Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Location: NYC, 55th Street
2. Sounds: People talking, Truck engine, Truck breaks, tires on the wet street, car horn, faint sound of the rain drizzling

Location/Time: parking lot behind Constitution, Wednesday Feb 24th, 7:32 p.m.

Sounds Heard: cars driving through rain, wind, something metal tumbling through the parking lot, my blinds shaking

Location: Netherlands North, outside of Hague

Sounds heard: Rain rushing into the sewer, the occasional raindrop hitting my phone screen.

February 14th. 10:30 AM. My house in Delaware.

Closest: Dog barking excitedly, my mom greeting me, pots and pans being moved around (not loudly)

Medium: Rain pouring outside, Feet shuffling on the floor, the creaking of old wood, coffee brewing

Farthest: Wind, a door opening and closing in the back of the house, cat playing with a curtain (paws scampering against the floor)

Sound level: Medium

One word: Busy

3 Sounds: Dog barking, Rain, Pots and Pans

From the window of my dorm room (Vander Poel Hall, south facing window)

The sound of wind and rain during the storm on Wednesday.

Out of my living room window, Rainy Day 2/2/16 4:00

Sounds: Rain on my roof and concrete, wind, and car passing by on wet road.

Location: 4/15/2014, Vander Poel, 12:45 PM

Sounds Featured:  My Pandora station playing, the wind through my open window, the dull roar of the rain outside, the pages of the playbills I have on my walls blowing, the slap of me turning my clean PJ shirt outside in and folding it and my dresser drawers.

3/3/14 12:00AM Outside of the Towers

Sounds heard: rain

Note

Sorry that this is late, I didn’t realize I had only saved as a draft instead of actually publishing it.

1 – 2/20/14 – 9:03pm, Sunrise Hwy, Merrick, NY

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Wheels of other cars rushing through puddles
-Wind whistling

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Air creeping through the narrow window opening
-My old car rocking with every bump in the road

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– Rain drops hitting the windshield of my car
– Windshield wiper squeaking every time it hits the furtherest limit on both the right and left sides
-Heater

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound level is pretty loud. There is a lot of sound activity going on, partly from nature and partly from machines I am using to try to control the nature. Theres a lot going on, and each of these things have a set rhythm to them.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Rain drops falling on the windshield
– Whistling of the wind
-My car jerking around with every little bump in the road

This field recording is taken inside our greenhouse; it’s basically a screened in porch, the windows don’t fully close so, although it’s freezing, it’s really awesome for listening for new sounds. I captured the sound of the wind and rain dripping off the roof of the greenhouse. It’s subtle, but as mentioned in my sound journal, the snow really creates a hush. It’s a quiet night and the rain is very soothing. Have a listen!