Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: my house

The sounds heard in this clip consists of my fan, music playing faintly from my neighbor’s house, distant clanging/beeping, and my housemates talking downstairs.

3/29/24 – 10:10 PM – My dorm room

Sounds farthest away from me: My friends talking in the other room, cars driving by, someone talking loudly outside

Sounds at a medium range from me: My fan, a door opening and closing in the other room

Sounds closest to me: The podcast I’m listening to, my keyboard clacking, my bracelets jangling

Sound level and activity: the sound level and activity are both low – my fan and podcast are on a lower volume, everything else is in the background. Also, everyone is winding down for the day, so there isn’t as much movement and activity within my dorm.

One word description: Chill

Three sounds essential to the sound environment: The podcast, my fan, my bracelets

2/7/24 – 1:30PM – My dorm

Sounds farthest from me: My suitemates talking in the other room, my suitemate opening the fridge, someone unlocking and opening their door down the hall.

Sounds at a medium range from me: The heater, my fan next to my bed, my roommate walking into my room and grabbing something from her desk.

Closest to me: the music playing from my phone, me typing on my computer, my foot tapping the floor.

Sound level: The sound level is relatively low, since there are only three of us home. My music is louder than the rest of the sounds in my dorm – so that specific sound level is higher.

Sound activity: There is a small amount of sound activity because there are only three of us. The TV and other appliances aren’t on, and my suitemates are having a relatively quiet conversation.

One work description for the sound environment: Familiar

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment: My roommates talking, my fan, and the sound of my keyboard

3/26/2020

Farthest Sound- The sound of birds chirping outside my window and of cars driving by on the street.

Medium Distance- The shower running in the next room as well of the fan going off, making a sound as though it hasn’t been cleaned of dust in a while.

Closest Distance- The chewing of my own gum as well. as a text message ding from my phone.

Sound Description- Busy and full of life.

Important Sounds- The shower, the fan, and the gum

1. April 10th, 2017 – 5 am lying in bed and can’t sleep
2. Farthest- Faint click followed by air as head turns on and off
3. Middle- Birds starting to chirp outside, car driving by
4. Closest-My fan spinning, roommate snoring on other side of wall
5. Level-Low
6. Description- Quiet, relaxed
7. Important Sounds- birds, car, fan, snoring

Location: My dorm room

Sounds heard: the whirring of a fan

1. 3/11/2016, 12:41 am, My room
2. Farthest: footsteps in the hallway, laughter and chatter of my housemates outside my room
3. Medium: the cars on the street in front of the Netherlands driving, random kids walking around and talking outside my window
4. Closest: the sound of my fan whirring, papers flapping on my walls
5. Level: Low
6. One word: Serene
7. 3 sounds: Footsteps, Cars, Fan

1- 4/8/13 – 11:13 PM – Walking from the student center to Lowe in the quad
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest from me is the sound of a helicopter racing back and forth across the sky. It had a much harsher and deeper tone to the propellers that one would normally associate with a helicopter. It passed back and forth for about three minutes while I sat on the quad.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a medium range from me I can hear a loud drone of different air units and air conditioners that are pulling air and running a fan at high RPMs. Coming from the building on my left are two different tones coming from two different units. These tones are similar but not identical, making somewhat of a choral effect as they rang through the quad and bounced their waves off of Bits. On the opposite side of the quad (at Bits) there are distinctly three other fans and air units that are running at a very high RPM and making a very loud choral effect as well. All of these tones are extremely loud and overwhelming as they rang through the quad but none of them were the same intensity, quality or tone as each other; however similar. 
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 the young grass being squashed under my shoes. This sound had a distinct difference from the noise one would usually hear when walking through grass as the grass I was on was younger and crisper in a colder harder ground. 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – At a far and medium range from me the sounds are overwhelming and I can hardly stand to be in this space but it is almost calming to have the ever so soft pattern of my footsteps on the young grass buds beneath me.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – Paralyzing 
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. – Drone of fans, helicopter, grass footsteps