Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

4/14/17 12:35 PM

Sound Heard: People talking, TV playing documentary on Casey Anthony

Hofusa

Talking, tv (hockey game), hyped hockey fans talking enthusiastically

1. 3/3/16, 9:37, Buffalo Wild Wings
2. Farthest: Receipts printing, glasses clanking
3. Medium: Waiters talking, sports game on the TV
4. Closest: silverware hitting the table, glasses hitting the table, people shouting at the game, people talking at the table
5. Sound level: Loud. The place is packed and there are several groups of people shouting
6. One word: rowdy
7. 3 sounds: receipts printing, glasses clanking, people shouting at the game

Location: Netherlands Core

Sounds Heard:random chatter, noise from the TV, backpack unzipping, recorder noises

1. 2/18/16, 3:53pm, Netherlands Core Cafe
2. Farthest: low music playing in the area where you actually pick up your food, the sound of the turnstile as people go in
3. Medium: footsteps and random chatter as people pass by
4. Closest: the conversation of the students in the cafe, the loud obnoxious noise from the giant TV in the center
5. Sound Level: Relatively high
6. One word: Active
7. 3 sounds: TV noise, music, turnstile

1. 2/4/2016, 4:12 pm, 12th Floor Lounge
2. Farthest: Microwave beeping, elevator, door to stair case slamming,
3. Medium: Vending machine, movie playing in the next room, people talking
4. Closest: Typing on my laptop, music coming from my laptop, chip bag rustling
5. Sound Level: Medium. There aren’t many people, most of the noise is coming from the TV’s
6. One word: Relaxed
7. 3 sounds: Vending machine, people talking, TV’s

1 – 3/13/14 9:30PM- My living room

2 – Identify and list the sounds furthest  from you.

•  The television I left on in the other room for my cat
• Wind rustling outside
• The sink water running

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

• My mom’s mouse clicking at the computer
• My brother’s television on
• My brother moving around something in his room

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.

• My boyfriend breathing
• The pressing of the  keys on my laptop
• Television #3 playing something that I dont understand

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The sound level is at a medium but the amount of sound activity is definitely high. Everyone is doing their own thing in my house and most of the electronics we own are on.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Television #1
-Television #2
-Television #3

My house
Hollywood Game Night is playing on the TV while I play Kid Icarus Uprising on my 3DS.

1- 2/27/13 10:00 P.M. My suite.

2- Talking from rooms downstairs, Faint music, Sniffling

3- Faucet running, Toilet flushing, Ventilation, Doors

4- TV,

5- A low hum with miscellaneous sounds

6- White Noise

7- TV, Ventilation, Faucet

It was interesting to me how, in my field recording, much of the sound environment was lost to the quality of my laptop’s mic. In it you are unable to hear the farthest sounds. Some of the medium range sounds blend in with the ventilation. Most of the sounds are distorted.

My Suite

Door being opened, propped, and shut , TV, Ventilation, Toilet, Hing Creak