Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

3/9/2024, 2:02 PM ET, Broadfield

The sound furthest away from me is very quiet rumbling and banging of the dryer downstairs.

A sound a bit closer to me is high-pitched humming sound of the fridge on the right behind the wall.

The sound closest to me is Sophie watching TikToks on the couch to the left of me.

The sound level is very quiet, to the point where you could probably hear a pin drop.

The word I would use to describe the sound environment is hushed.

Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sound of a phone buzzing, Sophie’s soft tapping on her phone, and the humming.

1. 02/21/2024 – 4:28pm – My House.
2. Farthest Sounds: the cars on the turnpike, occasional honking, a very faint police siren.
3. Medium Range Sounds: somebody doing lawn work next door, cars driving by, birds chirping, occasional indiscernible talking.
4. Closest Sounds: one of my housemates’ playing videos on their phone, one of my housemates cooking in the kitchen, the buzz of our security system, the occasional readjusting of blankets or pillows on the couch that I’m sitting on.
5. I would describe the general sound level as quiet and static, and the general sound activity as frequent but unpredictable.
6. Description: cozy.
7. Essential Sounds: cars, cooking, and phone videos.

Location : Hofstra USA

Sounds in Clip : Various levels of talking/chatter from various distances, phone dropping on table, bags being dropped on chair, hollow bottle being dropped on table, clanking and moving of chairs

1. Date: 4/16/20 – Time: 10:00pm – Location: My Home (Carmel, NY)
2. The farthest sounds from me is the downstairs TV playing and my sister talking.
3. In the medium range of sound, I can hear my dog whining outside my door in the hallway.
4. The closest sounds from me is my back cracking and my phone ringing.
5. The general sound level is a bit noisy and the amount of sound activity is medium since there is a substantial amount of noise, but not too much.
6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is annoying.
7. 3 things that are essential to the “sound environment” is my sister talking, my dog whining, and my phone ringing.

Date & Location: 3/30, 1:30pm, counter tops at bits n’ bytes

Sounds heard: people talking, *ding* from a phone, cash register, crinkle of a bag, a chair being pushed out, someone saying “corgi” multiple times, change

3/2/2017  12:30 AM  My Dorm Room

2. Cars driving by, heater hum

3. Roommate mumbling in sleep, music from her phone

4. Phone buzzing

5. Inconsistent patterns, medium sound level

6. Irritating

7. Phone buzzing, music from roommate’s phone and cars driving by

7:46, 3/37/14, Student Center Front Dining Hall

Sounds Heard: Me placing my phone on the table, Tearing off my coffee cup holder, Christina picking up her keys, varied students talking in the background, Christina seasoning her food, someone sneezing, Emily trying to ruin my recording by tapping her phone

1 – Date. Time. Place.
>2.27.2014
>7:23p.m. EST
>AT&T Corporate Store, Hempstead

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Car doors slamming in the distance.
>Some guy blasting hard bass rap music in his car.
>The ringing of a bike bell (who even uses those anymore.)

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>The faint lobby-like music of the store.
>People murmuring and chatting about phones, and one lady about her dog’s cyst.
>The tick tacking of a keyboard as an employee rings up a customer
>People testing out phones and devices, consistent beeps, boops, and blips.
>This one guy who chews his cereal really loudly.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
>My father playing with his new phone. More beeps, boops, and a few bleeps.
>My hiccups that keep cutting off my hearing.
>The shuffle of the receipts in the hands of the representative.
>The chewing man has now walked by me.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>The sound was decently loud, definitely not uncomfortable but it had a full volume.
>The activity can be considered passively busy. There wasn’t anything too bustling about it all but the sounds all combined together made it hard to focus down on one.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The Lobby-like music
-The bleeps and bloops
-The chewing man