Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: 4/25/23, Citi Field

Sounds heard: people (including kids) chatting, the din from the people at the stadium all talking, the announcer’s voice announcing Luis García, me and my friend discussing what happened in the game, a very good pun by me (Luis Ghost-cia)

Date: 4/25/23

Location: Citi Field

Far sounds: cheering & shouting from opposite side of stadium

Medium sounds: clapping and cheering from sections around us, the bat hitting the ball

Close sounds: roommate making comments next to me, people speaking French behind me, the loudspeaker anytime anything happens

Sound description/level: loud and passionate and full of a low level of anticipatory chatter punctuated by cheers

One word: lively

Most important sounds (three sounds that make the scene what it is): clapping, cheering, baseball hitting bat

Location: Penn Station

Sounds heard: People walking, suitcase wheels on floor, lots of chatter and loud ambient noise

Date: 4/14/23

Location: my dorm in VP (7th floor, windows open), playing guitar

Far sounds: cars driving below, engines revving, people talking and laughing in the parking lot

Medium sounds: my roommate laughing at whatever she’s watching

Close sounds: my guitar playing, me singing, typing in the breaks, my laptop fan

Sound description/level: It’s loud for a dorm but quiet for a song, if that makes sense. When I’m playing, the guitar and the song I’m singing are pretty loud, but when I stop it suddenly becomes extremely quiet in the room.

One word: Musical

Most important sounds: guitar, singing, roommate laughing

Location: my house in Maryland, around 11am

Sounds: spoon stirring cinnamon sugar, using fork to cut matzah bri on a ceramic plate, spoon clinking against glass jar containing cinnamon sugar, sprinkling cinnamon sugar on the matzah bri

Date: 3/29/23

Location: Hauser Hall room 109, Psychopathology course

Far sounds: Typing of people at front of room, central heating/air blowing, people sniffling

Medium sounds: Professor lecturing, professor’s shoes on the linoleum, questions and voices from classmates

Close sounds: My own typing, my chair creaking

Sound description/level: Quiet, focused sound, revolving around the sound of the lecture currently being given by the professor. She is speaking loudly and clearly but the rest of the class and classroom is understandably silent.

One word: Focused

Most important sounds: Typing, professor lecturing, air from the vent blowing

Location: the Red Line in the DC Metro

Sounds heard: Metro voice announcing “doors closing,” automated voice announcing doors opening, background chatter, train moving over tracks

Date: 3/10/23

Location: the walk from the Student Center to VP

Far sounds: someone singing or playing music (faint), cars driving

Medium sounds: planes overhead, doors to the tower dorms opening

Close sounds: footsteps, jangling keys, stuff in bags rustling, clothes brushing, footsteps, breathing, friends talking

Sound description/level: It’s quiet, which make the quieter sounds like breathing and clothes brushing louder. The general feeling is calm. It’s also nighttime, so it’s dark out, which lends itself to the muted nature of the surrounding world.

One word: muted

Most important sounds: footsteps, jangling keys, friends talking

Location: in my friend’s car

Sounds heard: Funny/Habits by Makin’ Treble playing on car speakers (muffled), two distinct voices singing, someone laughing, someone talking

Date: 2/24, 5:58pm

Location: Dutch Treats

Far sounds: water running in the kitchen in the back

Medium sounds: rustling of a bag, door opening and closing, beep of the scanner at the register, people walking around shopping

Close sounds: the TV playing loudly (ads, then Star Wars music), the cashiers having a conversation, a staff member answering a phone call, the refrigerated items shelf buzzing, the crinkle of the Uncrustable I’m about to buy

Sound description/level: it’s not a busy time for Dutch but there are a handful of other people so it’s a fairly consistent volume in here. Not loud; you can hear the TV from anywhere inside but it’s not overwhelming, and a few people are talking but when they move away I can’t hear them as clearly

One word: supermarket

Most important sounds: the TV, the cashiers’ conversation, the fridges buzzing