Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 2/7/2024, 1:50 pm, Emily Lowe
2. people entering and exiting Lowe
3. other people talking in the Drounge
4. Emma talking to me
5. a lot of sounds, but they’re all at more medium volumes
6. alive
7. the door to Lowe, footsteps walking by, people talking

1. 04/26/2023 – 10:11 AM – Emily Lowe Room 201 – sound class
2. Far away: people walking in the hall
3. Medium: the radiator making squeaky noises, people typing, someone’s foot tapping, someone’s pen clicking
4. Closest: Rych speaking, my laptop fan
5. The sound level is medium.
6. Descriptor: Attentive
7. Essential sounds: Rych speaking, laptop fan, people typing

Location: Hofstra University, inside the Psibrary

Sounds Heard: people talking to each other in the distance, people speaking softly

Location: Hofstra University, just outside Emily Lowe Hall

Sounds Heard: the Hofstra shuttle breaking then passing by, the Hofstra gardeners raking the leaves

1. 02/09/2023 – 4:22 PM – Emily Lowe Hall Drounge
2. Far away: People talking in a classroom, a small beep, the sound of an air conditioner
3. Medium: Footsteps (some going further and some coming closer), the entrance door slamming, a classroom door being shut
4. Closest: The sound of me breathing due to congestion, someone taking a sip of their drink, typing, someone chewing
5. The sound level started out quite loud, but it has now gone down to barely any sounds that aren’t the ones mentioned in #4. This is the same regarding the sound activity. Originally, it began with hearing #2 and #3 together, and those sounds faded away, which led me to hear #4. Therefore, the sound activity went from high to low.
6. Descriptor: Bustling
7. The essential sounds are: the faraway sound of people talking in a classroom, the sound of footsteps, and the sound of the entry door slamming. 

4/24/19, 2:06pm, quad outside Emily Lowe

Sounds farthest away: Bird chirps, people talking.

Sounds at medium distance: Footsteps.

Close-range sounds: Yelling, grass being ripped, pages being flipped.

General sound level: High, elevated level of sound activity.

One-Word Description: Joyous

3 essential sounds: Bird chirps, yelling, flipped pages.

Location: Parking lot outside Lowe

Sounds heard: footsteps in dirt, gravel, car door opening, car starting, bag being placed in seat, door closing

1. 4/12/18 Psibrary 3:35 PM
2. Farthest: the pages of a prompt book being turned around very quickly
3. Medium: the typing on a computer
4. Closest: the buzz of conversation
5. Loud
6. Normal
7. Talking, yelling, music from headphones

1. Date: February 28, 2018
   Time: 10:45 am – ish
   Location: Lowe, 201
2. Farthest: Rych talking and playing sounds off audacity
3. Medium: People typing behinfme, clicking the mouse pads, people laughing
4. Closest: Me typing this, my foot tapping the floor,
5. General sound level: medium
   General sound activity: medium
6. One word description: Educational
7. 3 important sounds: Sounds playing off Audacity, me typing,  people laughing

Lowe 216 5:53 PM 2/15/18

Farthest: I can hear somebody playing music down the hallway

Medium: Jacky swinging her key around in her hand

Closest: I can hear people talking in the room and typing on their keyboard

Name of Environment: Casual 216

Three most important elements: Very calm, key swinging, chatter