Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: My room, Hempstead

Sounds heard: typing on a laptop, clicking of mouse, swiping of mouse pad, rustling of blanket, breathing.

Date: February 10th, 2022

Location & Time: The Drounge, 2:03pm

Far sounds: A female-sounding voice is singing in their MUTH class. The song might be “Come to Your Senses” from tick, tick…boom! There are cheers, laughter, and piano coming from that room.

Medium sounds: Footsteps going up and down stairs, doors opening and closing in Lowe.

Close sounds: people typing on keyboards, soft humming, costume carts rolling through the hall.

Sound description/level: Low, quiet but not library quiet. Good volume for getting work done in peace.

One word for the “sound environment”: mellow

Important sounds: distant singing, typing on a keyboard, humming

April 17 – Movie Night

Sounds heard: Family Talking, Movie Playing, Typing on a keyboard

Location: My Bedroom

Sounds In Clip: Noise coming from the television; Typing on a keyboard; Me laughing and groaning

Location: Leaving my room and heading downstairs

Sounds In Clip: A song being played; Typing on a keyboard; Sniffing; Footsteps; A light switch being turned from ON to OFF; A stapler being pressed down; A door opening and closing

1. Date: 4/3/20 – Time: 3:00pm – Location: My Bedroom

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear noises coming from the television downstairs and my mother laughing.  I can hear my little sister as she is constantly laughing too.

3. In a medium range, I hear cars driving past my house outside and noises coming from the television in my bedroom.  I also hear music coming from my portable speaker.

4. Closest to me, I hear my fingers typing on my keyboard and air being blown out of my laptop.  Internally, I can hear words of encouragement as I am working on an assignment.

5. The general sound level is rather noisy than quiet due to a good amount of sound activity being present.

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “tranquil”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the sounds coming from the television in my bedroom, the sounds of music coming from my speaker, and my sister laughing downstairs.

2/6/2020

Farthest Sound- A large truck backing up, cars going by, and rain

Medium Distance- My roommates talking about classes and random chatter

Closest sound- my own typing on my computer,  the squeaking of my bed as I shift to make myself more conformable

General sound Level- mostly quiet with slight noise spiking every now and then.

Sound Description- busy and yet calming

Important sounds- roommates voices, rain, keyboard, cars going by

Location: Logan Airport, Terminal C, 5:25pm

Sounds: people talking, people walking by, music playing, suitcases rolling, typing on a computer

1. Date/time/location: March 29th/ 3:00pm/ financial services in Memorial Hall
2. Far sounds: typing on the computers, footsteps leaving and entering the room
3. Closer sounds: hushed murmuring, squeaking of spinning chairs
4.  Closest sounds: Mackenzie talking to me, her phone playing a video
5. Sounds level/ amount: Overall kinda quiet. Mackenzie was a bit louder than the other surroundings, as per usual. 🙂
6. Description: Playful
7. Essential sounds: computer typing, hushed murmuring, and Mackenzie talking to me