INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Stop, just for a second, and listen
Instead of bouncing a sound back to your ear, imposing glass fibre wedges take it away, until the sound in the room is below the threshold
uses sounds with precision to ratchet up the fear
A Quiet Place focuses on a family, against all odds, trying to survive a post apocalypse in near silence (lead by real-life husband and wife
work, however, silence really is golden and no matter how much you want that when viewing on the big screen, there is always someone chowing
down on popcorn or rustling a packet of sweets
heading to homes and the atmosphere can be controlled a little more
Even with surround sound on, I had to take a ticking clock out of the room I was in as it got in the way of the atmosphere when viewed at
home.Not so with the anechoic chamber, where I sat and watched key scenes from A Quiet Place, with only the early onset of tinnitus and my
decided to fill the silence with
Every rustle of clothing was pin sharp
been in was an unnerving experience
The only distraction in the room was me
feeling in my ears that soon left but it was definitely there at the start
In the opening scene when it flips from the point of view of the little girl, wonderfully played by deaf actress Millicent Simmonds, and her
brother, the sudden movement of sound brought that pressure back.The tiniest of crackles and shuffles were amplified and when the big scares
as when the movie clip finished, the doors opened behind me and I wandered out of the chamber - natural, everyday sounds were suddenly quite
