Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Identify the location of the clip – Row R, seat 7 of the JCA Playhouse

Identify the sounds heard in the clip – If you listen closely you can hear the very beginning of the 64th annual Shakespeare festival. This song I think speaks volumes to the sort of week I have had with Rych. Just after you hear the iconic song to begin the show, you can faintly hear Rych come up to me and state that tomorrow will be a glorious day as he will not have to listen to this music any longer and especially that song. I have been planning to share this song as my song recording this week as I knew Rych would appreciate hearing it one last time. Also I recall one of our very first classes when Rych mentioned that different songs can cause humans to have a severe reaction. Whenever I hear this song I really do have a severe reaction as I immediately associate these noises with the long hours of tech week and the one 55 class that Rych spent setting levels with this song and this song only. 

1- 9:30 PM in the design studio, Monday April 2, 2012

2- Pedro and Beep using pads pencils, t squares, etc at the far corner of the room.

3- Chairs moving, different music from various peoples headphones, beja and katie’s watercolors.

4- Whirr of my hard drive, Lee typing.

5- There is constant noise, no question, and the T-squares are especially loud when they clang against the table edges.  Despite this, it is relatively quiet for the studio because for once there is little to no conversation, everyone engrossed in their work instead.  (also, no freshmen).  With only two days left to complete all of the major projects, there is no more time for idle conversation.  When the room is still for a few seconds, the scratch of brushes on watercolor is an amazing sound, lost again as soon as somebody or something moves elsewhere in the room.

6- Productive

7- Watercolor brushes in cup, T-Squares against the table, paper rustling and moving around.