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{{quote|"''[[It's Quiet... Too Quiet|It's quiet... too quiet...]]''"}}
If a scene, response or view is shown in total silence, often the audience may simply think the sound is out on their TV or movie theater. Having a background noise that is normally drowned out by foreground
If it's quieter than ''that'', the hero's heartbeat may be amplified. This kind of silence almost always ends with a [[Scare Chord]].
Compare [[Visible Silence]], [[Nothing Is Scarier]], [[Chirping Crickets]], [[Loading Screen]] (so that [[Video Games]] make it clear they are still on while the level loads). The inverse is [[Music Video Syndrome]] or [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* In the movie ''[[1408]]'', the sound of a baby crying on the other side of a wall builds and echoes, deafening Enslin until - it stops. Along with all other noise in the scene. We (and he) can't even hear Enslin trying to call out.
== [[Live
* On [[Gerry Anderson]] shows like ''[[Captain Scarlet]]'', ''[[UFO]]'', and ''[[Space: 1999]]'', the airless silence of space or the moon's surface is conveyed by a slow droning sound like a cello or double-bass.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Twice in
* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer
* ''[[The Walking Dead]]'' loves this trope. If it's not actually silent, then the air hums with the call of cicadas, to emphasize that there's nothing ''human'' to hear.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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