Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Sitting in the Bill of Rights parking lot waiting to park.  2/22/2018 10:30pm

sounds : old car running, tires on pavement, crows , wind

The noises outside my window at 9pm on 2/15/2018

sounds heard : crows, the wind, cars driving through the puddles from the day, me almost dropping my phone from the 6th floor

3- 2/15/18-10:23 am-8th floor library

2- clanging of carts rolling, the hum of the elevator, cars driving on the road, the wind on the windows
3- papers turning, a click of a pen, fabric running, a sniffle
4- a chair hitting the floor, pens on paper, a sigh, two sighs, rattling of the hvac
5- almost quiet, white noise
6- peaceful
7- the clicking of the pen, the sighs, the cars on the road

1- February 8th – 11:00 pm – Room 315 in The Hague House in the Netherland

2- Farthest – Cars driving down the street, people talking in the house common room

3- Medium – My roommates talking in the other room, the toilet flushing in the bathroom

4- Closest- my breathing, the running of my fish tank’s motor, the bubbling or the fish tank’s filter, my clock ticking

5- It is very quiet in this room and there is very little sound activity.

6- Tired

7- Clock ticking, fish filter bubbling, cars driving by

In a puddle in the Netherlands Parking lot

Splashing and rain

1- February 1st – 8:00 pm – Next to the Halal Cart on Oak St.
2- Farthest Away- Cars honking on another street, people yelling to each other somewhere on campus, an airplane in the air.
3- Medium Range- People walking in the parking lot of the Netherlands, busses squeaking as they drive by, cars speeding down the street, someone getting into their car and turning it on.
4- Closest- The sound of my breathing, the buzzing of the engine of the halal cart, the man chopping food in the cart, people ordering food at the cart and talking with the man working there.
5- The sounds weren’t too loud. The sounds occurred at pretty random times but the one exception was the buzzing of the halal cart which was constant.
6- Active
7- The buzzing of the halal cart’s engine, cars driving by, talking from different people.

5:00 AM   April 14, 2017  My room

2. cars (not constant)

3. bird calls, both tweeting and cawing

4. laptop hum, roommate murmuring in sleep

5. low sound level with no real rhythm, very inconsistant

6. disruptive

7. roommate murmuring, cawing of the bird, and the cars

Outside Netherlands North, Hofstra University

cardboard, paper, and similar art supplies shifting/crinkling, footsteps on pavement, automatic door opening, cars

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

3/2/2017  12:30 AM  My Dorm Room

2. Cars driving by, heater hum

3. Roommate mumbling in sleep, music from her phone

4. Phone buzzing

5. Inconsistent patterns, medium sound level

6. Irritating

7. Phone buzzing, music from roommate’s phone and cars driving by