Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1 – 2/13/14 – 6:20pm – Home, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Dad listening to The Beatles on the computer, specifically “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”
-A subtle clang as Mom placed a pot cover on a pot.
-Mom taking the casserole dish out of the oven.
-Both the kitchen fan and bathroom fan running.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-The clicking of the bathroom door closing suddenly.
-Mom’s footsteps as she walks down the hallway.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-House Hunters playing somewhat loudly on the TV.
-The constant ringing of the house phone.
-Footage from the latest Nintendo Direct presentation playing through my headphones on the PC.
-Me drumming my fingers on the desk.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-It sounds like a normal night around dinner time at my house. Appliances are running at the usual volume and rate while dinner is being prepared, and I’m just lounging around.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The sounds of the pot cover.
-The casserole dish being taken out of the oven.
-The repetitious ringing of the phone.