Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

4/17/20 – 1:00pm – Zoom University

Farthest Sounds: People talking downstairs

Medium Distance Sounds: Air conditioner humming,

Closest Sounds: Fan blowing air, professor talking, keys typing, pages turning, pencil on paper

General Sound Level: Quiet

Room Definition: Educational

Essential Sounds: professor talking, pages turning, pencil on paper

4/15/20 – 4:00pm – The Park

Farthest Sounds: Cars driving down the main road

Medium Distance Sounds: People walking through the park and talking with each other, A ball being thrown in the distance, Children yelling

Closest Sounds: Loud wind, the sound of the bench creaking, a candy bar wrapper being crumpled

General Sound Level: Moderate

Room Definition: Outdoors

Essential Sounds: Cars driving, Loud wind, and people walking and talking.

4/14/20 – 4:00pm – My Kitchen

Farthest Sounds: Cars driving around

Medium Distance Sounds: People in the living room watching TV, people going upstairs, People talking

Closest Sounds: Pot with water boiling, chicken being grilled, sink running water

General Sound Level: Loud

Room Definition: Culinary

Essential Sounds: Pot with water boiling, chicken being grilled, sink running water

4/14/20 – 4:00pm – My Front Lawn

Farthest Sounds: People talking inside the house, horns and sirens in the distance

Medium Distance Sounds: Cars driving down nearby streets

Closest Sounds: Cars driving past the house, people walking on the sidewalk, occasionally a dog barking

General Sound Level: Quiet

Room Definition: Neighborhood

Essential Sounds: Horns in the distance, cars driving past, and neighbors walking on the sidewalk

4/13/20 – 11:00am – My Bedroom

Farthest Sounds: Family talking in the living room, cars driving down the street

Medium Distance Sounds: Family going up and down the stairs, people going in and out of the bathroom

Closest Sounds: Fan blowing air, movie playing from TV,  

General Sound Level: Moderate

Room Definition: Lively

Essential Sounds: Family talking in the living room, cars driving down the street, and family going up and down the stairs

3/03/2020 – 7:00pm – Netherlands RA Office

Farthest Sounds: Rain hitting the ground, residents entering through the turnstile, the RSR talking

Medium Distance Sounds: The sliding door to the outside opening and closing, the door to the RSR booth opening and closing, and the air conditioner.

Closest Sounds: The sound of residents opening their mailbox, the other RA on duty providing residents with their packages, The sound of keys rattling on the wall

General Sound Level: Low

Room Definition: Moving

Essential Sounds: Residents entering the turnstile, the sliding door opening and closing, the door of the RSR booth.

Closest Sound: MBMBAM Podcast 
Middle Sound: My roommates and their friends in our lounge talking about Troilus 
Farthest: A car and people in the parking lot 
Title: Nostalgia
Necessary Sounds: Podcast, People, Cars

Date, Time, Location: 2/21, 9:00am, Enterprise entryway

Sounds farthest away: Wind howling, cars passing, people talking outside

Medium Range: Beep from people swiping their cards, turnstile doors clicking and the groan of them turning, SRS watching a show on laptop

Closest: Hum of water fountain cooling, someone unscrewing waterbottle top, sound of running water, doors slamming from people leaving

General sound level: quiet but somewhat cutting and loud when people let the doors slam behind them

One Word Description: mechanical

3 sounds: Beep of the card system, hum of water fountain, slamming of doors

2/19/20 – 1:00pm – ABP

Farthest Sounds: The air conditioner softly blowing air, The workers calling out the names of the orders, the sound of cards swiping at registers, the soft playing music

Medium Distance Sounds: There is a loud table telling jokes with each other and laughing out loud, many other people talking,doors are constantly opening and closing with loud gusts of wind each time one is opened, the sound of chairs moving constantly

Closest Sounds: The sound of rubber as I move in a booth, the sound of typing on keyboards all around me, and the sound of the water fountain right behind me.

General Sound Level: Loud

Room Definition: Noisy

Essential Sounds: Chairs moving constantly, Loud people talking, and doors opening and closing

2/3/20 – 11:10pm – Drounge

Farthest Sounds: Dance class stomping on the floor, muffled people talking outside the door. Quiet hum of an air conditioner.

Medium Distance Sounds: People entering and exiting the main door, A professor speaking to a class from Lowe 106. The typing of keys from the office. The printer is occasionally being used to print or copy papers.

Closest Sounds: People talking in the drounge and psibrary. The sounds of people writing as they fill out forms and other papers.

General Sound Level: Slightly Quiet

Room Definition: Office-Like

Essential Sounds: Typing of keys, the printer, and people filling out forms.