Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 04/10/2024 – 12:30pm – Bits Tables.
2. Sounds farthest away from me: cars driving by, buzzing, the occasional honking.
3. Sounds at medium range: people talking as they walk by, birds chirping, somebody on a skateboard, the wind.
4. Sounds closest to me: people talking at the table next to me, typing on my computer keyboard, drink sipping and swirling, bags crunching.
5. The general sound level is quiet and controlled. The amount of sound activity is constant, with occasional peaks or gaps.
6. Description word: tranquil.
7. Essential sounds: nature, people, and general movement.

1. 2/7/2024, 1:50 pm, Emily Lowe
2. people entering and exiting Lowe
3. other people talking in the Drounge
4. Emma talking to me
5. a lot of sounds, but they’re all at more medium volumes
6. alive
7. the door to Lowe, footsteps walking by, people talking

3/13/2020

Location-  Right by Bits and Bites, walking towards Lowe

Sounds in Clip- Foot Steps, Talking far off in the distance, birds, cars rushing by

3/5/2020

Farthest Sound- Someone watching TV down stairs, people laughing in the lounge, and that heater thing acting up again.

Medium Distance- My suite mates laughing and talking about what school work they need to get done this weekend, people going through the now working back gate.

Closest Distance- My dorm rooms A/C going full blast, my play list entitled ‘bops’ is playing, and my rap tap tapping on my key board.

Sound Description- Medium level, the house feels alive and lived in.

Important Sounds- The people down stairs, the A/C, and the music

location: the student center

sounds: me walking, people talking, chairs screeching, kitchen equipment clanking

1. Date: February 28, 2018
   Time: 7:14 PM
   Location: Nassau/Suffolk downstairs lounge
2. Farthest: someone opening a packet of cookies
3. Medium: people talking, the tv on, laughing
4. Closest: me zipping up my jacket and walking through the hall
5. General sound level: medium
   General sound activity: medium
6. One word description: usual
7. 3 important sounds: conversations, the tv, walking across the floor

Going over the Unispan – 2/7/18 – 4:00 pm

Sounds: People talking, footsteps

Location: Bits & Bites 2:27 PM 2/7/18

1. Farthest: I can hear the door opening on the other side of the wall with people walking through it.
2. Medium: I can hear tables and chairs moving around
3. Closest: The conversations and people talking very loudly.
4. Busy
5. Three essential sounds for this environment are: people walking fast, the chairs moving around, the sound of people talking this is pretty much the easiest way to tell you’re in Bits

Hofstra Gala 2017 during Cocktail hour. Walked around. You can hear people talking, eating, clinking glasses, having fun.

Time/Location: Student Center, 04/14/17, 9:35am

Sounds heard: music, people talking, cash register, a door open, crinkle of plastic, tongs drop against metal, beeping from a timer