Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. April 4, 11:07 pm, 7th floor of Vander Poel

2. Radiator hum, door opening down the hall

3. Music from friend’s laptop, talking, laughter, shoes tapping on floor

4. Keyboard, waterbottle

5. The sound level is fluctuating. There are short bursts of increased volume, only for it to quiet down soon after.

6. Playful

7. Music, talking, laughter

Inside the Vander Poel elevator, March 7, 7:35 pm

Button, door opening and closing, beeps indicating floors, coat sleeve

1. February 28, 9:12 pm, Vander Poel

2. Flute being played, voices down the hall

3. Air unit hum

4. Keyboard, water swilling in bottle

5. Medium. None of the sounds are loud by themselves, but they tend to add up.

6. scattered

7. Voices, flute, keyboard

Vander Poel

Flute, elevator

1. February 14, 8:30 PM, Vander Poel lobby

2. Elevator doors, people talking

3. Washing machines, dryers, building doors opening and closing

4. Hum from vending machines, pencil on paper

5. Low/medium. Constant activity, but not very loud

6. Continuous

7. Voices, washing machines, vending machines

1. February 9, 2012 10:55 in front of Vander Poel Hall.

2. The humming of a generator, students speaking at Dutch Treats and Kate and Willies, cars outside of the grounds.

3. Cars driving around the parking lot, the opening and closing of the door to the surrounding buildings, a bike speeding past, a plastic bag shuffling.

4. Footsteps of the person next to me, the clinking of the metal on their boots, the click of the doors unlocking when a card is swiped.

5. The general sound level is quiet.  It’s pretty late on a school night, so not much activity is about.

6. Calm.

7. The generator humming, the cars passing in the parking lot, and the footsteps.

Vander Poel 6th Floor Bathroom
Toilet flush, door lock being opened, soap dispenser being pushed, faucet being run, walking, door opening, opening door to my room