Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

2/23/24 – 11:00 – My Room

2 (Farthest sound) : Distant chatter from roommates, distant footsteps, Sound of kitches appliances

3  (Medium sound) : Footsteps from stairs, Creaks from doors

4 (Closest) : Ringing in ears, sound of creaks in my desk and bed, sound of wind from outside

5 (General Activity) : Not any sound that are of notice except the voices being heard, otherwise it would be a rather quiest house with only the nature to give it any noise

6 (One word description) : Hubub

7 : Voices/Laughter, banging of feet, Refrigerator doors

1. 2/7/2024, 1:50 pm, Emily Lowe
2. people entering and exiting Lowe
3. other people talking in the Drounge
4. Emma talking to me
5. a lot of sounds, but they’re all at more medium volumes
6. alive
7. the door to Lowe, footsteps walking by, people talking

Location: The Stu Atrium

Sounds Heard: a fan blowing in the background, reverberating voices, incomprehensible conversations, snippets of sentences from passersby, doors shutting, heavy cart rolling by, kitchen utensils clanging, papers shuffling and crumpling, laughter.

Date: March 8

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Bits & Bytes

Far Sounds: indistinguishable conversations in the back room, electricity humming, food wrappers rustling.

Medium Sounds: garbled voice speaking over the phone, people talking, chairs scraping across the floor, hands clapping occasionally. 

Close Sounds: fan whirring overhead, keyboard clicks, table wobbling, fabric rubbing.

Sound Description/Level: quite consistent, there is a steady drone of voices engaged in different conversations, but they all blur into one another. The other sounds are mere accents dropped in occasionally.

One Word: bustling

Most Important Sounds: people talking, chairs scraping, voice on the phone

Location: Merrick Avenue Athletic Center – volleyball courts

Sounds Heard: Shoes squeaking on the floor, volleyballs hitting arms, hands, and bouncing off the floor with varying intensity. Close female voices yelling and communicating, far male voices also yelling and laughing (all reverberating in the space). Footsteps thudding across the plastic flooring, some closer than others.

2/6/2020

Location- Netherlands North far end

Sounds In Clip- Falling rain, water pouring into the drains few awkward seconds of foot steps, sliding doors, and some quiet chatter as some students walk past.

Psibrary 3:30 PM

talking, laughter, conversation, intelligable voices, water bottle hitting table

1. February 3rd, 2017 12:23 a.m.-My dorm
2. Far sounds: people hitting something against the wall outside my building, people yelling and talking, music playing from someones car
3. Medium Sounds: my roommate taking a shower and listening to different music
4. Close sounds: the Golden State Warriors basketball game, game commentators talking
5. Sound level: Medium
6. Environment: Chaotic
7. Essential Sounds: Car radio, roommates music, sports casters

Location: Hofstra Game Room

Sounds: My friend’s voice as she battles another friend in an intense game of air hockey, the sound of the puck hitting the wall of the game, faint music in the background and the undistinguishable sound of other voices. (Permission was received to use this from the people that can be heard talking.)

2/8/15 5pm Penn Station

Can hear loud music being played as well as a number of voices and the chatter of people in the background