Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1 – 3/13/14 10:25PM- My dorm room

2 – Identify and list the sounds furthest  from you.

•  A car drives by the window
• A dog barking in the distance
• Sirens from a firetruck as it drives by

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

• The blower in the room, blowing cool air
• Niki, my roommate, clicking at his keyboard
• Niki, turning pages of his textbook

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.

• The click of my neck as I turn my head
• Me clicking my laptop keys
• Someone knocking at the door (My bed is right near the door)
  

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

• The sound level in the room is very low.  Niki and I are both tired, so we are both sitting in silence as we do our work. Sound activity in the room is at a medium range, with all the sounds being heard are soft and hushed

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

• Serene

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.

• The blower
• The cars driving by the window
• The turning of the pages