Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- Wednesday, April 2, 2014 1:30 PM Graphic Design Lab Room 220, Calkins Hall, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, 11549 USA, North America, Earth, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Cluster, Observable Universe

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

• Someone walking in the hall
• Professor Ocko teaching in the room next door.

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

• My boss talking to another professor
• Someone opening the door
• Printer printing things

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

• Soft music from my computer
• Typing
• Hum of my computer

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

The room is quiet per usual, but a bit louder from the whirring of the printer.

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

mechanical

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.

• Printer
• Boss conversation
• Ocko teaching

1- Bits and Bytes, Monday 3/24/14 12:45

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

• Burger guys yelling at each other
• Some sort of racket playing on the television
• General B&B chatter

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

• People at the table next to me talk about x-box
• Cashier saying “Have a nice day”
• Someone saying “Oh, SHIT” as they drop a glass bottle

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

• Jeremy making a joke
• rustling of my candy package
• tapping on the table

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

This is a fairly busy time for B&B, so it’s loud and chatty. Everyone is going about their mid day food requirements

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

Hungry

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.

• Rustling of candy
• Jeremy
• General B&B noise

1. 3/13/2014, Vander Poel 1207, 1:40 AM

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: Furthest from me, I can hear someone leaving their room and entering the bathroom.  There is also this constant, but not annoying, buzzing of the AC/Heating unit in our room.  If the wind blows particularly hard, I can hear the effect it has on the windows of our 12th floor room.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: Marina cutting her resumes and stapling them to her headshots.  I can hear the brand new, and totally awesome, paper-cutter slicing the pages. I can also hear her concentrated sniffling, as she works over her pages.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Closest to me, is the song coming from my computer, which is John Mayer’s “Badge and Gun.”  My new phone has also alerted me to a new text message during my journal listening time.  I can hear myself sigh (John Mayer related?).

5. General sound level and activity: The general sound is peaceful and productive.  It is a very hectic time of the year, and my roommate and I are tackling everything we have to accomplish this last week before Spring Break.  The sound is comprised of music to keep a certain level of focus blended with the actual sounds coming as the result of focus.

6. One word to describe the sound environment:  Particular

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-The music from my computer

-The paper-cutter

-The AC/Heater buzzing

1 – 3/6/14- 7:40 PM- JC Adams Playhouse

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Theatre goers chatting
-Music playing over the speakers

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Usher showing someone their seat
-Noah and Abbie talking

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-Crinkle of my cookie bag
-Jeremy talking to me about the tablecloth being uneven
-Man sitting on my other side breathing heavily.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound is a medium level and humming with anticipation for the show’s start.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-People in background chatting
-Noah and Abbie’s conversation
-Jeremy talking to me

1. 2/27/2014, 4:00 PM, Reference Room of Axinn Library

2. Identify the sounds farthest from you: The farthest sounds I can make out are whatever noises people from outside of the reference room are making.  I am not particularly close to the doors, but there seems to be an occasional loud person getting the attention of a friend in the “non-quiet” zone.  I cannot hear any sounds that are being made through the library windows.

3. Identify the sounds at medium range: Because this room is reserved for silent working, I feel that any cough or shift is magnified because it stands so alone.  Today, there is a lovely rule breaking gentleman on his phone.  It seems as if he is trying to fool us all by walking behind the stacks of reference materials and moving closer to the window and distancing himself from the cubicles, but I can still hear that he is talking to a friend about plans for tomorrow night.  I can also hear, very clearly, coughing and sniffling from the other cubicles.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: Closest to me, I can hear the keyboards of the Macs occupying the cubicles on either side of mine and a little bit of the one behind me.  The light above my desk is buzzing extremely faintly, but I can still hear the buzz of it.  I can also hear my jeans moving against the chair when I shift in my seat.  I have cleared my throat a few times since I have been listening as well.

5. General sound level and activity: The general sound level is extremely low.  However, the sounds that I do hear represent plenty of activity because of how they are paced.  This room does not provide the best study environment for me because the general level of sound and activity is too low for me. It makes me feel sleepy.

6. One word to describe the sound environment: Critical

7. 3 essential sounds to the sound environment: 

-The typing on keyboards

-The occasional cough

-The cubicle light buzzing

1 – 2/26/14 4:30PM JC Adams Playhouse

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Music playing over stereo
>Table saw running in the shop
>55 crew members talking among themselves

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>Stephanie becoming audibly annoyed with painting
>Beja and David chatting about renderings
>Sampson yelling orders

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
>The creaking of the wooden bridge beneath my feet
>The sound of my paintbrush on the flat
>Abbie humming

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>The room is very loud and bustling. Everyone has a task to carry out, and is being quite loud about it.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>Sampson
>Chatting from everyone in the room
>Music in background

1. AMC Theatre 8, Roosevelt Field Mall, 8:03

2. Identify sounds farthest from me: The door to the theatre opening at the back, latecomers shuffling to their seats, a vacuüm in the distance

3. Identify sounds at medium range: The kid a few rows down opening his bag of overpriced candy, muffled conversations between family members, the text noises made by an iPhone that someone has not silenced.

4. Identify sounds closest to me: Even though relatively far from me, the sound of the movie blasts into my ears. The kid next to me crunching on his popcorn, and the person to my left slurping down a soda.

5. General sound level and activity: It’s surprisingly noisy for a movie trip, but there is still that typical hush that comes in movie theaters. It seems as if not many people are actually paying attention to the movie, but are instead concerned with their snacks and drinks.

6. Word to describe sound environment: Disrespectful

7. Three sounds that complete the sound environment:
-The sound of the movie in my ears

-The texting noises

-The popcorn crunch

1- Date/Time/Location.
4.24.13/11:10pm/My car in the parking lot of Nassau.

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
I can hear people speaking, maybe the smokers that frequent the benches in front of the residence hall, but they are too far away to discern any specific words.

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
I can hear a car door slam, and a car beep as it’s locked.  I can also hear  a car driving by, maybe looking for somewhere to park.  I can also hear the slight rustle of the trees in front of my car with the slight wind.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
Ingrid Michaelson playing from my car stereo, softly, then the mechanical noise the CD player makes when a song ends as it switches to the next song.  I can hear the soft hum of my car’s engine as well.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Low activity, very quiet and calm.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The car driving by, Ingrid Michaelson playing, the hum of my car’s engine.

1- Date/Time/Location.
4.17.13/12:00pm/My dorm room

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Someone speaking obnoxiously loudly in the hallway; they must be walking by because I can hear their voice grow louder, and then fade out.  It sounds like they (or someone they were walking with, perhaps) were swinging their keys back and forth, because I could hear a rhythmic jingling.

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
One of my suite mates intermittently yelling and laughing extremely loudly at a television show or movie on her television or computer (which I can also hear, though faintly), another suite mate coughing.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
Jukebox the Ghost playing from my iPod dock, softly.  The steady drip, drip, drip from my heater into the garbage can placed under it as it hums, wheeze-like (I should really get that fixed…), the squeak of my bed as I shift position.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Medium level and activity.  It’s lower in my room, but it’s certainly higher in my suite mate’s room.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
Rachelle yelling/laughing at her television, Jukebox the Ghost, and the hum of my heater.

1- Date/Time/Location.
4.11.13/7:30pm/NAB Black Box Theatre booth

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
The distant but constant buzz of a vacuum, people speaking

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
The hum of a fan, keyboard sounds

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
Jordan’s chair squeaking, my chair moving

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

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The vacuum, Jordan’s chair, my chair