Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1) 3/7/2013, 3:50PM, Outside between Alliance Hall and Bill of Rights Hall.

2) A beeping like an alarm coming from the direction of Alliance Hall, Car starting, slight ambient chatter, doors closing quickly from Bill of Rights Hall

3) Footsteps, feet/shoes shuffling against the wet ground, more ambient chatter, doors closing from Alliance Hall

4) The wind!!! (the wind blowing and hitting my face as I sit there), my own breathing through my nose, my own sniffling as I remain out in the cold (bad choice on my part), some of my own shuffling as I shift around on the bench

5) The general sound level is medium, but the sound activity is actually rather low

6) Zephyr

7) The wind, the beeping of the alarm, my own sniffling

Location:  Outside Alliance Hall — February 18, 2013, 2:05 pm

Sounds heard: A fire alarm has just started going off inside the dormitory, and I am standing outside in the crowd of displaced students, some of whom can be heard at the beginning of the sound bite making light-hearted conversation about classes.  At times, the blaring of the alarm can be heard only faintly, but the doors to the building sporadically open to admit firefighters and public safety officers, at which point the alarm becomes much louder.  The final sound is that of the wind blowing against the building, as the plateau outside Alliance Hall functions as a fairly strong wind tunnel.  At the end of the sound bite, one student can be heard asking if another is “ok,” to which his comrade responds, “Yeah, I’m just cold.”