Movie Conventions Research: A Quiet Place

What elements of the genre that you chose to base your final task on does this movie have?

The main element of the thriller genre that A Quiet Place has it’s the non-diegetic and diegetic sound. It’s mainly used to show what the characters are heading, and to highlight how quiet the world is, because of how loud those small movements are that we don’t tend to notice. Such as walking or placing down something on a shelf. There’s also non-diegetic sound, which is used to build suspense when there’s climax’s of action. My group will use diegetic and non-diegetic sound to also have this element.

What elements of the genre did the movie have that you like?

In A Quiet Place the monsters that are hunting them are almost never directly shown. They’re shown in blurs and just in sound. You know there is danger, but you don’t know who or what’s behind it. It’s one of the elements my group enjoyed within this movie. It builds the suspense, because you draw your own conclusions and the unknown makes it horrifying. Which is something we plan to do within our movie, to have the main character hunted by an unknown person.

What elements of the genre did the movie have that did not appeal to you?

One of the elements of the thriller genre that was shown in A Quiet Place that did not appeal to my group was the lack of gore. The kills within the movie were shown off-screen almost entirely. The suspense was built in the feeble attempts at getting away, but when the character was caught they were killed off screen. It takes away the statement of the kill and some of the joy of watching the movie. This is not going to be the case within our group. The kill will be a statement, leaving the audience to question who’s next?

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