Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- Feb 27, 10:10pm, Dutch Treats

2- The door to the store bumps open and closes every so often as students exit or enter, plastic bags rustle as items are put in them, a general hum of conversation

3- The refrigerated display hums loudly, the mini oven of the sandwich place beeps to signify something is done warming, a worker is fussing with some food items – perhaps cutting something (it is difficult to tell by sound what exactly he is doing due to the incessant humming of the refrigerator)

4- The squeaking of shoes and crinkling of chip bags as people shift in line, I can hear several more distinct conversations regarding/complaining about how long the line is, that it is “taking forever” and that they should open up the second register.

5- The general sound level is at a medium high – the “background” noises are loud, making things a little more indistinct. The sound activity is also about a medium high

6- Impatient

7- the more distinct conversations about the checkout line, the humming of the refrigerator, and the rustling of the people waiting in line

Main Unispan

I originally took this clip to try to capture the way the footsteps echoed across the unispan in adjunct to the passing conversation. I was standing still near the middle of the unispan when a blind student bumped into me. I think this is what makes the clip especially interesting because my interaction created an unplanned accent to the field recording.

2/2/11, 1:30 PM, Table furthest left outside of Bits and Bites

The furthest sound from me in the sound environment was groups of people in conversation projected from across the otherside of the quad.
A sound middistance from my position in the sound environment is the click of the door opening and shutting as people bus in and out of bits.

The sound closest to me are the mildly frequent footsteps of passersby that come by my table.

The environment can be described as a mild bustle. The amount of sound activity is far from overwhelming but it is certainly present and consitient whether it be a conversation or multiple conversations, or just the sounds of people in transit- footsteps, rustled jackets, or the opening and closing of doors. At this time in this sound environment there was never a moment of absolute silence though the sound level was never hectic and the enviornment as a whole was quite peaceful.

Hurried

Rustling of jackets, Footsteps, Passing conversation