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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)


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Instance
Gesture name: Butch runs back
Start time: 0:50:52
Page #: 41
Measure #: 57
Scene: Reel 5 Part 3
Key: chromatic
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 152
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Butch runs back from the window
Description: Descending string gesture as Butch runs back to the vault
Music annotations: [m. 58] risoluto; [m. 59] sffz; [m. 60] sf-p / mysterioso
Film annotations: [m. 57] He runs back; [m. 59] Hears Dr. knocking; [m. 60] Listens / Dr. knocking
Orchestration annotations: [m. 58] add trbs + tuba; [m. 60] trbs, horns
Analysis: This gesture is a descending chromatic scale
Tags

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

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