Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

4/12/2024, 5:29PM. My room

Sounds farthest away from me: cars driving down the street, music playing a few houses down

sounds at medium range: birds chirping outside my window, people walking around the house

sounds closest to me: my fingers tapping the keys on my computer, my stomach growling, my own breathing

The sound level is quiet and the sound activity is consistently low

One word description: peaceful

Essential sounds: Footsteps, cars, birds

1. Date: 1/30/20 – Time: 7:11pm – Location: Intramural Fields

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear groups of students chatting with each other as they are walking past the fields. I can hear the engines of the cars passing by from time to time, as they slow down to adhere to the stop sign and the speed bump. Also, the women’s Ultimate Frisbee team is on the other field practicing. I can hear them yell the plays to each other, and laugh and chat with each other during their “water breaks”.

3. In a more medium range of sound, I can hear my Ultimate Frisbee teammates stomping on the ground and breathing somewhat heavy, since we are completing the mile portion of our Fitness Test. I can also hear our coach assisting us with supportive words as we complete this activity, as well as him yelling out the time updates.

4. The sounds closest to me include my own feet stomping on the ground and my own heavy breathing. I can hear the certain sounds that teammates very close to me are making, such as grunts and moans. Internal sounds involve me motivating myself with supportive words in order to finish the run.

5. The general sound level is more quiet than it was loud. Although there are a lot of sound activity being produced on the field in general, my teammates are spaced apart due to their different run speeds. 

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

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the stomps on the ground, the supportive words that our coach provides for us, and the motivational words that I provide myself internally as I get closer to finishing the run.

2/22/2018 Costume Shop in Lowe 5:30 pm

hum of the sewing machines, the faint sound of Billy Joel on spotify, the washers on in the maintenance room, Ozzie’s whimper from Meredith’s desk.

classmates talking, professors giving instructions, costumes being hung back up on the rack, scissors chomping on the fabric

my himark and needle pulling through each stitch, my audible gasps overtime I poke myself with the needle

the room in my opinion is soothing, there is a perfect whit noise aspect to it

peaceful

The hum of the sewing machines, the scissors cutting away at fabric, the noise my needle and thread make as it pulls through the fabric.

1- February 1st, 2018, 10:05 Bill Of Rights Elevator
2-  chatter from the different floors, the elevator mechanism working, hum of the air conditioner,wind
3- the elevator beep every time we stop on a floor, the ring of the second elevator
4- the clicking of my laptop keys, the washer machines on the first floor,my car keys jingling
5- The noise level is barely existent/low
6- Peaceful
7- the hum of the air conditioner, the chatter of people from different floors, and the soft elevator beep

1. 2/16/17, 11:18PM, Vander Poel Hall Kitchen
2. Farthest-Sounds of laughter from a different room. winds outside, The thud of doors closing different sections of the building, dimmed screech of a police siren or ambulance.
3. Medium-Refrigerators running in vending machines, air conditioner, a buzz from the fluorescent lighting
4. Closest-Butter sizzling on a heated pan, random clinks from the stove, me biting and chewing toast and scrambled eggs, me typing on the keyboard.
5. Level and Activity-Low sound level as in it’s very quiet and any sound emitted can be heard throughout the room, but there’s a moderate amount of sound coming preventing total silence.
6. Solitary
7. Buzz of vending machines, sizzling butter, Police/ambulance siren.

1) Sitting on the grass outside of Lowe.

2) Several birds chirping, people talking, footsteps, ambient noise and coughing, sniffling.