Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1- 4/20/13 – 11:13 A.M. – Conference room
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest from me I can hear the sounds of a drumline practicing for a performance. The drums appeared to be a part of a larger band that was getting ready to perform in the stadium. The sound of the drums rattled across the campus and as I sat working on my homework I could distinctly hear each tap of the snare drum at a volume that I could not block out of my head as I worked on my paper. All three windows in the room were closed at the time and the sound of the band was pretty much impossible to hear. The sound of the snare drums were not blaring but had a clean and crisp slap that echoed into the space I was working in.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a medium range from me I can hear a man just outside of Lowe. He is standing between Lowe and Memorial on the phone with someone that he is conducting business with. Again, all the windows are closed in the room but I can distinctly hear every word this man is saying as well as the clear diction from the man he is speaking to on the other end of the phone. It is interesting as to how this tone of the other man’s voice was able to pierce through the windows so cleanly that I could clearly understand everything the man was saying. 
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 Phil walking to and from the bathroom as he slams his feet into the ground walking back and forth. I can always tell who is walking in the hallway simply based upon the rhythm and noise they make while walking. I know that this noise was Phil as each step had a soft pounding noise from the rubber soles of his converse. 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – There are many noises effecting the space in which I am sitting and they are all coming from different places but none are from within the room I am sitting in. Despite the fact that each noise is having to travel through another medium to reach me in the conference room. They are all very clear and recognizable sounds. 
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – muffle 
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try to 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. –  Snare Drum, footsteps, voices on phone