Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. February 7th, 8:03pm, sitting on my bed in my dorm room (8th floor of Enterprise)
2. Farthest sound: elevator dinging, cars driving on the street below, the shower running in the bathroom
3. Medium far sound: someone walking in the room above me, my neighbor screeching with her best friend, the heater blowing hot air
4. Closest sound: breathing, typing, my roommate shuffling through papers
5. Sound level: overall quiet and subtle, like the flicker of a candle
6. Description: peaceful
7. Essential sound: elevator dinging, my neighbor screeching, and my roommate shuffling through papers

1. ZAT House, 9:21 pm, Thursday, March 6, 2014.

2. Identify the sounds furthest from you: Okay, this is so weird, my house is never this quiet, so despite the fact that I’ve done a sound journal on the everyday noises in my house, I would like to take note of this silence. Right now, the sound furthest from me is the cars as they pass by on Front Street. Now, to give a visual, my room is at the back of the house, furthest from the street, so it’s interesting that I can still hear the very faint sound of cars outside. I also just heard my neighbor’s car door shut. Upstairs, I hear Bonnie, Jenna’s kitten, who is six months old now and has yet to be fixed; she’s in heat. So, naturally, she is meowing up a storm right now, wandering all over the house. This is honestly the loudest sound I hear at the moment. Everything else is still.

3. Identify the sounds at a medium range: With my bedroom door open, I can hear the faint whirring of the refrigerator in the living room and the washing machine at the end of the hall.

4. Identify the sounds closest to you: I guess the cats want to torture me today because as I’m typing this, Bailey, Corinne’s cat, has just jumped onto my bed to lay next to my laptop and watch me type. She is purring with some added pitch. As per usual, my radiator clicks as the heat comes on. There is also a crack in the ceiling, or the floor of the room above me, I guess, which comes standard with any older house that shifts and makes noises.

5. Describe the level of sound activity: Aside from the OBNOXIOUS meowing of Bonnie upstairs — oh, I’m sorry, she’s coming back down here, GREAT — the house is still. The sound activity is very low. Just the radiator and the passing cars and the sound of my typing.

6. A word to describe the sound environment: Still.

7. Three sounds that complete the sound environment:
— The cars passing outside
— Bonnie in heat, meowing nonstop
— The radiator clicking

Location: DRAMA 174

Sounds Heard: Kolb talking, slight digressions, deep laugh, Long pauses, keys tapping, papers crackling, student silence.

1) 2/17/11- 3:33 am- My Dorm Room

2) Very faint rumble of car passing by, car alarm going off, very low foot step noises

3) My roommate rustling around and breathing hard (trying to go to sleep), His lips smacking,

4) My stomach growling, my heart beating, my computer fan, and quiet typing.

5) The sound level is very low and there is little to none in terms of sound activity.

6)  Still

7)  Silence, faint rustling, being able to hear your own heart beat.