Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

Location: The subway, NY City

Sounds: chatter, phone calls, talking

Subway Station 110th Street, Central Park

Sounds Heard: Wind, Sound of Subway arriving on tracks, Subway Breaks squealing, pa system announcement, door opening ding

Location: Subway Station (Times Square maybe?)

Sounds heard: drums, people talking, subways coming into the station, screeching of the breaks

Location: Downtown E Train, somewhere between Penn and 14th Street.

Sounds: Loud music from someone’s headphones, talking, starting and stopping of train

1. This is recorded from the 4 train at Grand Central Station
2. Sounds heard include the Subway announcement, people chatting, train breaking.

1. NYC Subway, A-train, February 1st, 2017
2.  the doors rattling, the echo of other trains, the wind moving past the car
3. the voice of the engineer announcing the stops, the conversations from the other end of the car, the rattling of the wheels underneath my feet, the sounds of the mechanics propelling the train forward.
4. my racing heartbeat, my rapid breathing, the bass from the headphones of the guy next to me who is clearly playing his music too loud.
5. the general sound level is loud
6. Bumpy
7. The engineer announcing the stops, the rattling of the train car, the wind moving past the car.

1. April 21st, Subway in Netherlands Core, 12pm

2. Farthest: students yelling and shuffling around, cashier

3. Medium: people ordering, food being made and wrapped

4. Closest: Microwave, people talking, air conditioner

Sound Level: Loud

One word: chaotic

Three sounds: students, microwave, air conditioner

Location: Subway

Sounds: Music being played

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

1. Location: Subway
2. Sounds: Saxophone, people talking, someone walking in heels