Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location and Date: My home in West Hempstead, 6:20pm 3/15/18

Important sounds: My brother talking about his tennis schedule, him pacing back and forth on the wood floor, the sound of running water hitting metal pans, water running

Location: My kitchen

Sounds: Sink turned on, running water down drain, water filling pot, gas stove being turned on

Identify the location:
The kitchen of my friend’s dorm room late at night.

Identify the sounds:
First, you can hear two people talking about how early they have to get up, their voices fade to the background as we walk past them.  You can hear her hit my phone (my recording device) by accident as she passes me to get to the sink.  You can hear her footsteps, then her pouring out her water bottle in the sink.  It ends with her hitting the water bottle on the side of the sink so she gets all the water out of it.

1- Happy Pi Day!

03/14/2013-12:03 AM-The living room of my house.

2- Sounds farthest away from you: The tinny sound of a housemate drying her hair upstairs.

3-Medium range: The opening and slamming of the refrigerator door, cars occasionally driving by outside; I can imagine the different sizes of the cars based on the different pitches they emanate. A low and deep sound reminds me of a large jeep, a higher thinner sound of a smaller vehicle like a Camry.  Someone washing dishes in the sink, dumping out water from cups.

4- Sounds closest to you: Five lively housemates talking and eating pie.  Sounds vary from loud talking and laughter, sometimes whispering for emphasis, my typing on the computer.

5- General sound level and amount of sound activity: Very high sound level and amount of sound activity but not in an intimidating or aggravating way. Sounds are coming in from all directions at all different volumes but it is a warm and welcoming envelopment.

6- One word description to the “sound environment”: Youthful.

7- 3 sounds essential to the sound environment: Talking, laughter, hair dryer.