Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Date: 3/22/20 – Time: 12:00pm – Location: Estabrook Parking Lot

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear other students and their parents talking to each other, and their car trunks being closed.  I can also hear the wheels of their bins being dragged along the concrete.

3. In a medium range, I can hear my parents talking about wearing masks and gloves before entering the building.  Moreover, I can hear the trunk of our car being slowly opened.

4. Closest to me, I can hear the footsteps of both myself and my mother, as well as me complaining that the mask is causing my glasses to fog.  I can hear the wheels of my bin dragging along the concrete as I pull it.

5. The general sound level is a bit noisy due to the bins being pushed/pulled along the concrete. Other than this, there is not much sound activity taking place.

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

7. Three sound that are essential to the “sound environment” are the bins being pushed/pulled along the concrete, my complaints about my glasses being fogged, and my parents talking to each other.

Location: Parking lot outside Lowe

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

1. Date: 2/22/18, Time: about noon, Location: Inside my car, in the parking lot near the Netherlands
2. Sounds farthest: Clouds slightly rumbling, honks in the distance
3. Sounds at medium range: Cars rolling by, students walking by
4. Sounds closest: Wind blowing, raindrops falling on car window
5. Level of sound activity: Generally quiet
6. Dreary
7. Raindrops falling on car window, wind blowing and clouds slightly rumbling

Sitting in the Bill of Rights parking lot waiting to park.  2/22/2018 10:30pm

sounds : old car running, tires on pavement, crows , wind

In a puddle in the Netherlands Parking lot

Splashing and rain

1 – 2/20/14 – 3:58pm – Parking Lot by Emily Lowe

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-An air compressor rattling from one of the nearby buildings.
-People’s conversations as they walk on the sidewalk by Emily Lowe.
-The tires of cars rolling on the concrete entering and exiting the parking lot.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-A van’s engine starting up a couple of parking stalls down from me.
-A car door opening and slamming.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-The WRHU Broadcast playing on the outside speaker of the Herbert School of Communication building.
-The sounds of my shoes swishing in the slush.
-Someone’s cellphone ringing loudly as they walk near me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-It wasn’t all that quiet in the parking lot, but it wasn’t super loud either. The various sounds I heard today weren’t happening all at the same time, however, the compressor noise was the most constant sound out of all of them.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The WRHU Broadcast.
-The air compressor rattling.
-The cars coming in and out of the lot.

1)3/14/13 5:45 p.m, parking lot outside of the Netherlands

2)  Footsteps of people crossing the street, talking of people crossing the street

3)  Jingling of keys, more footsteps as people approach, the door to the bridge opening and closing

4) The squeak of the turnstile, more people talking, the cars passing by, honking

5) The sound activity is high, it is loud

6) Busy

7) The cars, the turnstile, and the footsteps

1- Thursday February 3rd, 4 pm. Parking lot outside Nassau Dorm Hall, Inside my parked car.

2- The sounds farthest away from me are other cars on Oak Street, the school across the road is letting out and I can just hear kids yelling at each other.

3- Sounds at a medium distance are other people trying to shovel out their cars, a seagull or some other bird crowing.

4- The closest sounds are my own breathing, the occasional vibration of my cell phone, if someone walks directly past my car I can hear them talking and their shoes crunching on the snow and ice.

5- Its surprisingly loud when theres a lot going on, the constant motion of others trying to dig their cars out is almost amplified in the quiet of my car. The ignition is off, leaving it quiet, but outside is loud. Even my own breathing seems louder when there’s nothing else going on.

6- Peaceful.

7- The sound of my breathing, people outside digging out their cars and walking around, other cars driving on Oak Street.