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Caged (1950)

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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Dramatic)
Start time: 0:32:47
End time: 0:32:55
Total duration: 0:00:08
Page #: 50
Measure #: 32
Scene: Reel 4 Part 2
Key: d
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 160
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marie working in the prison laundry
Description: The prison bell rings again in a double exposure with Marie working in the laundry; she rubs her forehead as if she has a headache and we hear dramatic underscoring with a ringing effect
Music annotations: [m. 32] legato; [m. 36] morendo; [m. 39] mf / fast arpegg / cresc
Film annotations: [m. 32] Bell; [m. 37] Marie; [m. 39] Card
Orchestration annotations: [m. 32] W.W. / piccolo / celeste / piano / vibra / add trbs etc mf; [m. 39] gong
Analysis: A long trill over tense harmonies followed by a rising chromatic scale
Tags

alarm | alarm effect | augmented sixth chord | bell | chromatic scale | double exposure | dramatic | leading lady | mickey-mousing | montage | montage | pain | prison | prisoner | quick cuts | underscoring | working

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