Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Recorded inside Bits n Bytes
2. Chatter/eating amongst other students and me typing up something on my laptop

Date/Location: 3/30, 12:20am, Estabrook 6th floor lounge

far sounds: people talking, someone moving around in room above me

medium sounds: hum from the light above me, 2 other people in lounge typing on laptops, beep from elevator, elevator moving

close sounds: 2 other people in lounge talking to each other, someone’s door open and close on floor, someone walking in flipflops in the bathroom, shower

sound level: medium

descriptive word: relaxing

3 important words: elevator sounds, laptop typing, 2 people talking to each other

Date/Location: 3-5, 7:20pm, bottom floor of Library

far sounds: someone flipping through pages of a text book, someone cough

medium sounds: people talking, someone sniffle, clicking of a pen, placing a key or something on a table, someone typing on their laptop

close sounds: hum of my laptop, footsteps, people talking, someone laugh, a cough

sound level: medium

descriptive word: studious

3 important sounds: laptop hum, laptop keys tapping, textbook pages fliping

Location/Time: Bits and Bytes, 2/15/17, 4:30pm

Sounds Heard: Conversations at near by tables, me typing on my laptop, me coughing

1.  4/27/12 at 12am in the common room at the end of my dorm room floor

2.  The sounds furthest from me are people talking in the hall and the elevator doors closing.

3.  The sounds at medium range to me are the closing of doors and people walking in the halls that are talking to one another.

4.  The sounds closest to me are my laptop humming and the air conditioner unit.

5.  The sound level is a bit loud because there is an echo in the room.  Because of the echo, it is making the sounds closest to me more noticeable

6. Noticeable

7.  Three sounds that are essential to the environment are the air conditioner unit, laptop humming, and the doors shutting in the hall.