Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

2/22/24 – 12:51PM – The Student Center

Sounds farthest from me: People talking at different volumes across the Student Center, the workers making drinks, kitchen noises from other food places.

Sounds at a medium range from me: The music playing from the speakers, chairs moving, wrappers crinkling.

Closest to me: My friends’ conversation, keyboard clacking, my friend’s jewelry clanking as she writes.

Sound level: The sound level is medium to high – there is a lot of high volume volumes happening around. There are a lot of people at the Student Center at common hour all talking loudly. The metal dishes at Starbucks are loud as well.

Sound activity: There is a lot of sound activity. There is a lot of people talking and a lot of general physical activity happening that creates a lot of noise.

One work description for the sound environment: Noisy

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment: Starbucks noises, my friends talking, music playing in Starbucks.

Location: Table at Starbucks in the Student Center, 12:46 pm

Sounds Heard: 

• “The Greatest” by Sia playing 
• Avery (who gave permission to be recorded) singing/humming/and scatting along to the song 
• Avery talking
• Chairs moving 
• Food being unwrapped
• Keys clanging on a table nearby
• Muffled talking and laughing of people in the student center
• Beeping of Starbucks microwave 
• People talking at the table next to us

The balcony of the student center at around 6:30pm. Music blasting from the Starbucks speakers right below us as my friends and I eat and watch the last scene of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.

Starbucks in Westbury, NY.

Door opening/closing, people inside store talking, background music playing, and a microwave beep. 

When & Where: 02/09/2020 6:02pm Balcony above the Student Center Starbucks

Far Sounds: A Heavy door slamming shut occasionally, Chatter of dozens of people eating, music

Medium Sounds: People ordering coffee, Baristas, latte machines, ice being served and poured, a cash register printing receipts, a blender

Close Sounds: keys jingling, footsteps, keystrokes on a laptop a few seats away,

General Level: loud

One-word Description: Bustling

Essential Three Sounds: Baristas, tons of dinner time chatter, distant music

(my apologies for the late post — I just forgot about the assignment until last night)

4/26/2016, 5:32pm, SC in front of Starbucks

Sounds heard: laughter, chatting, random conversation,

Waiting for my caffe mocha at Starbucks before city class on Saturday. Milk being steamed, coffee being poured, people chattering away, and announcements for the LIRR heard in the distance. Dirty, pretty, New York City!

Location: Starbucks on Hempstead Turnpike

Sounds Heard: You can hear the sound of music coming through the speakers above my head, the sounds of conversation among the patrons and you can hear the sound of the barista calling out drink orders.

1- February 18, 2014, 6:15pm, Starbucks on Hempstead Turnpike

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Furthest away from me, I hear the music coming from the speakers above me.

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

At medium range from me,  I can hear the conversations among the patrons as they’re enjoying their coffee at the tables.

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Closest to me, I can hear the sound of the coffee being made and the barista shouting out orders as he finishes them.

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The general sound level of the Starbucks is loud but consistent. You can tell the patrons are enjoying their time in the coffee shop. The sound activity is calm and comforting. It’s easygoing.

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

Comforting

7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment are the calming music coming through the speakers, the quiet murmur of conversation among the patrons and the sound of the barista calling out drink orders from behind the counter.

Location: Starbucks on the Hempstead Turnpike

Sounds Heard: You can hear the hustle and bustle of the Starbucks patrons as they enjoy their drinks, the sound of the music playing and coffee being made behind the counter.