Location: Kitchen on 13th floor of Vander Poel Hall
Sounds heard: Sound recorder being messed with, footsteps, bag of flour being shuffled, vending machine being used, microwave opening and closing, microwave being in use.
Journal Entry #9 – Chris Z
4/7/19, 8:25pm, arcade in Long Beach during a film shoot
Sounds farthest away: Footsteps, paper shuffling.
Sounds at medium range: Sounds of arcade games, air conditioner humming.
Close-range sounds: People talking, lighting stand being set up/placed down, lights being put together.
General sound level is high, intense level of sound activity.
One-word description: Frantic
3 essential sounds: Arcade game sounds, people talking, lights being put together.
Field Recording 7
Location: Hofstra Campus, between Lowe and Brower Halls, 3/6/19
Sounds: birds, wind, keys, walking (faint)
Field Recording #7 – Michael DeRosa
Location: My house
Sounds heard: floorboards creaking, door opening, footsteps
Journal Entry #8 – Michael DeRosa
- Location: 4/4/18, 6:30pm, Mineola Station
- Farthest sounds: taxis pulling up to the curb, train whistle in the distance
- Medium sounds: people in line buying tickets, footsteps on the stairs, wind rustling
- Closest sounds: trains pulling up to the platform, announcer over intercom, train door opening, people walking by
- Sound level is high
- One word description: train
- Three essential sounds: announcer, train whistle, train pulling up to platform
Field Recording #7 – Chris Z
Location: Walk from Vander Poel lobby to beginning the trip up in the elevator.
Sounds heard: Carpet scuffs, footsteps, people talking, elevator dings, elevator scraping against the walls, buttons being pressed.
Journal Entry #8: Chris Z
2/2/2019, 6:13pm, thrift store in Garden City
Far-away sounds: Radio playing music, a bit of coughing, beeps of card reader at checkout.
Medium-range sounds: Footsteps, coat hangers clanking.
Close-range sounds: Clothes rustling from being picked up and thrown about, people talking.
General sound level: Medium high, elevated level of sound activity.
One-Word Description: Bustling
3 essential sounds: Coat hangers, talking, radio playing.
Journal Entry 7
Location: The Cuban, Uniondale, NY, 8:20pm, 4/2/2019
Farthest: receipt printing, food sizzling, water pouring
Medium: glasses clanking, people talking, silverware hitting plates
Closest: plates hitting each other, people talking, Latin music
Sound Level: low-medium
Description: social
Essential Sounds: glasses clanking, people talking, music
Journal Entry 6
Location: LIRR Penn to Mineola, 10:30pm, 3/28/19
Farthest: low humming
Medium: scraping against rails, people talking,
Closest: crashing of tracks and wheels, muffled metal clanging, constant whoosh of wind, air hissing
Sound Level: low-medium
Description: humdrum
Essential Sounds: low humming, people talking, muffled metal clanging
Field Recording #6 – Michael DeRosa
Location: Outside Hofstra Hall
Sounds heard: birds chirping, wind blowing, coughing in the background, footsteps, trees rustling, flag waving in the wind, people screaming and laughing in the distance