Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: My Bathroom

Sounds: Sink knob turning on, pump of hand soap, rubbing/washing of hands under the water, flicking excess water off hands, & drying hands on towel. 

Location: Nassau 506 Bathroom

Sounds: Teeth being brushed by my suitemate, brush bristles grinding against teeth

Recorded in my bathroom

Sounds heard: Water running, squeezing soap out of the dispenser and water splashing in the sink

Date/Location: 3/30, 12:20am, Estabrook 6th floor lounge

far sounds: people talking, someone moving around in room above me

medium sounds: hum from the light above me, 2 other people in lounge typing on laptops, beep from elevator, elevator moving

close sounds: 2 other people in lounge talking to each other, someone’s door open and close on floor, someone walking in flipflops in the bathroom, shower

sound level: medium

descriptive word: relaxing

3 important words: elevator sounds, laptop typing, 2 people talking to each other

Date/Location: 3-10, 1:30am, Estabrook 6th floor women’s bathroom

Sounds heard: me brushing my teeth, water from faucet, me spit into sink, hum from the heating system

Location: Enterprise, 6th floor

Sounds Heard: You can hear the sounds of my resident playing the electric guitar in his room, the sounds of my residents harmonizing and singing in the bathroom and then having  a conversation. You can hear the shower running in the background of them. Whether or not they were singing in the shower is unknown and I wasn’t about to find out.

-Men’s Room on Bottom Floor of Student Center

-Person whistling while in a stall, the rolling of the toilet paper dispenser, toilet flushing. The sound of my soul dying a little as I record a man whistling while he’s on the toilet.

Vander Poel 6th Floor Bathroom
Toilet flush, door lock being opened, soap dispenser being pushed, faucet being run, walking, door opening, opening door to my room