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Caged (1950)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Start time: 0:32:30
End time: 0:32:40
Total duration: 0:00:10
Page #: 49
Measure #: 20
Scene: Reel 4 Part 2
Key: C - unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 126
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marie in the prison cafeteria
Description: Dramatic underscoring as the montage of prison scenes continues; ends with a brief prison bell effect
Music annotations: [m. 22] mf; [m. 25] ominous; [m. 27] sfz
Film annotations: [m. 20] Marie; [m. 22] Harper; [m. 25] Girls; [m. 27] Bell
Orchestration annotations: [m. 20] tutti (no trpts) / strgs / W.W. / horns; [m. 22] timp; [m. 25] add tuba; [m. 27] W.W. / piccolo / piano / celeste / vibra / str / triangle
Analysis: Features tense rising (0156) sonorities; ends with a tense (01267) chord over a descending whole-tone scale
Tags

alarm | alarm effect | bell | chromatic parallelism | double exposure | dramatic | eating | fanning | guard | heat | leading lady | mickey-mousing | montage | montage | pc set | prison | prisoner | underscoring | whole-tone scale

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