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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)


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Instance
Gesture name: Wind blowing
Start time: 0:13:48
End time: 0:13:52
Total duration: 0:00:04
Page #: 28
Measure #: 24
Scene: Reel 2 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Instrumentation: strings
Solo Instrument: celeste, piano
Description
On-screen: Wind blows the curtains at the window
Description: Tremolo strings create a feeling of suspense for a mysterious wind gesture as we see the window seat where the body is hidden and the wind blows through the window above it
Music annotations: [m. 25] p / Simon! dissonances intentional; [m. 26] rall
Orchestration annotations: [m. 25] celeste + piano pedal
Analysis: F half-diminished chord in the tremolo strings; the wind gesture consists of parallel major triads moving chromatically up and down a minor third (celeste and piano)
Tags

advance plot | aunt | blowing | chromatic parallelism | leading lady | looking | mysterious | room | wind | wind effect

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