Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: Davison #101

The sounds heard in this clip consists of background chatter that gradually gets louder, backpacks/chairs/papers moving around, occasional laughter, typing on a computer, and the closing of a computer as the clip ends.

My dorm room

tapping my nails on computer, typing on computer, heater hum

1. March 2nd, 3:37, Bits & Bytes
2. Far Sounds: Machines and generators coming back online after blackout
3. Medium Sounds: All conversations ending after the lights flickered off and on
4. Close Sounds: My computer humming loudly
5. Sound Level: Deadened
6. Environment: Chaotic and then subdued
7. Essential Sounds: Loud and then silent people, generators coming back online, my laptop

1. February 23rd, 9:34pm, my dorm room in Hague
2. Far Sounds: music from the game, screams of agony from characters dying in the video game
3. Medium Sounds: the fan and the servos working overtime inside my roommates computer
4. Close Sounds: sound of the mouse and keyboard clicking on my roommates computer
5. Sound Level: sharp but quiet
6. Environment: relaxed
7. Essential Sounds: screams of agony, computer fan, mouse click

Location: Van der Pol Lounge

Sound: the satisfying sound of a mechanical keyboard

1. 4/27/2016, 7:27pm, L216
2. Far: people talking as they go up and down the stairs, laughter
3. Medium: the studio door opening and closing from various people walking in and out
4. Close: music playing from the computer, my own typing
5. Level: Medium
6. One word: Calm
7. 3 sounds: music, studio door, laughter

1. 2/6/14, 10:43, Hammer Lab

2. Identify sounds farthest from you.

• The sounds of mouse clicks and keyboard pressing from the computer lab side of the room
• Varied whispers and conversations from the next room over
• Footsteps against the floor as someone with a heavy step changes tables

3. Identify sounds at medium range.

• A conversation about shoes held by the girls three tables over
• The sound of the PridePrinter pushing out new pages
• Someone’s keys dangling as they swipe into the lab

4. Identify sounds closet to you.

• The sound of my friend turning the pages of her Shakespeare play
• The vibration of her phone as she receives a notification
• The crunch of a snack bar as the person next to me enjoys their snack
• The clicking of my fingers against my MacBook keyboard

5. One word to describe the “sound environment”: Hardworking

7. Sounds essential to the environment.

• The keyboard clicks
• the turning pages
• the PridePrinter whirring

Location: In my room on my computer.
Sounds heard: Skyping with my parents, they were playing around with the camera and this had some sort of effect on the sound system, causing them to sound like demon chipmunks on my end of the conversation. Thought it made for a perfect field recording so I taped it on my phone. Sounds heard include their voices, during and after demonization, and my voice when I’m laughing and wondering what happened.

April 3rd at 10:23 in my friend’s dorm room.

“That 70s Show” is playing in the background.  You can also hear a computer in the background overheating and some typing at one point.

1- 2/24/12 – 1:35am -My Dorm Room

2- Airplane passing over head, people laughing outside, and cars honking

3- People talking and laughing as they walk through the stairwell

4- Computer fan hum, refrigerator sound, HVAC hum on

5- The general sound level is low and amount of sound activity is low except for interruptions

6-  Spontaneous

7- Plane flying over hear, people laughing/talking, computer hum