A Quiet Place

Director:
John Kransinski

Sound Designers:
Eric Aadahl
Ethan Van Der Ryn
Production sound, sound design , and music composition
How do they interact in this film?

Comes together to heighten anxiety

Connection between sound and death co-exists
Viewers experience and attention to sound
audio production techniques

Sound design process was

as an exploration
Raised the first reed of the
movie several decibels
Ambient noises recorded
while filming
audio production techniques
Anechoic Chamber
Absorb/isolate all sound and electromagnetic waves
Experience zero reverberant noise - aka. 'digital zero'
Influence in recreating Regan's sonic perspective

Binaural microphone
The Neumann KU 100
audio production techniques

Creatures
Based on real animals that use echolocation
Creatures have an electrical component
Zapping grapes using a stun gun (creatures
sonar)
 sound design within the mise en sene
Sound becomes a matter of survival
Maintain the reality of the experience
Maintain the philiosphy and logic of the story

Regan's perspective
"It allows the audience to hear what she experiencing, and at the same time, we
what's lurking behind her" says Aadahl
 musical composition within the mise en sene
Traditional musical score

“There’s a threshold that you can push people, and what I wanted to do is make
sure that people had some familiarity with movies from before, so it didn’t feel like
an experiment," Kransinski says.
The sound designers
Ethan Van Der Ryn & Erik Aadahl

Films:
Uprising
Transformers
The Last Knight
Trolls
Goosebumps
Godzilla
Argo
Kung Fu Panda
 Influences and differences from other films

Influence from Jaws - its the power in what you don't see

“In A Quiet Place, it was the negative space in sound that helped give the scenes power”
– Ethan

Lack of sound to create a story filled with almost unbearable tension

Questions