Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. 04/14/2022-2:30pm- On a bench outside of Calkins Hall. 
2. Farthest Sounds: laughs from people sitting on the quad, traffic from cars on the nearby road 
3. Medium Sounds: the crunching of soil as a Hofstra Plant worker shovels into the ground, birds chirping in the trees above the bench. 
4. Closest Sounds: loud slamming of tap shoes hitting the floor from the opened window of a classroom in Calkins right above the bench, the flipping of pages in the notebook on my lap as a breeze comes through. 
5. There is a fair amount of sound activity, but it is really spaced out making it seem quiet or as if there is not that much occurring. 
6. One Word: Melodic 
7. The sound of the tap dancing is absolutely needed to maintain this environment, ever since doing musical theatre in high school I have always found the sound of tap shoes hitting the floor to be a pleasant sound thus the choice to pick melodic. The birds chirping and distant laughing also contributes. Being outside and seeing others outside enjoying the warm weather really indicated that we are in a new season. It felt very soothing to be outside and away from just sitting in a classroom, and it felt good to see others enjoying this time as well. 

1. February 23rd- 7:17pm- My room in Alliance Hall 
2. Sounds farthest away are the shouts of residents in hallway and lobby outside of my door 
3. Sounds in medium range to me is the loud and overbearing noise of air escaping the vents in my laptop as it grows hot, almost like a chugging. 
4. Closest to me is the tapping of my hands hitting the keys as I furiously try to bang out an article the night before it is due. 
5. There seems to be a fair amount of sound activity coming from all directions of the space I am in. 
6. One word: Chaotic 
7. For the feeling of this environment you definitely need the residents to still be screaming and you need the labored chugging of the laptop, the tapping also represents the chaotic nature because it is so rushed, so really every sound identified up top really enforces the sound environment. 

1. The sound environment took place 02/07/2022-9:30pm-Alliance 12th Floor Lounge 
2. Far sounds include the door outside of the lounge swinging open and shutting closed quickly with force as people walk in and out of the upstairs lounge space. 
3. Medium sounds near me is the constant clicking of controller switches as my boyfriend plays a game, as well as the sound of his slow inhales and exhales. 
4. Closest to me is the dialogue vibrating from the tv. “I appreciate you being vulnerable gabby- will you accept this rose?” 
5. Without focusing it may seem like there is only one sound flooding the room, that being the sound coming from the tv. However when doing this exercise one realizes there is a lot more comprising this sound environment than general droning of the bachelor. 
6. One word: Co-existence 
7. In order for the environment to stay in tact I feel as though the most important sounds are the clicking of the controller, the rise and fall of deep breaths being inhaled and exhaled, and the dialogue blaring from the tv that signifies what I am doing. 

Location: McEwen 215

Sounds heard: me tapping on a desk

Location :Calkins 139   Date: 2/6/18 Sounds: girls laughing, chatter, tap shoes , the hit on the hard floor

Me tapping to the beat of the song “The Dance” by Charlotte Martin, someone walks in with a noisy bag of chips.

My dorm room

tapping my nails on computer, typing on computer, heater hum

Location: Library, study room

Sounds Heard: typing on a Mac laptop keyboard, a sound that sounds similar to a person tap dancing

1 – 2/20/14 – 6:30ish pm, Napolini Express

2 – Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
-Music playing through the speakers
-Chatting of Nappo’s customers

3 – Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.
-Ringing bell caused by door opening and closing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -Lauren telling a story about Canada                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 -Marissa laughing at this story

4 – Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– Jackie tapping her fingers
– The sound of my chewing pizza

5 – Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– The environment has the sound of any typical restaurant. It is buzzing with various people’s conversations, and the hum of the machines making pizza.

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

7 – Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
-Music playing
– Lauren talking
-Bell on the door

1. Thursday, February 13, 2014, 614B Colonial Square

2. Identify sounds farthest from you:

 Wind howling through the window of the lounge

Scraping of snow plows against pavement

3. Identify sounds at medium range:

Next door neighbor tapping on the wall

Heater blowing

4. Identify sounds closest to you:

My computer playing “Too Late” by The Dear Hunter

My bed creaking as I move on it

5. Level of sound activity: The room is very quiet. very few sounds are happening

6. One word to describe sound the environment: mellow

7. Three sounds that make the sound environment:

-Music being played

-Wind howling

-Neighbor tapping