Clown Train utilizes sounds extremely well. In the beginning it sets the tone, as it overlays a blank, black screen and we hear the creaking and squealing of trains and engines running. It is extremely unsettling. There are also SFX that emphasize important or emotive moments, such as the quiet booms that happen when we first see the creepy clown. There is tentative silence beneath the dialogue at first, which really makes the tension between the clown and the boy, and also the film and the audience, palpable. The buzzing when the lights go out is creepy and gets on the viewers nerves, as it accompanies the frightening darkness. There is also creepy ‘music’ that plays in a crescendo in moments of building drama.

In, Her, the film creators use music, dialogue and silence incredibly well. In particular silence is used to create a feeling of loneliness. In both the beginning and toward the end of the film, there are a lot of shots of the subject alone, and these shots are silent. Sometimes these shots are accompanied by sad instrumental music in the minor key. During the middle of the film when Theodore is dating his OS, Samantha, there is laughter and dialogue and warm music. The film also really utilizes Scarlet Johansson’s voice incredibly well as it is warm, playful and immediately loveable. The movie really captures the way that solitude life is full of silence, therefore emulating the emptiness of a lonely life, whereas a loving relationship is full of joy, conversation, laughter and warmth.