Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

3/26/17  2:10 PM  Cheesecake Factory in MA

silverware clinking, talking, music

1. 3/26/17  4:40 PM  amtrak train
2. farthest: train moving on tracks, bathroom door sliding open
3. medium: people talking, typing, crinkling from opening food items
4. closest: podcast through my headphones, the opening of a plastic bin
5. A lot of sound activity, but sound level relatively quiet.
6. Busy
7. podcast, people talking, train moving on tracks

Date & Location: 3/30, 1:30pm, counter tops at bits n’ bytes

Sounds heard: people talking, *ding* from a phone, cash register, crinkle of a bag, a chair being pushed out, someone saying “corgi” multiple times, change

1. March 16th, 6:26pm, my dorm room in Hague
2. Far Sounds: Balloons being popped in the hallway
3. Medium Sounds: New suite mate walking while moving into his room
4. Close Sounds: New suite mate dropping heavy boxes on the floor
5. Sound Level: Extremely Loud
6. Environment: Chaotic
7. Essential Sounds: Balloons popping, conversation, dropped boxes

Date/Location: 3-16-17, 3:45pm, Spiegel Theatre

Far sounds: someone walking towards the Spiegel, Spiegel door open/close, someone walking in back of Spiegel

Medium sounds: heating vent, clicking of Tia’s laptop, Jack R. moving in his seat, squeaking chairs, Drew humming

Close sounds: Tia arguing about the annexation of Hawaii, Jack and Drew replying to Tia, Jack reading something out loud from Twitter

Level: medium

Descriptive word: debates

3 important noises: Tia, Jack, and Drew talking, heating vent, squeaking chairs

Parking lot near the gate across from the Netherlands, breaking iced over snow around Michael Caizzi’s car.

Time/Location: 2-24-15, 8:30pm, Complete Works Rehearsal break time

Far sounds: people talking in drounge, Lowe main door closing

Medium sounds: Ali and Lisa talking, Tunisia and Heidi talking, Caitlin walking around

Close sounds: me eating my apple, my nose sniffling because I’m sick

Overall sound level: medium

Sound description: upbeat

3 essential sounds: people talking in drounge, cast members talking, Lowe door closing

1. 2/23/17- Walking through the unispan to class
2. Far sounds: People talking, clicking of shoes
3. Medium sounds- Louder talking around me, laughter
4. Near sounds- My friend talking to me, her jacket rubbing against her shirt, both of our shoes hitting the concrete floor
5. Level- medium
6. Stressed
7. Talking, laughing, shoes

1. 2/1/2017 6:30 PM Hofstra’s cafeteria
2. food container lids being opened, foot tapping on the floor
3. bottle crinkling, chairs scratching on the floor
4. loud talking
5. Really loud talking surrounding me.
6. Talking
7. Talking, chairs scratching on the floor, and food container lids being opened.

1. 3/17/2016. 4:13pm, Top floor of Estabrook hall
2. Farthest: The sound the elevator makes when it stops and opens on this floor, muffled voiced coming from the room across the hall from me
3. Medium: Voices coming from a group studying in the room next to me
4. Closest: Music from my computer, laughter from across the room
5. Level: Medium
6. One word: Productive
7. 3 sounds: Elevator, Laughter, Voices talking