Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Date/Location: Emily Lowe Studio 216, 3/2/17, 1:42pm

Far sounds: cars driving outside, someone walking in hallway

Medium sounds: clock ticking, the vent

Close sounds: buzz of my phone receiving messages, me breathing, me drinking water

Overall level: low

Descriptive word: quiet

3 important noises: clock ticking, cars driving, phone buzzing

1. 2/28/2017-8:34 AM- Breslin 211
2. The air conditioner humming and a rattle from the ceiling
3. A click click coming from some device in the room, the door opening, and the footsteps of the person who entered
4. A backpack unzipping, my keyboard clacking
5. Very low
6. Dull
7. Air conditioner hum, rattle from the ceiling, backpack unzipping

2/11/17 – 11:15pm – Alliance RSR booth (work)

far sounds- people talking, *beep* of the elevator reaching the main floor, laundry room door open/close

medium sounds- exit door open/close, footsteps

close sounds- *beep* of someone being accepted into the building, hum of the ventilation system above me, turnstile

overall level- low

descriptive word- quiet

3 important noises- doors opening/closing, turnstile, *beep* of someone being accepted into the building

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 – 3/13/14 10:25PM- My dorm room

2 – Identify and list the sounds furthest  from you.

•  A car drives by the window
• A dog barking in the distance
• Sirens from a firetruck as it drives by

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

• The blower in the room, blowing cool air
• Niki, my roommate, clicking at his keyboard
• Niki, turning pages of his textbook

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.

• The click of my neck as I turn my head
• Me clicking my laptop keys
• Someone knocking at the door (My bed is right near the door)
  

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

• The sound level in the room is very low.  Niki and I are both tired, so we are both sitting in silence as we do our work. Sound activity in the room is at a medium range, with all the sounds being heard are soft and hushed

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

• Serene

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

• The blower
• The cars driving by the window
• The turning of the pages

1. Thursday, February 13, 2014, 8:22 pm, Outside my house.

2. Identify sounds farthest from you: I am sitting on the front steps of my house and I can hear cars driving down the wet street — their tires naturally louder due to the road condition; and a plane engine up above that, in combination with the wind, sounds like it might take down the house.

3. Identify sounds at medium range: A person is walking down the sidewalk outside my house, he is moving slowly, carefully, trying not to slip and fall. He drags his boots down the sidewalk, occasionally trekking in the snow or into the street because some neighbor didn’t shovel in front of their house (rude), the soft snow absorbs the sound of his footsteps.

4. Identify sounds closest to me: The wind blows with such force that the street signs tremble, making a metallic sound akin to the thunder sheet. It has started to rain again, so I’m running inside, but the sound of the rain is absorbed as it falls into the piles of snow on the sides of our driveway and sidewalk. The wind blows the rain against the house and it taps rapidly against the sideboards. From the inside of the house,  the wind blows the rain against my bedroom window, too; the tapping on the glass is a louder, more echo-y sound than against the siding.

5. Level of sound activity: Despite the strong wind and the rain that has begun to come down, there is an overall hush due to the snow. There aren’t as many cars driving by because people have chosen to stay indoors and the snow really absorbs a lot of the everyday sounds I’m used to. I’d say the level of sound activity is probably medium due to this.

6. One word to describe sound environment: Windy.

7. Three sounds that make the sound environment: The cars driving further down the street, the strong wind against the street signs, and the rain tapping against the house.

1-  January 29, 2014 9:50 am Bits & Bytes at a table

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

• The rumble and crackling of the radiator
• The morning news on the television
• The door opening and closing
• The wind brought in by the opening and closing of the door

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

• The footsteps of students
• The rotation of the ceiling fan
• The shaking of sugar packets by a cafeteria worker at the coffee machine
• A student pulling out a chair and arranging their things

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

• The humming of the toaster oven
• The conversation happening between cafeteria workers
• My pen writing on paper

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

• The general sound level is low but the sound activity is very low.  It is still considered early in the morning for most people, so there is no conversation made by any passing students. It is also a time where the cafeteria is generally empty. Most of the sounds are coming from objects.

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

• Asleep

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.

• The conversation among the employees
• The humming of the toaster
• Footsteps

Assign category “Journal Entry” to the post.

Add your first name as a tag. Add appropriate tags to the post (location, sounds, etc.).

1) 3/9/12, 12:19 am, My dorm room

2) a faint yell of people in the courtyard

3) a few muffled voices from behind closed doors in the house

4) my roommate typing on the keyboard and clapping her hands as something good happened on her tv show

5) it’s very quiet

6) hushed

7) for a typical Thursday night/Friday morning, it is oddly quiet. the most important sounds are the muffled voices of the males in the house, the random furniture being moved around in an unknown location, and my roommate typing away on her keyboard

1-    2/23/11- about 9:15pm- hammer lab

2-    People talking in the room next door, cars driving by outside and outer doors opening and closing.

3-    People having a conversation, typing noises, noise from the printers printing, an annoying beep the swipe machine makes when someone opens the door to come in, the door opening and closing and the sound of rolling chairs moving.

4-    Lots of mouse clicking, the low hums of all the computers, people whispering next to me, a few sniffle sounds and a couple of coughs.

5-    The general sound level is low and the amount of sound activity is minimal

6-    Studious

7-    Typing or mouse clicking noises, low talking or whispering, the hum of a computer fan.