Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1 – 2/27/14 – 5:10pm – TwoGuys Discount Appliances, Centereach

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Cars driving down Middle Country Road.
-A news broadcast playing on a TV in the background.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Lou talking to customers over the phone.
-The theme song from “Laverne and Shirley” playing on the radio.
-Lou opening and closing a refrigerator door.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-Me coughing repeatedly.
-Joe talking to my parents about a black, GE refrigerator.
-Joe typing on a computer keyboard.
-A printer printing out a receipt.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-There wasn’t that much going on in the store, as my parents and I were the only customers there. There were a few different sounds occurring at the same time, but at a low volume.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Joe, the owner, talking to my parents.
-Lou opening one of the refrigerators.
-My parent’s receipt being printed.