Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Date: 2/12/20 – Time: 11:30pm – Location: Dutch Treats

2. The sounds that I can hear furthest away from me are the doors consistently being open and closed, students chatting with one another as they are walking in, and the sound made from the scanner being put to work at the register.

3. The sounds that I can hear in a medium range are the beeping noises coming from the microwave and the sounds being made on the television. Also, I can hear the students near me laughing, and the chef calling out finished orders.  I am able to hear the footsteps of the students around me as well.

4. The sounds closest to me include myself and my teammate talking and grunting at the fact that the chef keeps skipping our order sheets. Internal sounds involve me asking myself if waiting a long time for the food is worth it.  Both the sound of footsteps and the door opening are now made as my teammate and I walk out of the store.

5. The general sound level is quite noisy, due to a good amount of students being present in Dutch Treats.  There is a lot of sound activity taking place, since most of the students are either talking or laughing with other students.

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “rowdy”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the students chatting with each other, the microwave making a constant beeping sound, and the doors being opened and closed consistently.

Location: My Dormitory (Estabrook Hall)

Sounds In Clip: Crying; Christmas music; Several instruments; Humming sound from the microwave; Air blowing from the heater; The sound of a rocking chair hitting against the floor

Location: My kitchen

Sound heard: microwave running, beeping noise, microwave door opening, shuffling in background

Location: Kitchen on 13th floor of Vander Poel Hall

Sounds heard: Sound recorder being messed with, footsteps, bag of flour being shuffled, vending machine being used, microwave opening and closing, microwave being in use.

Hague Lounge – 10:30pm – April 19th

Sounds: The microwave running, music playing, coughing

New microwave in the kitchen. It sounds different from any other microwave I’ve used.

Thursday February 23rd at 1:30pm – In the common room of my dorm

The microwave is heard in the background because I was heating up my lunch.  You can also hear the microwave ending because of the beeping sound at the end of the recording.  The television is also in the background.  You can hear a commerical about nutella and a hair product.

2/16/12  Dorm kitchen

Sounds heard: The constant humming of the soda machines, the microwave being opened and closed and the beeps as the time is being set, the sink being turned on, paper towels being ripped off and used,opening and closing the microwave repeatedly to check food.

1)   3/8/11- 12:15 am- 13^th floor of Enterprise dorm in the kitchen area.

2)   I can hear a little bit of people talking in the other rooms, the elevator sounds as it goes up and down to each floor, the heavy foot steps of people walking around and the TVs in the other rooms.

3)   The door opening and closing, a strange rattling noise coming from in the ceiling somewhere, a low consistent humming noise,

4)   The microwave door opening and closing, the microwave noise when it is on, people talking in the room, the room has a bit of an echo, some one using the stove, the sound of pots, the sound of running water from the sink, the sound of the paper towel dispenser and the sound of a person rubbing their hands together with a paper towel in order to dry them, the sound of the trash can being opened and closed,  the sound of boiling water and the sound of opening mac and cheese, the sound of the noodles going in and the sound of moving chairs.

5)   The sound level is relatively quiet but there is a lot of potential for lots of sound because there is definitely lots of sound activity.

6)   Cooking

7)   Boiling water, pots clanging and the microwave noise as its being used.