Extensive Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ in NYC
by Alex Billington
August 4, 2024
Source: YouTube
“He really wanted different tones and textures and themes.” Paramount has unveiled an 8-minute behind-the-scenes featurette for the sci-fi prequel A Quiet Place: Day One, which is now available on digital to watch at home (and on VOD soon). If you haven’t caught up with it yet, this movie is one of the best summer blockbusters of 2024 and I highly recommend it. This behind-the-scenes promo video spends time exploring the making of the movie from all angles – story, cinematography, apocalyptic setting, etc. It’s a nice look at what went into creating this sci-fi prequel. Lupita Nyong’o stars as a woman named Sam who gets caught up in the apocalyptic New York City mayhem when the alien creatures arrive and attack. As every street goes quiet, she is thrown together with a man named Eric. With some reluctance, the pair agree to navigate and survive the city together. The cast also includes Joseph Quinn, Djimon Hounsou, and Alex Wolff. It’s directed by filmmaker Michael Sarnoski, with cinematography by Pat Scola, both of whom are included in this featurette. Clearly most of this was shot on sound stages using blue screen to control the background.
Watch the “Creating an Empty NYC” featurette for Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One, from YouTube:
You can rewatch the first trailer for Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One right here, or the second trailer here.
A Quiet Place: Day One is a post-apocalyptic horror prequel – taking place at the beginning of it all before the original A Quiet Place (2018) film. a woman named Sam (starring Lupita Nyong’o) on a day trip to the city must survive an invasion in New York of bloodthirsty alien creatures with ultrasonic sound hearing. A Quiet Place: Day One is directed by American filmmaker Michael Sarnoski, making his second feature film after directing Pig (2021) previously, as well as a few other short films. The screenplay is also written by Michael Sarnoski, from a story by John Krasinski and Michael Sarnoski. Based on characters created by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck (for the original A Quiet Place from 2018). It’s produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller, and John Krasinski. This prequel is made by Paramount Pictures in association with Michael Bay – a Platinum Dunes / Sunday Night Production. Paramount will debut Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One in theaters nationwide on June 28th, 2024 this summer. Watch the featurette on the cat(s) here.
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