Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- 4/8/13 12:15 P.M. Lowe conference room

2- Students getting ready for dance classes, a cart rolling in the hall, birds from outside

3- studio door opening and closing, water fountain hum

4- my pandora station, pencils

5- Quiet and secluded from the rest of the active sounds of the building

6- tranquil

7-pandora, pencils, birds

April 11, 8:50 pm, Lowe 106

Zach Leipert playing the box. People talking across the room.

1. April 11, 8:55 pm, Lowe 106

2. Heavy footsteps, air unit hum

3. Voices talking, papers and pages turning

4. Guitar playing, singing, pencil on paper

5. Low. Generally calm, slightly chaotic.

6. Relaxed

7. Guitar, footsteps, talking

1- 02/28/2013-6:24-Lowe 110 Rehearsal Santiago ’73

2- Sounds farthest away: Footsteps of people leisurely walking around outside of the room.

3- Sounds at medium range: Musical Director softly saying “One, two, three” as he conducts, cast playing guitar and singing harmonies as well as speaking lines at different times.

4- Sounds closest to me: The sound of my exhalation.

5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: General sound level is very soft and  the level of sound activity is about at a medium. Cast members are singing in harmony, two guitars are strumming to the light whisper of the tempo. All of the sounds come together to make a crisp streamline of sound so that it makes the elements seem linear. The people walking outside are in no rush at all, their steps seem to swing along with the rhythm of the song and the whispers. I notice my breathing naturally aligns itself with the sounds around me.

6- One word description of the “sound environment”: Swung.
7- 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment: Soft whispering of the tempo, singing, guitar.

1) 2/20/13, 6:08pm, Studio

2) Indistinguishable movement from the conference room next door and the hall. Something that sounds like a cat meowing outside. Cars pulling away for the night

3) Phil’s footsteps and shuffling of papers, Phil clipping a carbineer, the air blowing out of the vent, Noah rustling canary paper and the scratch of his pencil, the clock ticking extremely quietly

4) My typing and breathing. My jacket rubbing against the edge of the desk as I type.

5) The sound level is low, but there is a fair amount of sound activity.

6) Focused

6) Pencil Scratching, rustling of papers, clock ticking

Location: In 201 of Lowe waiting for sound class

Sounds Heard: Pandora prior to class, Juan clapping, computer sounds, Phil confessing his love for me then hastily retracting his statement, additional small chatter in back of sound.

Location: outside lowe during a little student field trip.

Sounds Heard: All of the children, Mild commentary by Christian Titus

Location: Outside Lowe, midday

Sounds Heard: birds, light breezes, many intimate conversations, drama students

1- 3/14/12-3:oopm-6:00pm-Quad outside Lowe

2- People talking and laughing

3- People shouting and talking

4- People talking and music playing from an iPod

5- The general sound level is medium due to the size of the area and the amount of sound activity is medium

6- Fun

7- Talking, shouting, and music

1. 3/1/12 11:05AM The Lounge

2. The phone ringing in the office, someone yelling loudly upstairs, laughing down the hall near 106.

3. Heavy footsteps walking up the stairs, Royston speaking, chattering through the open window of students smoking outside.

4. Everyone speaking very loudly inside of the lounge, music playing, the tossing of a cup into the trashcan, the dropping of a heavy schoolbag.

5. The sound level and activity is extremely high. Everyone is coming into the lounge for the first time today getting ready for class, so everyone has a very high energy.

6. Rowdy.

7. The speaking inside of the lounge, bags dropping, chattering from people outside of the window.