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

1- 4/24/24- 11:20AM – Bits & Bytes

2- Furthest: The sounds from the workers cooking, the slight hum of the building, the fan blowing
3- Medium: People chatting at the table next to me, the workers having a conversation at the cash register, a phone ringing across the room.
4- Closest: My friend telling me a story, my bracelets jangling as I type, keyboards clacking, brief clips of people’s conversations as they walk by.
5- Sound level and activity: low, it’s still early and there’s not many people inside, the calm before the storm of common hour
6- Usual
7- The chatter from people, kitchen sounds, my friend’s voice

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

1- 4/10/24 – 12:35 – Tables outside of Bits ‘n’ Bytes

2- People talking on the other side of the quad, cars driving down the turnpike, shuffled steps on the concrete.
3- Birds chirping, someone’s heels clacking on the cement as they walk, leaves rustling in the wind, someone’s keys jangling as they walk.
4- My friend typing at the computer next to me, an airplane flying overhead, someone laughing at the table next to me, the ice in my drink shifting as I pick it up and take a sip, the sound of someone’s skateboard as they skate by my table.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity – Sound level: low and quiet; Sound activity: relatively high, there are a lot of different noises and sounds outside.
6- Peaceful.
7- The birds, the ambience voices throughout the quad, and the steps and general movement of the people passing by.

Location: Bernon Hall
Identify the sounds heard in the clip: my co-workers talking, my co-workers discussing math, the music playing from the radio, computers clacking, ice moving in a cup, my friend sneezing and me saying “bless you.”

3/29/24 – 10:10 PM – My dorm room

Sounds farthest away from me: My friends talking in the other room, cars driving by, someone talking loudly outside

Sounds at a medium range from me: My fan, a door opening and closing in the other room

Sounds closest to me: The podcast I’m listening to, my keyboard clacking, my bracelets jangling

Sound level and activity: the sound level and activity are both low – my fan and podcast are on a lower volume, everything else is in the background. Also, everyone is winding down for the day, so there isn’t as much movement and activity within my dorm.

One word description: Chill

Three sounds essential to the sound environment: The podcast, my fan, my bracelets

Location: Bits & Bytes
Sounds Heard: People talking at other tables, beeping of items being scanned at the register, me putting my metal water bottle down, people walking/shuffling around the space, laughing

3/7/24 – 8:15PM – Pride Den

1. Sounds farthest from me: people on the other side of the room talking, utensils clacking together, chairs moving  
2. Sounds at a medium range from me: The backing tracks of the song being performed, the percussion instruments, people snapping during the performance, piano  
3. Sounds closest to me: the performer singing, my friends whispering next to me, the bass line, the applause 
4. Sound level and sound activity: the sound level is relatively high due to the speakers projecting the instruments but also the performer’s voice. The sound activity is high because there are a lot of people in the room making noise i.e. the singing, playing instruments, talking, clapping. There is a lot happening at once. 
5. One word description: Musical 
6. 3 essential sounds: the bassline, the performer’s voice, percussion

Location: Studio B, The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication

Sounds heard: laughing, overlapping voices, clapping, people rehearsing lines, people talking about Beyoncé

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2/22/24 – 12:51PM – The Student Center

Sounds farthest from me: People talking at different volumes across the Student Center, the workers making drinks, kitchen noises from other food places.

Sounds at a medium range from me: The music playing from the speakers, chairs moving, wrappers crinkling.

Closest to me: My friends’ conversation, keyboard clacking, my friend’s jewelry clanking as she writes.

Sound level: The sound level is medium to high – there is a lot of high volume volumes happening around. There are a lot of people at the Student Center at common hour all talking loudly. The metal dishes at Starbucks are loud as well.

Sound activity: There is a lot of sound activity. There is a lot of people talking and a lot of general physical activity happening that creates a lot of noise.

One work description for the sound environment: Noisy

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment: Starbucks noises, my friends talking, music playing in Starbucks.