NAME: STUDENT NUMBER:
THEATRE VISIT NOTES [FLIP]SHEET: SOUND
Key Sound designer: HOW WORKED WITH
moment
Recorded: position of LIGHT/SET/ACTING/
speakers, surround
sound, panning,
audience reaction
amplification, echo, How did it create
distortion, non-
naturalistic sound location/time of
day/atmosphere?
sound effects –
recorded/performed live
music –instruments,
pitch, volume, tempo
rhythm, use of voice,
underscore or
counterpoint action?
Recorded chiming church bells The dim blue light, Martin’s sudden and hurried
amplify through the house, slow entrance, the background of the Hardcourt
COOL medium pitch bell sound home grounds and the church bells create a
“Mr morning time atmosphere of worry and
Charles has perhaps lack of clarity or confusion (specifically
not come surrounding Charles’ whereabouts). This was a
home”/ moment of suspense and curiosity for the
Martin’s audience because Charles being out has caused
entrance in stress to both Martin and Cool
act 1
(Live) chiming small bell, though Along with the white wash across the stage,
Charles distant it still reverberates the backdrop of the Hardcourt house grounds
Hardcourt’s through to the stage. Quick and Charles’ stumbling, clumsy entrance (which
entrance in tempo and high pitched, used to Cool expected right on time), a comedic
act 1 counterpoint action moment is created for the audience. The bell
suggests that the setting is inside the Hardcourt
house in the morning, and creates an awkward,
comedic atmosphere
Act 2 (Live) A bright, steady paced The gradual lighting of the stage (like a sunrise
opening melody and syncopated rhythm is in the countryside) along with the brisk