Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

11:18 Bill Of Rights 6th floor lounge 4/3/2018

1. The elevator ringing , the mechanical rising of the elevator, the noises from the floor above
2. the heater noise, my keyboard clicking, and the girls next door yelling and laughing
3. Mackenzie reading her directing scene, my toes cracking, my runny nose
4. medium sound level
5. normal
6. elevator, Mackenzie, girls next door

1 – 3/27/2017 || 9:35 PM || My backyard

2 – Cars at the intersection

3 – Cars passing on the road.

4 – Wind in the trees. A car door slamming as someone exits their car.

5 – Very low, but somewhat busy.

6 – Hollow

7 – The cars passing, the intersection, and the wind.

1) My Kitchen, 2/3/2017 at 12:47 AM
2) The pipes upstairs clanking every so often.
3) My sister upstairs, milling about in her room.
4) The soft hiss of the oven as it runs, and the clicks it makes every so often, including the pilot light reigniting in a soft “fwoosh”.
5) Very low; very little.
6) Muffled.
7) My sister milling about at a distance. The oven hissing. The pilot light’s fwoosh.

Outside my house, 5/1/14 8:30 pm

Sounds farthest away:

• Cars driving by down other streets
• Foot steps at the end of my block
• A dog running with the person at the end of my block

Sounds at medium range:

• The running of my engine
• My blinker
• Trees blowing in the wind

Sounds at close range

• My breathing
• My footsteps against the pavement

General sound level:

It is super quiet and feels later than it is. The sound activity is very low.

One word description:

Vacant

Three important sounds:

• My car engine
• The leaves blowing in the wind
• My breathing

1 – 3/6/14 – 11:00pm – My home

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-The television on a few rooms away
-The refrigerator humming

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Another television
-My cats fighting
-The tingling of the bell on one of the cats collars as he fights

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-Squeezing of a plastic water bottle
-Keys clicking on my laptop as I type
-The faint squeak of the light above me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound level is at a medium but is very concentrated. My entire house, for the most part, is asleep and still, except for where I am. There is a decent amount of sound activating coming from the direct vicinity that I am in.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
– Tired

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The television closest to me
-The keys typing
-The refrigerator humming

1 – 2/20/14 – 9:03pm, Sunrise Hwy, Merrick, NY

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Wheels of other cars rushing through puddles
-Wind whistling

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Air creeping through the narrow window opening
-My old car rocking with every bump in the road

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– Rain drops hitting the windshield of my car
– Windshield wiper squeaking every time it hits the furtherest limit on both the right and left sides
-Heater

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The sound level is pretty loud. There is a lot of sound activity going on, partly from nature and partly from machines I am using to try to control the nature. Theres a lot going on, and each of these things have a set rhythm to them.

6 – Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
– Effortful

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Rain drops falling on the windshield
– Whistling of the wind
-My car jerking around with every little bump in the road

1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment
>Friday, February 7th
>2:30 A.M.
>Study Lounge, 6th floor of Nassau Residence Building

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal playing all the way down the hall.
>A first responder’s siren lightly pulsing a few blocks aWay.
>Footsteps approaching from down the hall.
>Trash being thrown away down the hall. It contain glass. I hope they recycle.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>The couple making out in the room next to me.
>A very bass-filled male voice vibrating the wall.
>A t.v. playing in the room next to me.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
>The heating unit that clanks and chinks every 23 seconds.
>The buzz of the light that seems to overpower everything.
>The cracking of my big toe.
>The sound of the couple hitting against the wall behind me as they make out.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>Sound level is at a filling dull roar.
>Sound activity can best be described as casual and lightly paced.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
>Alive

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>The heating unit.
>The couple hitting against the wall
>The muffled television.

4/25/2012 – The sound of Hammer Lab 7:05pm Lull of the Vending Machine

Georgia Andre

Date, Time, Location: Friday March 23^rd , 2012; 2:30AMish, driving home

Farthest Sounds: no distinct sound

Medium Range Sounds: car engine,

Closets Sounds: wind against moving car, creaking from age of car, slams on the occasional bump in the road, me belting someone like you by Adele with the radio.

Sound Activity (Amount/Level): medium volume

Descriptive Word: intimate

Essential Sounds: car engine, cut through of wind, bumps in road