Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: My Bedroom

Sounds: My little brother on the drums, little sister existing (again), Mom,

Location: Subway Station (Times Square maybe?)

Sounds heard: drums, people talking, subways coming into the station, screeching of the breaks

1. 2/11/16- 6:39- The NAB
2. Farthest: People talking in the scene shop
3. Medium: People sipping coffee, typing, and talking, person listening to music
4. Closest: Someone playing drums, typing on my laptop
5. Sound Level: Minimal sound. It was loud for about 5 minutes and then it died down.
6. One word: Relaxed
7. 3 Sounds: talking, typing, music

2/8/15 5pm Penn Station

Can hear loud music being played as well as a number of voices and the chatter of people in the background

1- Saturday, March 8, 2014, 6:32pm, New York City Subway Station

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Furthest away from me, I can hear the sounds of two gentlemen, one playing the drums and the other playing the trumpet. They’re performing in the underground subway station so you can also hear the echo of their music through the tunnel.

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

At medium range from me, I can hear the sounds of the music echo reverberate around me and the sounds of the other subway patrons as they’re waiting for the train to arrive.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Closest to me, I can hear the sound of my friends voice as she’s talking about Tori Kelly and laughing.

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

The sound level in the subway is very loud. I love the sounds the music makes as it moves around the tunnel though and the musicians are very talented.

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

Bold

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment are the sounds of the drummer and the trumpet in the tunnel, the sound of the music echoing off the walls and the sound of my friends voice as she talks about one of her favorite artists.

1- 2/24/13 11:30 AM Emily Lowe quad

2- Music from Earth Day festival in the distance, voices from over by bits

3- Heels against the concrete path, a traditional (native american esq?) drum lesson

4- Pages of a book flipping, me slurping a milkshake, two friends practicing lines

5- A calming environment, not much sound at all, but enough so that I couldn’t fall asleep

6- Serene, Springy, Relaxing.

7- Music, the constant drum beat patterns, the book

1- 4/20/13 – 11:13 A.M. – Conference room
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest from me I can hear the sounds of a drumline practicing for a performance. The drums appeared to be a part of a larger band that was getting ready to perform in the stadium. The sound of the drums rattled across the campus and as I sat working on my homework I could distinctly hear each tap of the snare drum at a volume that I could not block out of my head as I worked on my paper. All three windows in the room were closed at the time and the sound of the band was pretty much impossible to hear. The sound of the snare drums were not blaring but had a clean and crisp slap that echoed into the space I was working in.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a medium range from me I can hear a man just outside of Lowe. He is standing between Lowe and Memorial on the phone with someone that he is conducting business with. Again, all the windows are closed in the room but I can distinctly hear every word this man is saying as well as the clear diction from the man he is speaking to on the other end of the phone. It is interesting as to how this tone of the other man’s voice was able to pierce through the windows so cleanly that I could clearly understand everything the man was saying. 
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – Closest to me I can hear the sound of Phil walking to and from the bathroom as he slams his feet into the ground walking back and forth. I can always tell who is walking in the hallway simply based upon the rhythm and noise they make while walking. I know that this noise was Phil as each step had a soft pounding noise from the rubber soles of his converse. 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – There are many noises effecting the space in which I am sitting and they are all coming from different places but none are from within the room I am sitting in. Despite the fact that each noise is having to travel through another medium to reach me in the conference room. They are all very clear and recognizable sounds. 
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – muffle 
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try to figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact. –  Snare Drum, footsteps, voices on phone