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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)


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Instance
Gesture name: Butch runs
Start time: 0:50:46
Page #: 40
Measure #: 53
Scene: Reel 5 Part 3
Key: D
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 152
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Butch runs to the window
Description: Whirling string gesture as the truck drives off and Butch runs to the window
Music annotations: [m. 53] mp; [m. 54] mp / sfz
Film annotations: [m. 53] Butch runs; [m. 54] He stops at window; [m. 55] Truck pulls out; [m. 56] He waves from window
Orchestration annotations: [m. 53] viol + violas; [m. 54] W.W. + horns; [m. 55] one bass + timp (rythm)
Analysis: This gesture uses a diatonic 2-sharp collection (probably D major) and features a six-note rising motive
Tags

anxious | criminal | dramatic | gangster | mickey-mousing | robbery | running | searching | sequence | store | tense | thief

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