Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

In a puddle in the Netherlands Parking lot

Splashing and rain

1. March 16. 2017  3:30 PM  Outside Colonial Square
2. cars, walking
3. birds chatting
4. water plopping in a puddle
5. low sound level and activity
6. serene
7. water plopping in a puddle, birds chatting, walking

Outside Bits and Bites

Water dripping against the building, water dripping into a puddle, faint wind

Date/Location: 3-10, 1:30am, Estabrook 6th floor women’s bathroom

Sounds heard: me brushing my teeth, water from faucet, me spit into sink, hum from the heating system

Water running from a weak faucet.

1. Outside the Hofstra Fitness Center
2. Water rushing, snow crunching

Location: Bathroom in Vander Poel Hall

I put my phone in a Ziploc bag and let water run over it. Fair warning it doesn’t sound as pretty as I thought it would.

The gazebo and pond outside the Mack Arena

Walking on snow, running water in the pond, Jess’s “aight”

1. 4/12/2016, 2:54pm, My room
2. Farthest: People walking and talking in the hallway
3. Medium: Cars driving past my window, a motorcycle revving the engine as it drives by, the shower running
4. Closest: music from my computer, whirring from the heater, my own typing
5. Level: Low
6. One word: Mellow
7. 3 sounds: motorcycle revving, shower running, music

Location: Pathway on the way to class

Sounds: sound of geese honking, sound of a goose eating off the ground, footsteps, water splashing