And simultaneously, we were in a world cinema course where we were introduced to the films of Jacques Tati, this incredible French filmmaker who did films like Playtime and Mon Oncle, which were essentially silent films to a certain degree, but in the post sound world where all of the gags where communicated by physical movements, through sound design. And we did two classes, there was one, a nonverbal communication course, which was all about we're communicating constantly when we're not saying a single word. For Beck & Woods, the kernel for A Quiet Place came to them in college while they were taking two seemingly unrelated classes.īeck explains, "When Bryan and I were in college, we were at the University of Iowa doing Communication Studies.
The serendipity of certain events can trigger an idea that we never saw coming, leading us to the beginning of a story. Inspiration tends to strike when we least expect it. Now, Austin Film Festival's On Story PBS series has released highlights from our conversation in its latest episode, which you can watch below, as well as check out my five biggest screenwriting takeaways from our conversation. Last fall, we not only interviewed them about bringing the script for A Quiet Placetogether but I also got the opportunity to talk with them as part of our Script-to-Screen: A Quiet Place panel at the 25th annual Austin Film Festival to learn more about the conception of the story and their journey to the final film with director and fellow writer John Krasinski. Scott Beck & Bryan Woods are two such storytellers.
So, when a horror film is so compelling that I find myself walking into a dark theatre to take my seat against all of my instincts screaming at me to get out, I recognize that the storytellers have accomplished quite a feat. But conquering that fear to watch a horror film is something I rarely do. In other words, I'm afraid of horror movies.
Instead, my lack of fandom for horror films has everything to do with my inability to forget an image once seared into my retinas. This has nothing to do with the genre or how good or bad the movies may or may not be.
I need to state something upfront: I am not a horror movie fan.
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