Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Broadhollow Theatre – 2/07/18 – 3pm
2. Farthest: Singing coming from the theatre
3. Medium: Acapella music coming from my coworker’s laptop, typing, opening drawers
4. Closest: Router running, chair wheels moving, humming
5. Level: Quiet to Medium
6. Description: Lull
7. Important sounds: Acapella music on the computer, router running, and music from inside the theatre

1. 2/1/18-5:30-My bedroom

2. A train horn in the distance, a plane overhead, a dog barking, a car passing the house, the wind rustling the branches of trees.

3. My doorbell, my puppies (Hershey and Oreo) barking, the pitter patter of their feet, my sister complaining about high school drama and social drama.

4. My stomach rumbling, my phone vibrating, my foot moving rapidly (ADHD), the crinkle of my sheets on my bed.

5. Very quiet and infrequent, I sat in my room silent for 5 minutes eyes closed and struggled to hear a lot of sound.

6. Tranquil

7. My dogs, the trees, and my sheets crinkling.

1- 4/10/2017

4:22 PM

Axinn Library, 6th Floor (Quiet Study Area)

2- A car passing on the road, the elevator dinging on another floor.
3- Other people in the library walking around.
4- My coughing. The typing of my laptop. My chair creaking as I shift my position.
5- Very low, and very little.
6- Dead.
7- My typing, my chair creaking, and the cars in the distance.

April 7th, Speigel Theatre

Farthest: door shutting, footsteps

Medium: air running, chair creaking, paper rustling

Closest: typing, people talking, coughing

Sound Level: Medium

One word: productive

Three essential sounds: air running, paper rustling, talking

March 1st, Intramural Fields

Farthest: car door being slammed, screaming

Medium: car driving by, Disc hitting the ground, giggling

Closest: talking, cleats being hit together

Sound Level: Medium

One word: active

Three essential sounds: disc hitting ground, cleats being hit together, talking

February 9th, Gym during practice

Farthest: basketballs bouncing, music playing overhead

Medium: disc hitting the ground, someone jump roping

Closest: Pippin yelling, people talking, someone running above our heads

Sound Level: Loud

One word: Hectic

Three essential sounds: Pippin yelling, disc hitting the ground, music playing.

February 2nd, 10:23 Lounge

Farthest: Pool balls hitting, laughing from another room

Medium: typing on computer, footsteps around corner

Closest: television playing, people talking, someone breathing heavily

Sound Level: Moderate

One word: relaxing

Three essential sounds: faint laughing, television, typing on computer

1- 3.26.15-8:55pm-The Booth Theatre, Manhattan

2- I can hear distant speaking as well as the music from the preshow.
3- I can also hear people sitting in their chairs and getting back up.
4- Tanner is speaking to me and the guy next to me is coughing.
5-LOUD and busy!

6- Excitement!
7- Talking, Preshow music, playbills turning

Au Bon Pain 6 pm April 29, 2014

Sounds farthest away:

• Rain pounding on the pavement and the roof
• Door opening to the outside
• Katy Perry on the radio

Sounds at medium range:

• Sandwich ladies chatting.
• Someone being rung up at the register
• Someone getting ice from the fountain drink machine

Sounds at close range

• Couple arguing next to me
• Someone pushing past me to get to the soup

General sound level:

The room is a comfortable volume. Not as loud as it usually is, and not as crowded so it is much more tolerable than usual.

One word description:

Impatient

Three important sounds:

• Music
• Sandwich ladies
• Couple arguing

1- Axinn Library, Wednesday April 8,  9:00 PM

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

• People talking at the circulation desk
• Somone ordering coffee
• Pingning noise of the elevator

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

• Someone is talking about Plato
• Someone is printing something

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

• Neighbor is shuffling papers
• Someone is writing

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

It is very quiet here, and relaxing. Not too loud but just enough noise to tell you that everyone here is busy

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

Studious

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.

• Writing next to me
• Papers shuffling
• Circulation desk conversation