Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 2/21/23, 4:00 pm, Emily Lowe
2. the heater in 216
3. someone working at the desk behind me
4. music playing in my headphones (Teach Me To Fight – YONAKA) and two solar monkeys clicking on the window sill
5. the sound level is low
6. calm
7. music, air, clicking, shuffling

Location: Outside Lowe

Sounds heard: rain, wind, water on metal air conditioners, water against windows

2/7/19, 12:30 PM, Emily Lowe Hallway 1st floor

Sounds Farthest away: Piano playing, voices talking behind closed doors, air blowing from somewhere.

Medium-Range Sounds: Crunching from eating granola, talking from opened doors, footsteps.

Close-Range Sounds: Door to Lowe Hall banging open and closed, people talking in the hallway, a backpack being zipped up.

General sound level is kind of loud, though it usually relies on how many doors are being opened at one time. Fair amount of sound activity.

One-Word Description: Immense.

Essential Sounds: Doors closing, people talking in the hallway, footsteps.

Time & Location: 3:50 PM, March 13th 2017, Emily Lowe Drama Lounge

Far Sounds: Doors opening and closing, people stomping around upstairs

Medium Sounds: Random Conversations, People practicing monologues, Videogames being played

Close Sounds: Opening my bookbag, coughing, music from my headphones

Sound Level: Loud

Description: Busy

3 crucial sounds: People stomping, random conversations, doors opening

Date/Location: Emily Lowe Studio 216, 3/2/17, 1:42pm

Far sounds: cars driving outside, someone walking in hallway

Medium sounds: clock ticking, the vent

Close sounds: buzz of my phone receiving messages, me breathing, me drinking water

Overall level: low

Descriptive word: quiet

3 important noises: clock ticking, cars driving, phone buzzing

1. 2/15/2017 9:30 Emily Lowe, Room 22
2. People practicing scenes in the room above, footsteps and conversation outside
3.  Doors opening and closing outside the room
4. Lines being practiced, conversation about blocking, chairs sliding along the floor
5. Overall sound level and activity: medium
6. Mood: Frantic
7. The people practicing above, the conversations about blocking, chairs sliding along the floor

1. Lowe conference room, Tuesday April 22, 7:00 PM

2. Sounds furthest from me:

• Someone yelling outside
• The heating unit has just turned on
• Someone walking quickly outside in the hallway to the studio

3. Sounds at a medium range from me:

• Abbie is humming, playing music and tapping her foot across the room
• Noah’s pencil is scratching at his paper
• The door to the room keeps being opened and closed.

4. Sounds closest to me:

• My typing
• My phone keeps vibrating with texts from my mother

5. The level of sound activity and general sound level:

Fairly quiet, calm and peaceful if people would stop coming and going.

6. Word to describe sound environment:

Studious

7. Three sounds that complete sound environment:

• People walking in the hallway
• Abbie’s music
• Noah writing.

1 – 4/3/14 – 4:00pm – Outside Emily Lowe

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-The opening and closing of Emily Lowe’s doors.
-The footsteps of students walking down the stairs and onto the sidewalk.
-Other students talking while they play catch with a football.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-My friends’ cheers as they successfully throw and pass the Frisbee around.
-The clacking sound the Frisbee makes when as it hits a few tree branches.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-My feet thumping on the grass as I run.
-The rustling of the bushes as the Frisbee flies into them.
-The whoosh of air as I throw the Frisbee.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-The sound level was pretty loud outside Emily Lowe. There was never a minute where someone wasn’t goofing around and enjoying each other’s company.  All of the sounds were occurring within moments of each other.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-My friends cheering.
-The initial whooshing of the air.
-The thumping of my feet.

1 – 2/20/14 – 3:58pm – Parking Lot by Emily Lowe

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-An air compressor rattling from one of the nearby buildings.
-People’s conversations as they walk on the sidewalk by Emily Lowe.
-The tires of cars rolling on the concrete entering and exiting the parking lot.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-A van’s engine starting up a couple of parking stalls down from me.
-A car door opening and slamming.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-The WRHU Broadcast playing on the outside speaker of the Herbert School of Communication building.
-The sounds of my shoes swishing in the slush.
-Someone’s cellphone ringing loudly as they walk near me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-It wasn’t all that quiet in the parking lot, but it wasn’t super loud either. The various sounds I heard today weren’t happening all at the same time, however, the compressor noise was the most constant sound out of all of them.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The WRHU Broadcast.
-The air compressor rattling.
-The cars coming in and out of the lot.

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