Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: Between Axinn Library and Calkins Hall

Sounds Heard: The cart being pulled behind me, people talking, and maybe the ice in my drink

1- February 1st – 8:00 pm – Next to the Halal Cart on Oak St.
2- Farthest Away- Cars honking on another street, people yelling to each other somewhere on campus, an airplane in the air.
3- Medium Range- People walking in the parking lot of the Netherlands, busses squeaking as they drive by, cars speeding down the street, someone getting into their car and turning it on.
4- Closest- The sound of my breathing, the buzzing of the engine of the halal cart, the man chopping food in the cart, people ordering food at the cart and talking with the man working there.
5- The sounds weren’t too loud. The sounds occurred at pretty random times but the one exception was the buzzing of the halal cart which was constant.
6- Active
7- The buzzing of the halal cart’s engine, cars driving by, talking from different people.

1 – 5/1/14 – 8:30pm – Front of House office, NAB

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-The doors of the NAB opening and slamming shut.
-Some sort of cart being rolled into the NAB building.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Voices heard through the walls.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-The stage manager’s voice, heard through the intercom, as he gives out cues over his headset.
-Me rummaging through my backpack.
-A phone charger being plugged into the wall outlet.
-Sounds of typing on a MacBook Pro.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-After the cart was rolled into the NAB, it was pretty quiet in the area. The sounds that occurred were quite tame in terms of volume and how frequent they were.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The stage manager’s voice.
-The sounds the doors of the NAB makes.
-The cart being rolled into the NAB building.

1 – 3/6/14 – 5:30pm – Middle Country Public Library, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-A library patron’s footsteps as he walks up the stairs loudly.
-The wheels of a cart full of books and DVD’s being pushed toward the elevator.
-The furious clicking of keys on the computer keyboards.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-A kid crying to his mother that he wants to leave.
-The fish tank’s motor up and running smoothly.
-The beeping of the alarm as someone walks past the sensors without checking their item out.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-A Librarian asking, “How may I help you?”
-The conveyor belts moving as I return the videogames I borrowed.
-Librarians helping a patron to find a book she wants.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-There was a lot of activity occurring where I was in the library, as there was a program going on. The library was very busy today, and seemed like it was louder than normal as well.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The conveyor belts operating.
-The sounds of the cart being pushed.
-The motor in the fish tank running.

3/7/12  Hofstra Special Collections Dept.

Sounds heard: In the beginning a girl is rustling papers.  Then you hear me take a cart through one door and then through another.  Then it is pushed down a tile floor hallway and you can hear the rattling of the wheels and the cart.  There is a high squeak which is my shoe sole getting caught on the floor.  Another door is opened with a loud beeping noise, and the cart is pushed down another area and into an aisle of books.