Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. February 16th, 2017, 1:56pm-The Drounge
2. Farthest Sounds – Laughter and talking coming from Lowe 106
3. Medium Sounds – Footsteps coming down the stairs, people in the psibrary
4. Closest Sounds – Keyboard typing
5. Sound Level – Soft
6. Sound Description – Studious
7. Essentials Sounds – Footsteps, Talking, Typing

Location/Time: Bits and Bytes, 2/15/17, 4:30pm

Sounds Heard: Conversations at near by tables, me typing on my laptop, me coughing

1) 4/29/2016, 9:00am, computer lab

2) Sliding doors, people whispering

3) People typing, someone eating breakfast, door opening and closing, someone zipping up their book bag

4) My typing, breathing, noisy chair

5) Low

6) quiet

7) typing, doors, whispering

1. 4/19/2016, 8:06pm, Conference Room in Lowe
2. Farthest: Cars driving by on Hempstead Turnpike
3. Medium: PridePrint printing a document
4. Closest: My own typing, Richie eating chips across from me
5. Level: Low
6. 3 sounds: typing, chip crunching, cars driving by

1. 2/11/16- 6:39- The NAB
2. Farthest: People talking in the scene shop
3. Medium: People sipping coffee, typing, and talking, person listening to music
4. Closest: Someone playing drums, typing on my laptop
5. Sound Level: Minimal sound. It was loud for about 5 minutes and then it died down.
6. One word: Relaxed
7. 3 Sounds: talking, typing, music

1. 1/29/2016 – 6:14pm – Hague House Lounge
2. Farthest: footsteps going up and down the staircases and in the hallways
3. Medium: other students in the common room typing on their computers and watching videos on their computers
4. Closest: music from my computer while I do my work, scratching on my notebook from my pen
5. Sound level: medium, not too loud but there are many things going on
6. One Word: active
7. 3 words: footsteps, typing, video playing

Location: Library, study room

Sounds Heard: typing on a Mac laptop keyboard, a sound that sounds similar to a person tap dancing

1 – 1/27/14 – 12:39pm – Axinn Library, second floor

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Numerous students conversing in the adjacent room.
A group of people shuffling toward the stairwell door.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
Students talking to each other on the red couches.
The student printer, printing out homework.
The “pinging” noise the elevator makes as it approaches the second floor, along with the opening of the elevator doors.
The stairwell door closing loudly.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
My repetitious typing on the computer’s keyboard.
The drone of the heat registers in back of the computer monitors.
Students flipping through the sheets of their study guides near me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
The general sound level and rate of activity feel moderate for the second floor. The noises of the keyboards are generally consistent. The loud voices of the other students prove to be distracting as they carry out their conversation, while other students are completing assignments.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The typing on the computer keyboards.
The elevator’s noises.
The consistent sound the heat registers make.

1- 4/18, 1pm, dorm room

2- I hear a door thump closed from the down the hall, the window is open and from far away I can hear a bird twittering off and on in the distance

3- The air conditioner hums softly and consistently, my roommate is doing her homework in which she has to listen to a recording in Italian and do a worksheet off of it. I can hear the lesson tape, and hear her mumble to herself on and off.

4- My fingers typing on the keyboard, the shuffling of the papers next to me

5- Both sound level and activity are low

6- Studious

7- the hum of the HVAC, the voice over italian and typing

1. March 21, 12:42 pm, Hammer computer lab

2. Doors opening and closing, people typing, low voices

3. Printers, stapler, more voices, more typing

4. Footsteps on carpet, pages of book being turned, myself typing

5. Medium. Generally hushed, with occasional louder sounds. While nothing is incredibly loud, there is constant activity.

6. Active

7. Voices, typing, printers