Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 3/11/2016, 12:41 am, My room
2. Farthest: footsteps in the hallway, laughter and chatter of my housemates outside my room
3. Medium: the cars on the street in front of the Netherlands driving, random kids walking around and talking outside my window
4. Closest: the sound of my fan whirring, papers flapping on my walls
5. Level: Low
6. One word: Serene
7. 3 sounds: Footsteps, Cars, Fan

Location: Bill of Rights Kitchen

Sounds: Music, friends talking, microwave, whistling, chair being pulled, bottle of soda opened, typing

Drounge, Emily Lowe
Sean, Hayley, and I in the Drounge.  Hayley asks me a question and Sean plays Portal 2 on his MacBook Pro.

1 – 2/27/14 – 5:10pm – TwoGuys Discount Appliances, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Cars driving down Middle Country Road.
-A news broadcast playing on a TV in the background.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Lou talking to customers over the phone.
-The theme song from “Laverne and Shirley” playing on the radio.
-Lou opening and closing a refrigerator door.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-Me coughing repeatedly.
-Joe talking to my parents about a black, GE refrigerator.
-Joe typing on a computer keyboard.
-A printer printing out a receipt.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-There wasn’t that much going on in the store, as my parents and I were the only customers there. There were a few different sounds occurring at the same time, but at a low volume.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Joe, the owner, talking to my parents.
-Lou opening one of the refrigerators.
-My parent’s receipt being printed.

1- 04/26/13-12:07AM–My house, Eliza’s room.

2- Sounds farthest away from you: Cars passing by outside, sounds very very faint. If I weren’t specifically concentrating on the sounds far away I would not notice their presence in the soundscape.

3- Sounds at medium range: The song “I’ll Slip Away” by Rodriguez.

4- Sounds closest to you:  Stef, Chris and Eliza talking and laughing loudly.

5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Sound activity is very loud. We are all telling stores and laughing and listening to music at a pretty high volume.

6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Boisterous.

7-  3 sounds essential to the sound environment: Loud laughter, talking and “I’ll Slip Away”.

1. April 25, 4:00 pm, the quad outside Emily Lowe

2. Wheels on a bag rolling across the sidewalk, traffic from the turnpike

3. Keys jangling, people talking, playhouse doors opening and closing

4. Footsteps on grass, people talking and laughing, wind in the tree branches

5. High energy. Loud and excited, but also oddly soothing and comforting. Not so loud as to be unpleasant.

6. Fun.

7. Car traffic, talking, laughter

April 11, 8:50 pm, Lowe 106

Zach Leipert playing the box. People talking across the room.

1- Happy Pi Day!

03/14/2013-12:03 AM-The living room of my house.

2- Sounds farthest away from you: The tinny sound of a housemate drying her hair upstairs.

3-Medium range: The opening and slamming of the refrigerator door, cars occasionally driving by outside; I can imagine the different sizes of the cars based on the different pitches they emanate. A low and deep sound reminds me of a large jeep, a higher thinner sound of a smaller vehicle like a Camry.  Someone washing dishes in the sink, dumping out water from cups.

4- Sounds closest to you: Five lively housemates talking and eating pie.  Sounds vary from loud talking and laughter, sometimes whispering for emphasis, my typing on the computer.

5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Very high sound level and amount of sound activity but not in an intimidating or aggravating way. Sounds are coming in from all directions at all different volumes but it is a warm and welcoming envelopment.

6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Youthful.

7- 3 sounds essential to the sound environment: Talking, laughter, hair dryer.

Location: Houlihan’s (the restaurant) in a booth.

Sounds heard in the clip: Eliza is singing along with the music that is playing: Unwritten by Natasha Beddingfield. I am heard saying “Wait for the break” Stefanie says that we need to “get some harmonies in there” and there is general murmur of people talking in the restaurant underneath. Very fun times.

1- 3/7/2013-2:18pm-Spiegel Theater

Styles II Class: Stefanie is performing her monologue, Royston has her watch a video on Youtube as she performs.

2- Farthest away: The “rickety-rack” of the vent, Royston’s voice with suggestions.

3- Medium range: Stefanie’s voice as she performs, the video she is listening to on her phone.

4- Sounds closest: The sound of someone chewing gum next to me.

5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Sound activity and levels are very low, all people speaking are speaking with indoor voices and the gum chewing, vent, and video are sounds that give the room a strange intrusive feeling.

6-One word description to the “sound environment”: Creepy.

7- 3 sounds essential to the sound environment. Gum chewing, vent, background video noises on the phone.