Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- Date/Time/Location.
4.4.13/4:00pm/In the car

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
The hum of the other cars driving on the road, a distant honk

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
Other cars driving past, the bass of a another car’s stereo, the wind

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
The music playing, my mom singing along, the turn signal

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”.
Windy.

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The other cars, the wind, the music in our car

1- Date/Time/Location.
3.13.13/evening/Kitchen of Nassau

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
The TV in the lounge on, someone laughing in the hallway

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
Two girls in the lounge speaking.Someone complaining about the elevator.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
The kitchen timer, the hum of the microwave.

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

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The tv in the background, the microwave, person complaining

1- Date/Time/Location.
3.6.13/midday/Au Bon Pain

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
The thumping of speakers playing a poppy, overplayed tune, people chattering

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
Someone dropping silverware, people speaking, someone laughing loudly

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
A chair scraping against the floor as someone pushes away from the table, a girl speaking loudly, braggingly about her grades in a glass, a boy talking to a girl about someone.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Highly active–loud.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The pop tune, laughter, people speaking

1- Date/Time/Location.
2.26.13/3:30pm/Monroe Hall (Practice Rooms)
This location was interesting to me because (even though they say they are) the rooms are definitely not sound proof, and you can hear others practicing, but when I was listening to the sounds closest to me, in my practice room, the other sounds seemed to disappear.

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
Indistinct piano music, Someone opening a door in the hallway, someone speaking unintelligibly

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
A locker closing, Two girls speaking, one saying something about how she “sounded very good.”

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
My fingers sliding up and down the piano keys (not pushing them down), my own breathing.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Medium to low.  Lower in my practice room, but more active in the hallway.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The indistinct piano, The girl speaking, My own breathing

1)      2/21/13 Laundry Room, Netherlands

2)      Radiator, clicking of pool balls

3)      Jingling keys, door slamming, whistling, footsteps

4)      People talking loudly, laughing

5)      It is low sound activity inside the actual laundry room, but outside its quite noisy

6)      Relaxing

7)      People talking, footsteps, and the radiator

1- Date/Time/Location.
2.21.13/11:15am/Emily Lowe Hall (Drama Lounge)

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
I can hear people in distant rooms speaking, a door closing.  There are footsteps in the hallway.

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
People outside the door reading a scene, laughing.  Someone coughing.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
The sound of Max asleep on the couch, deep breaths with the occasional snore.  The sound of someone’s iPod headphones buzzing and the clacking of their fingers against a laptop keyboard.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Low activity, all sounds seem to be muffled except the snoring.

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

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
The indistinct mumbling in the hall, The people reading a scene, and Max’s snores

1- Date/Time/Location.
2.12.13 / 12:52 / Breslin 112

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
People out in the hallway talking, door closing

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
The squeaking of the air conditioner, an unidentified hum

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
Professor speaking, coughing, the rustling of paper

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
Quiet except for professor, medium-low

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

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

Professor speaking, squeaking of air conditioner, paper rustling

1- Date/Time/Location.
2.7.2013/8:24pm/NassauOffice

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
The clicking of the ID card reader, the turnstile, people speaking in the hallway

3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
A phone ringing, people talking, laughter

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
Typing on a laptop, laughter, people talking

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

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

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

People talking, Turnstile, Laughter.

1. January 31, 7:10 pm, Dorm room
2. Farthest: Turnpike traffic, trees blowing, cars in the parking lot
3. Medium: Voices from down the hall, doors opening and closing, wind outside building
4. Closest: Hum from refrigerator, creak of chair back, chewing
5. Not much activity, low level
6. Stillness
7. Wind, traffic, refrigerator