Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

April 2nd, 9:00pm – Back Room of Hof U.S.A.

Farthest Away: Squeaking of the Milkshake Machine

Medium Range: The beeping of the beepers a couple tables away.

Closest: People talking tables away from. People laughing. Maya blowing her nose.

Sound Level: Mostly a medium level of constant. Occasionally when there is more background noise, people’s conversations would get louder, so the sound level would be higher.

Sound Activity: Inconsistent. Conversations go in and out as well as the machines the workers were using. Also, Maya wasn’t blowing her nose for two minutes straight.

Description: Social

Essential Sounds:

• People’s Conversations
• People Laughing
• Maya Blowing her Nose

1. Date: 2/5/20 – Time: 10:45pm – Location: HofUSA

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear students talking and laughing with one another as they are entering HofUSA. Also, I am able to hear the shows displayed on the televisions at different volume levels in the far corners of the building.

3. In a medium range of sound, I can hear milkshakes being made and the server yelling out the menu items when some students’ orders are ready. I can hear when a student’s buzzard starts making noise, as well as them scooting their chair back in order to get up and get their food.

4. The sounds closest to me involve my friends and myself talking and laughing with each other. Also, I can sometimes hear a sipping noise when some of my friends are drinking their beverages or a munching/crunching noise when they are chewing their food. Internal sounds include me using words to ask myself when my food will be ready.

5. The general sound level is a bit noisy. There are many people at HofUSA conversing and eating, so there is a good amount of sound activity occurring. However, not as many students are here as usual due to it being a Wednesday night.

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “lively”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the many conversations/laughs that are happening throughout HofUSA, the many televisions displaying different television shows at different volumes, and the server yelling to indicate when certain students’ orders were ready.

1. Location: 4/18/19, 8:30pm, HofUSA
2. Farthest sounds: people chatting at booth, footsteps, employees calling out numbers
3. Medium sounds: tv on in background, door opening/closing
4. Closest sounds: chairs moving, buzzer sound, table rumbling
5. Sound level is medium
6. One word description: dinner
7. Three essential sounds: employees calling numbers, people chatting, buzzers

Hofusa

Talking, tv (hockey game), hyped hockey fans talking enthusiastically

1. 4/14/17-1:48AM-Hofusa
2. Farthest-Clanging of dishes or pots, a door closing, refridgerator hum, people talking
3. Medium-Cart rolling, TVs on a low volume, a person putting things in a bag, chairs moving one at a time
4. Closest-me typing on the keyboard, a newsman talking on TV, broom sweeping, a sigh from the cleaning lady
5. General Sound level and Activity are low.
6. “Renewal”
7. Woman sighing, the newsman talking on TV, broom sweeping

1. March 16, 2017 9:00 PM Outside Hofstra USA
2. Farthest Sounds – People walking, Night Shuttle driving around
3. Medium Sounds – Doors opening and closing, Various conversations
4. Closest Sounds – My friends talking, my phone buzzing, my teeth chattering
5. Sound Level – Quiet
6. Sound Description – Cold
7. Essential Sounds – Night Shuttle, Doors, Teeth Chattering

1. 2/23/2017, 9:30 PM, HofUSA
2. Far Sounds: Doors opening and closing, Various TV shows
3. Medium Sounds: Many conversations going on at once, people walking by
4. Close sounds: The crunch of my french fries, my friends meal disc buzzing
5. Level: Loud
6. Sound Environment: Lively
7. Doors opening and closing, the many conversations, the meal disc buzzing

1. February 9th, 11:30 PM, Hofstra USA
2. Movement, pots and pans in the kitchen to my right; Galaga music; indistinct conversations at the table to my left and behind me
3. Brad moving food around his plastic container, eating food. Alex listening to music in his earbuds.
4. The internal sound of me chewing food
5. The sound level is loud, it feels busy and the sounds are annoying to me.
6. fidgety
7. The kitchen noises, conversations, chewing

1. 4/21/16, 11:04 pm, outside HofUSA
2. Farthest: Cars passing, cars starting, music playing
3. Medium: crickets, people screaming, doors slamming
4. Closest: friends talking, typing, sipping
5. Sound Level: Loud
6. One word: Rowdy
7. 3 Sounds: Car starting, crickets, talking

1- Hofstra USA, Thursday, April 10th,  9:00 PM

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

• The woman at the front taking orders
• The TV’s in the back playing a reality show
• The front door slamming shut

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

• Assorted conversations from the table over
• The door of the trash can slamming
• The buzzers from a nearby table vibrating

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

• My friend playing with her keys
• Emily’s pager buzzing to tell her that her food is ready
• My stomach growling
• Christina tapping her fingers on the table

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

Per usual, HofUSA is very busy at this time of night. Because of this, the sound level is very high. The sound activity is also very high, as there are so many different and varied noises being made.

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

Hopping

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.

• The buzzers buzzing on the table
• My stomach growling
• The large amount of conversation happening all around me