Could You Survive A QUIET PLACE?

Guest Star
Rikky Poynter: / rikkipoynter
12tone: / @12tone
Sound device by Benn Jordan: / bennandgear
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Shhhhh… Years after an alien invasion, Jake (me) quietly ekes out a meager existence while avoiding the sound-sensitive alien race that’s hunting him. Although every sound could spell disaster, it provides the perfect opportunity to explore what is sound, what it means to hear, and if we can actually weaponize sound to explode some heads?
(Click “Show More” for references)
0:00 A Very Quiet Place
2:14 How Sound Works
4:00 What Is Quiet?
6:32 Feeling & Seeing Sound
10:50 Weaponizing Sound
14:15 The Sound Cannon
17:43 The Fun Never Ends
ADDITIONAL LEARNING
• Sound - Loud & Quiet
1) www.nasa.gov/specials/X59/sci...
2) www.nps.gov/subjects/sound/un...
3) www.zmescience.com/science/th...
4) www.americanscientist.org/art...
• Feeling & Seeing Sound
1) sciencedemonstrations.fas.har...
2) neosensory.com/
3) 99designs.com/blog/design-oth...
4) www.fatherly.com/play/blow-th...
• Acoustical Weapons
1) www.cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss...
2) www.history.com/news/sonic-we...
3) mitpress.mit.edu/books/sonic-...
4) news.engin.umich.edu/2018/03/...
• Decibels and Anechoic Chambers
1) www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...
2) www.nist.gov/system/files/doc...
3) www.atlasobscura.com/places/o...
4) www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov...

[@Marionette_Doll]

Jake: "Have you ever experienced true quiet?" Tinnitus says "lol".

[@Gaellka]

Lmaoo i almost cant sleep every night cause of that annoying sound lol

[@isabelleboreham]

its been 10 months :/

[@oskrm]

*Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

[@jormungandr5295]

@@isabelleboreham 23 years here. Yep imagne knowing what true quiet is

[@totallycalixo]

Sorry can’t hear you over my military grade tinnitus

[@Vsauce3]

shhhhhh Also to address a lot of comments about how in the films the sound makes the aliens expose their soft meaty parts which makes them vulnerable....you are correct. That is how it is in the movie. An interesting hurdle with this show is we generally need to get by on fair use. Certain elements we riff off need to be changed to make sure we won't be sued. I literally have to send the scripts and the final videos to a lawyer to make sure that they fall within fair use. The magic of movies!

[@Edwinology]

What about addressing the slight audio delay? It's on all the videos...

[@bignigga1366]

Ok

[@AjayKumar-hh1ed]

Q4

[@Interopsty]

how is there only 3 replies, 4 replies now, this was a year ago yet only has that many replies‽

[@AliceYobby]

@@Interopsty youtube changed how user comments that aren’t pinned are seen, so we’re seeing this on top of the comment section when others had to dig

[@Samtreee]

I watched this film when it came out in a quiet cinema room, there's no other movie that's given me this kind of tense atmosphere, just incredible.

[@TalkabtNature]

Jake: So you see, we CAN’T make a sound! Also Jake: *screams every word he speaks

[@itsdanielrobloxroadto100su9]

People are trying so hard to get likes with this comment

[@Damnationization]

I would put a sound system on a long pole over a cliff. You pump out music. The creature charges the device in a violent rage and plummets to it's death. Intelligence is the way humans win all wars.

[@richardballera7100]

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[@charlesperez5401]

Yeah exactly what I was thinking or just a large perimeter with remote control blow horn or speakers. When ever they come close you send them chasing noise

[@digitlive7750]

Reminds me of tremors 😄

[@xXNongLongXx]

"Can you survive A QUIET PLACE?" Introverts: Yes

[@alicemartinez6652]

Wdym?

[@rhyanisyes4512]

@@alicemartinez6652 we introverts are often naturally quieter and gravitate to calm and quiet places after too much time around people. It's a whole lot easier for an introvert to be quiet than an extrovert who thrives off being around other people and talking

[@kellywalker8407]

An introverted outdoorsman, with hunting skills and a tactical sense for ambushes. Yeah, the monsters would be in trouble.

[@charliebadger]

I've been following 12 tone for years so this is fantastic finally seeing what the dude looks like. I have learnt a great deal from him :)

[@gassug2]

he doesn't look at all how he sounds lol. still cool though

[@noel6024]

Looks like a Marxist philosopher lol

[@estephanievelasquez9640]

Your videos are so well done! I mean you can sense their quality, all the work behind them! They're AMAZING. I just found your channel and I'm already subscribed! Good job you guys!

[@khodradivya8475]

@UnhingedDoor .

[@makhadzibathomekannamphalo7825]

Ffffffffffff I think I can get a chance to work with you to know

[@rikkipoynter]

9:10 LMAO, I am PRETTY SURE this is a genuine "what did he say?" reaction from me to that "I'll be right back" because I don't remember filming that part AT ALL and obviously the interpreter wasn't going to be close enough to interpret this part for me. 😂

[@makaylaserniotti1474]

You did great!!

[@kdvr766]

Its alright 👌

[@luciusissupacool]

Bruh if ur deaf how can you tipe? This is very clearly a joke

[@ashwantsicecream]

I love your channel! Fantastic collaboration!

[@rikkipoynter]

@@luciusissupacool I wish I knew, man. I wish I knew.

[@Gakulon]

Welp, I just figured out I can't hear an 18 kilohertz soundwave... what a time to figure out I have premature hearing damage

[@pearjayx]

I couldn't hear it with my headphones (sony wh-1000 xm3) with or without noise canceling (which I turned on so make everything extra quiet 😄) But when playing it over my laptop speakers I could easily hear it! So, try again with another speaker and hopefully you'll hear it 'cause I kinda freaked out when I couldn't hear it at 22!

[@cavalrycome]

KZbin's compression algorithm cuts out those high frequencies, at least it did last time I looked into that so if some sound did actually play during that part of the video, it probably wasn't 18 kHz anymore.

[@nerd_nato564]

Use different headphones or speakers, might be that. Or just turn the volume up.

[@DelphinidaeZeta]

@@cavalrycome It didn't, I could hear it fine in my headphones. I was going to comment something along those lines same as you but decided to check first and it's definitely there

[@cavalrycome]

@@DelphinidaeZeta Interesting. The only way to really check that the sound you're hearing is 18 kHz though would be to download the audio without re-encoding it into another format and actually look at a spectrogram of it to see if there's a line at 18 kHz. I would do that myself but I don't know how to download it without re-encoding it.

[@KevinDavis1]

I subscribed to you about a year ago, I didn't realize how new you were to YT at the time. Natural talent you've got

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

Jake: What is the quietest place? Ryan Trahan: I've got some experience with that.

[@garrotmon]

Dude really just stepped on a nail and immediately ran through the forest. Sounds like a good way to get an infection

[@HAZZATHEBEAST]

but da alien doe

[@Max-pk4hs]

Either you get eaten or handle the pain

[@wither5673]

priority's dude.....

[@papercut_mln]

I felt extreme pain when I saw that scene

[@anorphan5711]

he has plot armor

[@lautimartinez6341]

I thought that the sound didn't make their head explode, it only made them up their armored shell allowing people to shoot them in the head thusly exploding their heads lol

[@tbg10101]

You are correct.

[@krell.1415]

Yeah, that was the case

[@Vsauce3]

Correct! This is a fun trick I do in a lot of episodes called "change enough of the source material so the movie studios don't sue me".

[@nathanjohnson5088]

Lmao that's amazing

[@lautimartinez6341]

@@Vsauce3 lmao makes sense, I’ll keep it in mind before i try to “Um, actually” another Could You Survive The Movies vid lol

[@StefanoDaGiau]

Considering the joints of the ankles that frequently click and make noise, and my incapacity of fully controlling whether my farts are silent or not, I rather say I wouldn't survive.

[@johnnyzen4282]

If the alien's hearing is so acute you literally couldn't hide from them, in the second one it took 3 feet of solid concrete to hide their whispering....if they got within 15 feet of you in the open they'd literally hear your heartbeat and the blood circulating through your veins, let alone your breathing.

[@TravisGilbert]

The whole season dropped today!!

[@pearjayx]

If you got youtube premium yeah!

[@theonebman7581]

Not being able to hear that high frequency somehow made me sad and depressed asf Like... I feel I'm running out of time somehow, and I'm only 22-

[@ravekiller.]

Too much loud music/sounds + natural aging :/

[@jayalbertcastigador9274]

Same. Lost my hearing from all those New Years spent at an uncle's backyard setting off fireworks

[@Nathan-tz5fr]

What age are you supposed to hear it at?

[@soup6482]

it’s ok, I’m 14...

[@acrocanthos-maxima4504]

Yea. :(

[@shwasey]

you just blew my mind 7x in a row lol

[@jeromeb4772]

Me: **finally finds a truly quiet place** My ears five seconds later: **demonic screeching**

[@Bentautumn]

Glad to wake up in the universe where your still making awesome content like this

[@Yaddlezap]

So THAT'S what 12 Tone looks like...

[@alexaramen18]

That's probably just a human disguise, we all know he's really a cartoon elephant

[@whataminow_1d]

@@alexaramen18 lol...

[@user-dt3tg2mt1s]

@@alexaramen18 يا تكون انت عامل ايهوللجميع

[@Cheffrey_Dahmers]

Imagine being a guitar center employee and have already converted to solar energy. I bet youd have the best of headstarts

[@samcoon6699]

Yes, yes I could. I would set up a speaker out in the middle of a field over a huge amount of tannerite. Pull as many of them in as possible and pop the tannerite.

[@cjaysacil2836]

Whats the title mo the movie?

[@cjaysacil2836]

Whats the title mo the movie?

[@williamwalters3796]

I’d say no. You can hear where there is an absence of sound, like when someone walks into a room and a background noise like a fan goes quiet. If the monster got close enough it could hear you due to the lack of sound in that area, if the ambient sound allowed it.

[@CosmicDoggoo]

This is basically echo-location. Just instead of generating a sound to determine distance, you take advantage of the already existing noises. The KZbin channel "It's Okay To Be Smart" made a video showing 2 blind people using this to "see". Also one of the sound engineers for this film said something along the lines of "The production team consensus was that these are intelligent beings that communicate and even use echo-location". Which seems to be backed up by the clicking noises they make in the movie. So no need for ambient noise :D

[@bahnansibarani2786]

@@CosmicDoggoo ý

[@GandaMoPilipinas]

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[@GandaMoPilipinas]

Igxgih☠️

[@williamwalters3796]

@@GandaMoPilipinas 🤨☠️

[@wither5673]

me: farts in my sleep the aliens: MEATS BACK ON THE MENUE BOYS!!!!!!

[@leemsky]

Having diarrhea would be a death sentence

[@liker1978]

Must watch for science scholar... Awesome knowledge embedded 👍👍👍

[@pappuahirwal6915]

Yyttrrdipoiuytrew2wlwoppiipooo

[@ct-1836]

Him: we can’t make a sound Also him: talking louder than my PS4 fan

[@_ASSaddict__]

Title: **could you survive a quite place?* Kira Yoshikage: it's showtime

[@brucelectro2761]

Seeing 12 Tone as anything other than a cartoon elephant feels so strange.

[@blackdracula4436]

I really don't want u to stop...u r doing an amazing work 😭😭😭☺️

[@savmiller8327]

"We can't make a sound" *proceeds to loudly talk about the science of sound

[@raunaklanjewar677]

Jake: we can't make a sound! Also Jake: proceeds to define sound.

[@Alteori]

Watching this as I have 98% of a q-tip all the way down my ear hole

[@guymanuel4260]

How do I stop doing this

[@DerrisDerrison]

Yayyy Alteori 💜

[@ram_rei]

Ok I wasn't expecting that but okay

[@nameless9186]

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[@NagaSadow97]

Please don't put q-tips inside your ears. It just compacts the ear wax and if you're very unlucky, like myself, you can sneeze at the very wrong time and puncture your ear-drum. (General PSA)

[@BTboxing]

Guys do not worry if you cannot hear the higher frequencies, the way that KZbin processes videos makes it so you can’t have high frequencies, if you want to test it, get an app

[@DanteYewToob]

I’m starting to think that kid was abandoned for a good reason.

[@Duspende]

That heartbeat noise is the best I have ever heard in my life. Every game and movie should utilize that. It legit felt like it was in inside my head.

[@enjoshi-godrez8775]

Love how youtube has so little confidence in KZbin red that they dont show the view count even when its public. I can see by the number of comments that it isn't going very well.

[@angelcarlos8041]

That makes sense. Bad move yt bad move

[@connie2202002]

Lol

[@YumeIsGone]

Honestly i dont get why these types of videos dont get more views, they're really educational and seem really entertaining

[@theecoodabenjakobz]

Hello Swans fan

[@theonebman7581]

@@YumeIsGone ikr? This is practically the only thing worthy in KZbin Red, alongside Minefield and a few others, they should be helping it be more public But at the same time, I feel it'd be weird and maybe harmful if it got too mainstream... just... bad stuff tends to happen when educational/science/knowledge/etc channels go too public...

[@B5Bando]

This is amazing

[@bennettsmith5964]

god I love this series I still rewatch the videos to dis day

[@chrisppx]

Yes! A whole season at once!

[@bdanicky]

My stomach would just start growling and I'd be dead

[@lavenderhuman]

Realistically, I wonder if that would alert the monsters? They are incredibly perceptive but the characters make quiet enough sounds like small footsteps and opening doors. If I have to guess, a loud stomach growl would probably alert the monster

[@AFishNamedBob]

My entire body tensed up at the nail. Well played.

[@TMWriting]

Didn’t the sound just make the aliens expose their vulnerable heads, so they could be killed with a shotgun blast? I don’t think it actually killed them outright.

[@krell.1415]

Yep

[@oniongeorge6921]

That’s what I thought

[@Palmtop_User]

I think he just wanted to explore the possibility of sound as a weapon. In the movie it just made the aliens actually vulnerable

[@sta5011]

Yeah the ending was them getting killed by a shotgun I don't think it's the usual thing tho

[@sta5011]

@@Palmtop_User Yep. They even used fireworks to lure the aliens in so that they're able to kill 'em

[@bigstackD]

Just brilliant 👊🏻😁🍻🍻cheers Jake

[@Ali-kp7bh]

cheese cake

[@callmetommy6051]

Wow I’m second reply

[@shreyasmanju7644]

Omg I watch u every Friday bro big fan @bigstackD Casting

[@snehavalvai9251]

@@shreyasmanju7644 6lrl(omzjkn8nhbzznjkoi 8bbhbjhjjjhddddd

[@augury6840]

Yo what’s up Mr. Checkmark

[@balthiersgirl2658]

Utterly amazing

[@MrR4nD0mDUd3]

Love the call back to jurassic park with the toys the kid was playing with

[@ashtonisvibin561]

Id love to see a video on SCPs

[@gtxatharva5440]

absolutly amazing jake keep it up !!!

[@frederickneildevilla9401]

Awesome,well explained.

[@King-io8cm]

I just started watching can’t wait

[@justnamedjoy]

Nobody’s questioning the news paper saying “sounds like a problem”

[@geshque]

The whole season is awesome! This is definitely worth the subscription to YT Premium ;)

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

This movie takes Achmed the Dead Terrorist's catchphrase to another level: "SILENCE! I keel you!"

[@Nebula1146]

child: exists a couple minutes later: dies more minutes later: becomes saboteur

[@Deathhead68]

Nothing makes me feel older than those frequencies I could once hear

[@georgf9279]

As a kid I was sitting over dads open computer with an internal speaker and used some DOS based fequency generator software to test the highest frequencies I could still here. Somewhere around 24-25 kHz I stopped being sure if I still heard something or was just immagining. Now... not even 16 kHz.

[@Deathhead68]

@@georgf9279 I just about get to 18kHz these days. But it's quieter, 19kHz I hear nothing. It's actually weird because I know higher sounds exist, but I can never hear them again.

[@zoozoc1]

I couldn't hear the 18k frequency. I am 30. I wonder when I lost it.

[@Landencochran]

I’m 14 and could not hear that 😔

[@Deathhead68]

@@Landencochran don't listen to music too loud for too long my friend

[@JayJayPee123]

With my kids, I am pretty sure we'd be among the first killed 😆

[@ashrafieab5594]

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[@mdkamruddin8175]

P

[@memlem1992]

@@ashrafieab5594 ?

[@sylwiaantkiewicz1161]

Totally same. They don't know how to stay quiet for longer than 5 minutes 😂

[@guhanhamed6738]

@@ashrafieab5594 t tu t watt t tu t tut 2wtut True u t tertera ru siap

[@wakkocastaway2043]

Jake, while talking with a decently loud speaking voice: "We must stay perfectly quiet to survive."

[@itsdanielrobloxroadto100su9]

11:28 that gave me chills all over my body this is sooo good and I just noticed this is science and a horror movie at the same time

[@andreacarol5003]

Uiuiu

[@Hofu_]

Jake: uses super loud sound cannon to kill alien Nearby Aliens: I sleep Child: plays Simon says Nearby aliens: I kill

[@MortuusXL]

As someone who has stepped on a nail I almost cried for you when I saw that part happen. Not the best feeling especially if it goes all the way through your toe. Thanks as always for the amazing content Jake that's why I've been in love with what Vsauce has taught me throughout the years.

[@rayd604]

I just realised he’s doing lore every could you survive movie he makes

[@fingerboxes]

I had a "game" growing up where I'd place bets on how long it would be until literally anyone spoke to me. It was often 2-3 weeks. This wasn't because anyone in my family was deaf or mute, it was just neglect. I don't think most people understand how uncomfortable and unfamiliar it feels for me to be around what to other people is a completely normal amount of conversation and noise.

[@ryanlatham277]

Ok?

[@RiannaPeterson]

I'm sorry that sucks

[@djzoses]

I love this show series and the whole vsauce family! So glad you feature other great creators

[@barrodexteriit.9301]

Fantastic episode, Jake 🙌

[@MarkLanett]

Wow that is great production. Pretty fun too.

[@RemyVorender]

Yes. For a relatively big guy I walk on cat's feet. and can go days without speaking. lol

[@alexisnicole8118]

RIKKI!!!

[@rikkipoynter]

It me!!!

[@jak199527]

Man, it would been awesome to have Gavin here, but that slomo wasn’t slow enough to warrant having him.

[@unitedstatesofamerica2417]

Lol I have the same backpack Jake had in the introduction got it on amazon for Christmas lol.

[@thatguyhubbs9280]

Man's started talking louder than the bell would've rang lmao

[@shaggy.9430]

Premium bois wya

[@ProTayToeGamer]

I love how the kid was hellbent on killing him

[@rbellamy804]

Basically any kid in any post apocalyptic dystopia ever.

[@user-ng9qp2pn4r]

true

[@NVGamer-ks9jp]

Dimand diamond de do please

[@jaquelinebenites27]

Oi

[@jaquelinebenites27]

Ui

[@surajmatheducation1748]

Amazing presentation with super thought :-)

[@marizinha_loli]

I love this channel

[@isabelleboreham]

I always have so much phlegm in my throat that I have to either cough or clear my throat every 17 minutes so I don't think I would survive...

[@TimeForDunston]

I'm constantly clearing my throat because I have a deviated septum, I would be ten in less than an hour.

[@phillewis2630]

I feel like the best place to be would be near the coast, since the sound of the tides could be used to mask smaller noises. Also those creatures would probably be unable to function in the rain.

[@bolsonaromilgrau8669]

The book is on the tablet

[@salmanpathan1446]

@@bolsonaromilgrau8669 श्रजथरजलश्रजश्रज

[@momanurrahaman1191]

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[@thehighesthill]

Slipping people beans in their food would be like the equivalent of poisoning somebody.

[@seanm.3481]

for that A -> Bb modulation i would recommend a two measure, three chord modulation using an Edom chord to a Bbdom chord to an Fdom chord over to BbM unless it's minor in which case i have no idea.

[@scottgray4623]

Not gonna lie, I really wished Jake would've said "Hertz, doesn't it?" when he killed the alien.

[@CyanicCore]

This is a great one for educational video! I wasn't a big fan of what I saw of the movie, as it didn't seem to be very practical, but this explored quite a lot! Additionally, that toy gun happens to have been used plenty around this neighborhood, and the scene with it felt just right.

[@deadaccount4522]

When i was young, my neighbor has a dog whistle. When he used that, i actually cried because the sound hurt so bad.

[@maywaswings1840]

Title: can you survive "a quite place" Me: Y e s 😃

[@soronas1956]

Shots so beautiful in 4k, great lens choices, and overall beautiful! thanks for all the hard work!

[@Spiros219]

that vertigo zoom was nice

[@sagered8007]

New spinnoff of a quiet place, "A clean place" monsters that have very good smelling

[@axobladehere1430]

Me after i sneezed: oh cool im dead! Lady: wait! Im listening. Also lady: *is deaf*

[@kaden9572]

These are seriously so good. Thanks so much for all your work!!!!

[@astromos1373]

One thing I was always confused about is how the family never coughed, sneezed, itched a little too loud, accidentally stepped on a crunchy leaf, grabbed all those news papers, it's so weird,

[@Decco6306]

That camera was so clear and nice. great camera work

[@lindah6954]

Block of T-N-T on a loud toy in a field. They come running. BOOM!

[@sofiagkxyywy4602]

Que vídeo incrível, admiro seu trabalho

[@gamingngames7984]

Very educational but at the same time very entertaining.

[@Luckiechelle]

Fantastic ❤️

[@Rising_Pho3nix_23]

Could I survive a quest place? Me: Hasn't taken ear plugs out in a month

[@TravisGilbert]

My week is made

[@Nikoruisu]

where are the views!!! this is too underated

[@kanojoX1LOL]

💯Dope😎 I watch quite place 25 times

[@edvanderslice9726]

I've been married for 20 years. Keeping quiet is no problem.

[@Mickeal101]

Once again only one problem with this video, the aliens have super hearing like a bats for echo location so their ears would be much, much more sensitive to sounds, so yes you could probably incapacitate one or kill one with a jet engine level of sound

[@strateeg32]

Thats your only problem? This is one of the worst movies with a lot of plotholes. These aliens only have their hearing but are as deaf as a grandma with popsticles in her ears. Literally cant even hear loud breathing 5 feet away