Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Bits’ n’ Bytes – 3:36 PM
Sounds: Various chatter throughout the room, the blender, a squeaking noise, various kitchen noises, ice moving in a cup

Location: Room 320 in Guthart Hall
Identify the sounds heard in the clip: Firefly by Childish Gambino, my roommate singing along, me typing, the ice in my cup moving around as I take a sip, laughing

Location: Kitchen in my house

Sounds: Ice cubes going into a glass from a fridge ice maker and then being gently shaken.

1. Cherry Ln. 2/14/17
2. I am stepping on the thin ice that covers puddles in the street. In the beginning, you can here the water splashing out of the cracks. In the end I am walking on the snow back onto the sidewalk.

1. Walking home 2/19/2015

2. Farthest – cars on the turnpike, cars on Westbury Ave grinding their tires through salt and ice, a NICE bus starting up and pulling away, car horns in the far distance

3. Medium range – boots crunching on the snow, my friends walking ahead of me talking, slipping of shoes on the ice, a thud as someone falls down, and subsequent assorted curses

4. Close range – i become intensely aware of my own labored breathing, my waterproof coat zip zip zipping as i walk, my keys rattling in my backpack, the zippers on my backpack cling-ing together

5. A modern-day arctic exploration. The sounds of the ice and snow crunching and cracking, as well as the sounds my friends and I made as we struggled to walk home really contributed to the “Long Island Ice Hell” of it all.

6. One word – frigid

7. Three essential sounds – snow crunching, ice scraping, people breathing

Location: Vander Poel Parking Lot (10:00 pm Thursday, February 6th)

Sounds Heard: Me stomping through the frozen parking lot and getting into my little Ford Fusion. Featured sounds: My boots crunching through the icy surface of the snow, keys, car door opening and closing, the seat belt reminder, my seat belt buckling, engine starting, radio turning on.

This is at Au Bon Pain on March 14, about 1:15 in the afternoon. You can hear the sounds of music in the background, the ice machine, and me trying to put the cover on my drink.

Location: Home

Sounds heard: TV in background with woman talking, freezer being opened, ice being broken in bag and put into glass, which makes a clinking noise. A cork is pulled out of a bottle and squeaks loudly, a drink is poured, the cork is replaced after pouring, the ice is swirled around in the glass.