Audio Production Class - Ideas on the use of silence

Use of silence

Its part of the soundtrack. Its used in artistic and production as a choice. 

Skyfall - What happens in the soundtrack that causes the suspension of disbelief? Build up and animated sense of emergency. Dramatic rhythm lots of it, orchestral brass and sting stabs. Music in a holding pattern. It represents the action on screen. Once past that it takes  the music onto the next scene with a string swell and a release of the holding pattern. 
The music is crescendo-ing along with the build up to the shot. After the shot there is silence. The soundtrack fades back in and back out again. Helps tail the scene. Its functional. 
The silence is there so you can focus on the visual impact of the scene. 
The second silence is about everybodies introspective reflection. Waiting for moneypenny to say "agent down". Silence is used to stretch out that moment. You sit and wait with them. 
You then here the river from the next scene but a soft cut so it sounds like the rain on the windows at MI6. 

Bond films reference the original John Barry theme during the whole score. Continuity. 

Kill bill volume 2 - tarrentino's movies are usually dialogue heavy. There was a slow fade as the dirt gets added more and more. 
The sound is mostly killed the minute the box is hammered shut. Not realistic but gives the idea of being trapped on her own. 
When the last nail goes in even the music cuts. It amplifies the sounds in the coffin and provides contrast to what is going on outside. Hear breathing and knocking to dragging of coffin and dirt being added. It makes it more horrific and emphasises the futility of her situation but allows you to focus on things you don't normally hear like her breathing. She becomes submissive before the end until it fades to complete silence. 

Cop land - Sound track is mostly from Stallone's perspective. When he walks up the road it changes to his view completely. Done through the high pitched whistle. The audience is hearing his deafness. Its symbolism. 
Other sfx like the dog are low pass heavily and barely there sound. It sounds weird and shows the audience that something is off. 
Gun sounds stay loud as they are the dramatic focus of the scene. Could also be a symbol of the cause of his death. 
The slow down helps to show Stallone's perspective in the visuals but the audio is unaffected. 
There is a heart beat that even speeds up but stays mostly consistent. And is disjointed from the visuals so helps to show the characters perspective. 
Reference to the whole soundtrack at the end where Stallone replies to Keitel with I cant hear you. 

Find movies with this silence use as well.