Because there’s no external noise, your hearing almost opens up to the point where you hear your own bodily functions. We based it on the idea of what it feels like and sounds like to be in an anechoic chamber. “When she has the cochlear implant turned on, the way she experiences sound is basically this low hum.
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“There’s a few times in the movie where we use sound to experience the world the way she is experiencing it,” Van der Ryn said. Their bright, fearless, and strong-willed daughter, Regan (Millicent Simmonds), is deaf, which increases the stakes for her survival. They have the skills to survive, if they can just stay quiet. Blunt’s character, likely a doctor, has medical knowledge, and Krasinski’s character is an engineer by trade or necessity. What they’re experiencing is a post-apocalyptic world overrun by savage beasts who hunt sonically. As an audience, we really feel like we’re experiencing what these characters are experiencing.” We use the sound to really pull the audience into this world. “More interactive than most cinema experiences. “The function of the sound in this movie makes it very much an interactive experience,” Van der Ryn said. Photo Credit: Jonny Cournoyer © 2018 Paramount Pictures. Left to right: John Krasinski and Noah Jupe in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures. Watching the movie in public, there’s an unspoken social contract that attendance is contingent on your observance of the rules. Or finally let out that scream you had to suppress. The film is pulling the audience in and minute by minute, over the 90-minute stretch of the film, our goal was to pull everyone in so far that when the credits finally roll, you can catch your breath.” “What happens is that everyone starts holding their breath and leaning forward.
“The audience is scared to put their hands into the popcorn,” Aadahl said. Then, there’s the additional layer of the consequence of making a sound equaling violent death. Frankenstein and Nosferatu both predated the talkies, but modern audiences aren’t accustomed to that experience. Horror films date back to the silent era, when audiences could see, but not hear, the terror on screen. If we were talking 500 years ago, it wouldn’t be novel.” Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott, John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott, Emily Blunt plays Evelyn Abbott and Millicent Simmonds plays Regan Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures. “Just the fact that we have such a delicate low noise makes it so much more terrifying because audiences are not used to that experience. “A little sound can become a big sound,” Aadahl said. Sound, however, emerges as the movie’s main character. The performances by director John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, and the young cast are incredible. The dynamic levels of A Quiet Place make the audience hyper aware of every noise. I think one of the most important things in what we do is deciding what not to play, which becomes more important than what we do play.” “In many ways, the opportunities are endless. “Sound gives us a lot more ability to draw attention to things that may be on screen, or things that may not even be visualized,” Van der Ryn explained. The sound design emphasizes the struggle to stay quiet and the looming threat beyond the four edges of the movie screen. Their main concern is avoiding all sound, although that’s nearly impossible.
The characters are able to move freely, but quietly, through the world.
The critical nature of Van der Ryn and Aadahl’s work becomes immediately apparent. You only hear those delicate things when you’re in close-up.” Left to right: Noah Jupe plays Marcus Abbott and John Krasinski plays Lee Abbott in A QUIET PLACE, from Paramount Pictures. That’s the whole logic or conceit of the film. If you can hear that from a distance, they’d be dead. On wide shots we didn’t want to play the footsteps at all. “We sometimes think of it in visual terms as rack focusing from one idea to another idea. “Sound really is an incredible tool for directing attention for an audience,” Aadahl said. Supervising sound editors Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl, along with co-supervisor Brandon Jones, establish the rules of the film then create the terror that follows. Barefoot steps on a soft sand path is permissible.
The predators are blind, but they hear everything. The movie’s characters have had over a year to observe the creatures, but the audience is gifted only a few precious minutes to learn before the first attack. There are rules to the monster invasion in A Quiet Place and you must learn them quickly to survive.
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