Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: Lowe 216

Date and Time: 2/7/2018 around 1:13 pm

Sounds heard: A Bronx Tale Soundtrack, Friends talking, Humming, Laughter, papers ruffling, squeaky chairs,

1. 3/6/17-11:01 AM- Lowe 216
2. The door creaking open and slamming shut
3. The hum of the air conditioner above my desk and people talking across the room
4. The clicking of my keyboard and a bump of charger that fell on the floor
5. Medium
6. Busy
7. People talking, the door opening and closing, the air conditioner

1: 2/13/17- 9:31 AM- Outside of Lowe

2: Wind breezing by very fast

3: People chatting behind me, the crunch of the snow

4: My footsteps as I walk up the stairs and the cling of the door as it opens

5: Low

6: Chilly

7: The wind, footsteps, people chatting

1. 3/10/16, 3:48 pm, Lowe 216
2. Farthest: Printer, door slamming closed
3. Medium: music playing, people talking, someone shuffling through paper
4. Closest: typing, water bottle clicking open, phone vibrating, notebook pages flipping
5. Sound level: Medium. The music is loud, but other than that there is not a lot of loud noise.
6. One word: Stressful
7. 3 Sounds: music, talking,typing

1. 3/2/2016, 10:45pm, Lowe 106
2. Farthest: Music being played in 108 for dance practice, stomping and jumping from 108
3. Medium: the whispers of the actors sitting on the other side of the room from me, them eating their snacks, the typing on their computers
4. Closest: my own typing, the low hum of the heater behind me, Maggie whispering
5. Level: Low
6. One Word: Quiet
7. 3 sounds: Muted music, whispering, heater humming

When/where: Inside Lowe 106 at 8:30 p.m. 2/04/2016, during As You Like It rehearsal.

Sounds heard: Voices of cast members, Dabney talking to the cast, people around me talking/singing

1.  2/6/14    Lowe 216  8:10 PM

2. Identify sounds farthest from you.

>Screeching students on their way to begin a Thirsty Thursday night.

>Someone pacing in the hallway

3. Identify sounds at a medium range.

>Abbie’s playlist over the studio’s speaker.

>Abbie humming and singing along.

> Noah erasing and adjusting his paper

>Phil tapping on his desk.

4. Identify sounds closest to you.

>My keyboard clicking as I type.

>My hiccuping.

5. This room is relatively quite. The loudest thing in the room is the music, which is not very loud. I would say that the room is calm and conducive to work. It is relaxing, easy to think, and happy.

6. Friendly.

7. Sounds essential to the environment.

>Music over the speakers

>Abbie’s humming

>Phil tapping

1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment
Thursday, January 30th, 2014. 2:36 p.m. EST. Room 107 Emily Lowe Hall, AKA “The Psibrary”

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>The whirring of a distant machine, possibly something in relation to the heating.
>Footsteps from way upstairs, they’re more of a shuffle than a step.
>A professor speaking. The noise is way too muffled to even determine the gender.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>There’s a door that keeps slamming, the slam consists of two very rapid clicks, one for the collision of the door and the other for the locking mechanism.
>Voices in the next room over, students. The voices are orderly, not one speaks over the other.
>A stapler has been being used consistently for almost two minutes at this point. Followed by the occasional ‘Ah, shit’ from Angela.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
>The noises nearest myself are very quiet.
>The clock ticks in a manner that makes you feel like it’s working too hard. The sound of a marker on an easel from the updated Act Facts of the day.
>Another clock is ticking, and it’s slightly out of sync with the other.
>A very calm tapping, something just short of a water droplet on the ceiling.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The sound level is a few steps above eerily silent. The voices at medium range allow for a relaxing background that isn’t all that unnerving.
The activity can be described as dispersed, free, very thinned out, and passing.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>Out of sync clocks
>Footsteps
>The orderly voices of students

1) 4/23/13, 3:56pm, hallway 1st floor of Lowe, between the doors, drounge, and psibrary.

2) Various actors: Anna, Jesse, Cyndi. Doors swinging open and then shut. Rachel Levi saying goodbye, saying hello to me, then being quiet, a wrapper being opened, someone (Jenna Tanzola?) yelling “Willllll!”, discussion about an open window.