Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Location: Subway
2. Sounds: people talking, saxophone, intercom, guys shouting profanities at each other

1 – 4/21/14 – 4:00pm – Stop and Shop Deli, South Setauket

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-A customer plopping her vegetables on a scale.
-The shopping carts squeaking.
-The misters spraying water vapor on vegetables like spinach and kale and carrots.

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-A deli employee shouting to another employee to get him to bring out more turkey.
-Another customer, this time talking on the phone.
-A stocker placing newly packaged cheese and specialty items on the showcase.

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
-The ticket machine printing a ticket.
-A deli employee asking, “what can I get for ya?”
-The slicing sounds the slicer makes as it cuts meat; another slicer is being used for slicing cheese.

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-The sound level was pretty quiet overall, while there were times it raised to a medium level. A bunch of the sounds like the ones that came from the misters, slicers, and the stocker were low in volume. The shouting, talking and squeaking were louder.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-The sounds of the ticket machine.
-The slicers slicing the meat and cheese.
-The misters making mist.

1- 2/21/13, 7pm, Rugby pitch (Intramural fields)

2- It is difficult to hear things in a further range due to major wind, but during moment that it dies down, I can hear cars passing on the highway/campus road.

3- Trees whipping in the wind, their leaves sounding similar to a rain stick at moments, but also the sound of the wind is so strong it drowns out other minor sounds. When it does die down, sometimes I can hear a voice carry from across the field where the  coaches are standing

4- I am doing a drill with the Women’s Rugby team. The girls are shouting each other’s names, directing the other to put the ball “In my gut! In my gut!”; The ground is frozen, so feet pound steadily as we run back and forth pushing the ball into each others bodies with a ‘thwack’. Those who have a moment are panting loudly and wheezing a little due to the cold, as am I. The wind is howling, making it difficult at times to hear exactly what’s going on at times, but we are focused on the drill.

5- The general sound level is high, although muffled by the wind, and the sound activity is energetic, as we shout to each other with encouragement.

6- Determination

7- Roaring wind, pounding feet, girls shouting “In my gut! In my gut!”

1- 3/14/12-3:oopm-6:00pm-Quad outside Lowe

2- People talking and laughing

3- People shouting and talking

4- People talking and music playing from an iPod

5- The general sound level is medium due to the size of the area and the amount of sound activity is medium

6- Fun

7- Talking, shouting, and music