Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. Date: 4/9/20 – Time: 10:00pm – Location: My Home (Carmel, NY)
2. The farthest sounds from me is the downstairs TV playing and the washing machine going.
3. In the medium range of sound, I can hear my brother’s laptop playing in his room.
4. The closest sounds from me is my fingers tapping on my desk and me cracking my neck.
5. The general sound level is more quiet than loud and the amount of sound activity is minimal since the sounds aren’t too loud.
6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is smooth.
7. 3 things that are essential to the “sound environment” is the washing machine going, my brother’s laptop, and my neck cracking.

1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION of the sound environment
>Friday, February 7th
>2:30 A.M.
>Study Lounge, 6th floor of Nassau Residence Building

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
>Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal playing all the way down the hall.
>A first responder’s siren lightly pulsing a few blocks aWay.
>Footsteps approaching from down the hall.
>Trash being thrown away down the hall. It contain glass. I hope they recycle.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
>The couple making out in the room next to me.
>A very bass-filled male voice vibrating the wall.
>A t.v. playing in the room next to me.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).
>The heating unit that clanks and chinks every 23 seconds.
>The buzz of the light that seems to overpower everything.
>The cracking of my big toe.
>The sound of the couple hitting against the wall behind me as they make out.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
>Sound level is at a filling dull roar.
>Sound activity can best be described as casual and lightly paced.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
>Alive

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
>The heating unit.
>The couple hitting against the wall
>The muffled television.