. The oven hissing. The pilot light’s fwoosh.

1. 2/12/16, 9:51am, Kitchen
2. Farthest sound: cars driving by on street outside, crunch of snow by pedestrians
3. Medium sound: shower running
4. Closest sound: Refrigerator running, keyboard clicking
5. Sound level: Low
6. Sound description: Peaceful
7. Important sounds: refrigerator, cars outside

Location: Bill of Rights Kitchen

Sounds: Music, friends talking, microwave, whistling, chair being pulled, bottle of soda opened, typing

Location of clip: Kitchen, my house.

Sounds heard: Mom opening up the box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, ruffling the plastic bag, and pouring the cereal into the blender. The blender’s motor can then be heard, along with a cabinet door closing. The faucet is then turned on and off, followed by Mom pouring more cereal into the blender.