Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Maryland, April 12th, 7:00 AM, My friend’s brother’s house

2. Sounds further away from me – birds very quietly chirping, wind hitting trees lightly

3. Sounds medium range – footsteps of someone walking to the bathroom

4. Sounds closest to me – a rooster being loud. (the room I was in is right in front of the backyard where the roosters are)

5. The sound level is pretty low and quiet until every once and a while the rooster makes a loud and abrupt change. Sound activity is pretty low as well, not much is going on besides the rooster

6. Morning

7. the rooster, and the footsteps

 

Location: 7pm Drounge in Lowe

Sounds: Keys Clicking, Singing/Music Playing in the distance, Footsteps and running down the stairs

1. April 10, 2024. 3:11 pm. Basement of Berliner Hall in Astronomy class
2. Professor speaking to his class in a room down the hall
3. The sounds of my classmates typing, the fan in the back of the room
4. My professor lecturing right in front of me (I’m in the front row), my own sniffles because I have a cold. My classmates speaking.
5. General sound level: low to medium. There is a low amount of activity because there is never more than one person speaking at once.
6. One word: academic
7. Essential sounds: Dr. Lacy’s voice, classmates speaking, typing noises.

 

1- 4/10/24 – 12:35 – Tables outside of Bits ‘n’ Bytes

2- People talking on the other side of the quad, cars driving down the turnpike, shuffled steps on the concrete.
3- Birds chirping, someone’s heels clacking on the cement as they walk, leaves rustling in the wind, someone’s keys jangling as they walk.
4- My friend typing at the computer next to me, an airplane flying overhead, someone laughing at the table next to me, the ice in my drink shifting as I pick it up and take a sip, the sound of someone’s skateboard as they skate by my table.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity – Sound level: low and quiet; Sound activity: relatively high, there are a lot of different noises and sounds outside.
6- Peaceful.
7- The birds, the ambience voices throughout the quad, and the steps and general movement of the people passing by.

1. 04/10/2024 – 12:30pm – Bits Tables.
2. Sounds farthest away from me: cars driving by, buzzing, the occasional honking.
3. Sounds at medium range: people talking as they walk by, birds chirping, somebody on a skateboard, the wind.
4. Sounds closest to me: people talking at the table next to me, typing on my computer keyboard, drink sipping and swirling, bags crunching.
5. The general sound level is quiet and controlled. The amount of sound activity is constant, with occasional peaks or gaps.
6. Description word: tranquil.
7. Essential sounds: nature, people, and general movement.

1:31PM outside Bits and Bytes

In this recording, you can hear people chattering, my friend at my table trying to contain laughter (sounds gaspy), me putting an empty soda can on the table, pages of a book turning

 

Location: South Campus

Sounds: Wind, my footsteps, HVAC sounds, jingling of keys, plane flying.

Location: Bernon Hall
Identify the sounds heard in the clip: my co-workers talking, my co-workers discussing math, the music playing from the radio, computers clacking, ice moving in a cup, my friend sneezing and me saying “bless you.”

Location: Bits Quad

The sounds heard in this clip consists of rain patter, rain hitting my umbrella, wind, my rain jacket brushing against itself as I walk, and a very faint beeping in the distance at the end.

April 2, 2024 at 8:07 pm, my living room

Sound closest to me: keyboard clacking, computer fan blowing
Sounds in medium distance: cat yelling, water running
Sounds furthest away: my roommates talking, shower running

One word: routine.
Sound level: kind of quiet
Most important sounds: computer fan, cat, shower