<P> A Quiet Place is a production of Sunday Night and Platinum Dunes; it was produced on a budget of $17 million . Krasinski wrote the screenplay with story co-writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods . Beck and Woods grew up together in the US state of Iowa, and had watched numerous silent films in college . By 2013, they began working on the story that would lead to the film . They used their experience growing up close to farmland as the basis, including a grain silo setting as a place considered dangerous in their upbringing . They initiated their approach with a 15 - page proof of concept . Initially, the writers had considered developing the film into a Cloverfield installment, but after pitching their ideas to the studio collectively, all of those involved decided to keep the film its own entity . </P> <P> In January 2016, Beck and Woods began writing A Quiet Place in earnest . Krasinski read their spec script the following July . The concept of parents protecting their children appealed to him, especially as his second child with actress Emily Blunt had just been born . Blunt encouraged him to direct the film . By March 2017, Paramount had bought Beck and Woods's spec script . The studio hired Krasinski to rewrite the script and direct the film, which was his third directorial credit and his first for a major studio . Krasinski cited cinematic influences including Alien (1979), No Country for Old Men (2007), and In the Bedroom (2001) when writing a new draft . Initially, Blunt did not want to be cast in the film but after reading it on a plane, she immediately told her husband "I need to do it ." He agreed, and they were both cast in the starring roles . </P> <P> Production took place from May to November 2017 in Dutchess and Ulster counties in upstate New York . Filmmakers spent their budget locally, including a purchase of 20 tons of corn, which they hired local farmers to grow . Some filming took place on a soundstage in the town of Pawling in Dutchess County, as well as on - location in the county's city of Beacon . Filming also took place on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail in New Paltz of Ulster County, using the Springtown Truss Bridge . Outside Dutchess and Ulster counties, filming took place on Main Street in Little Falls in Herkimer County, New York . </P> <P> During filming, the crew avoided making noise so diegetic synchronized sounds (e.g., the sound of rolling dice on a game board) could be recorded; the sounds were amplified in post-production . A traditional musical score was also added, which Krasinski justified in wanting audiences to remain familiar with watching a mainstream film, and not feel like part of a "silence experiment ." </P>

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