Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: Living Room

Sounds: What We Do In the Shadows on the TV, me chuckling at the show, my roommates talking

Location: Monroe Hall Room 213, 5/14/2023

Farthest Sounds: Air conditioner

Medium Sounds: Future President of the Hofbeats speaking at the front of the room, clapping, people singing voice parts

closest sounds: The two lads having a side convo in front of me, me typing

Sound level: Loud, but few individual sounds

Description: Echoing

Important sounds: Clapping, presidential speech, singing

Sounds in video: Me eating lunch, me and my roommates sniffling, me and my roommates clearing our throats, gravity falls in the background, my roommates taking to each other

Location: My living room 4/29/2023

Farthest sound: Cars driving in the rain on the turnpike, Wind

Medium Sounds: Trees rustling in the breeze, car going down my street

Closest sounds: Front storm door hitting the railing of our porch in the wind. My roommates talking, jazz music playing from Sean’s phone, Betty (cat) meowing

Sound level Medium amounts of sound. not loud, but there are very specific key sounds

Description: Serene

Key Sounds: Betty meowing, Jazz from Sean’s phone, roommate conversation

Sounds Present: Legend of Korra playing on TV in the background, me sipping coffee and also blowing on that same exact coffee

Location: My room

Farthest Sound: Hum of cars on the turnpike

Medium sounds: Wind outside my window, cars speeding down my street, electric guitar playing in the basement

closest sounds: Vacuum outside my door, the show playing on my tv, typing noises

Sound level is high and very busy, lots of separate loud noises going on

Description: jumbled

Most Important sounds: Wind, vacuum, tv show

Sounds: Cars going by on the turnpike, cars turning onto my street and passing my house, wind, me bumping my phone, birds chirping in a tree across the street, car honking

Location: 3/31/2023, 5:12 bedroom

Furthest sounds: cars driving down hempstead turn pike, further cars driving in the distance, cars honking, engines revving, semi trunks hissing and stopping

medium: car doors being closed, cars going over the metal plate in the road near my house,  the popeyes drive throw window worker talking about combos, my roommate playing loud rock music in the basement.

closest: the sound of the youtube video about black holes i am watching, me typing on my computer

sound level: loud but not busy

description: relaxing

essential sounds: car honks, loud basement music, youtube video

Warm ups before Woyzeck. Blackbox, on stage.

1. February 8, 2023, 12:47 pm, Student Center
2. – Clanging and sounds of machinery used at starbucks (possibly the microwave or coffee machine

– air conditioning overhead and behind

– beeps of the checkout scanner at my 10 oclock

– sound of metal utensils (ladle or spatula) being dropped 

-chatter (unintelligible) to my far right and left. Large quantity

3. – Wheeled bins rolling around

– conversations (2-5) from people standing in line waiting for sushi or starbucks or in the pathway to the food court

-the sound of shuffling feet as people walk by

-chairs being pushed in and out

-sushi chefs stirring something in a pot or scraping some sort of metal pot or sheet

4. – people talking (very clearly. 1-3 conversations) behind me and to my left and right. 

– chairs being pushed in and out

– people passing behind me

– People bumping into my board

– someone banging on the table in laughter

– group laughter to my right

-clinking of silverware

– sounds of me typing

-sounds of me chewing my food and swallowing

-sounds of me sighing intermittently

-someone making whale sounds behind me

-s0meone with a valley ish dialect talking behind and to my left

-fridge or metal cabinet door closing

5. Sound level is not loud per say, but it is a cacophony of many medium to light volume sounds. It sounds extremely busy, a lot of sounds moving in different directions. A lot of dynamic sounds all at once. 

6. Populated

7. Clanging of machinery, close conversations, far chatter