Film Genre Research - A Quiet Place

In the film "A Quiet Place", the first two minutes are foundational to the rest of the story. By having no sound, it emphasizes to the viewer that society is living in fear of sound. The camera shots feature various spots of the town in complete silence and abandonment to give the viewer a sense of how the society lives on a daily basis. The mise-en-scene includes props such as hearing aids to show sound effects indirectly instead of dialogue directly addressing it. There are no job titles in the first two minutes. The budget for this film was 17 million. The film earned over $332 million. A few awards that the film won are Screen Actors Guild Award, Critic's Choice Movie Award for Best Sci-Fi, Bandung Film Festival for Imported Film, and Satellite Award for Best Sound.