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Caged (1950)


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Instance
Gesture name: Falling
Start time: 1:01:18
End time: 1:01:25
Total duration: 0:00:07
Page #: 96
Measure #: 23
Scene: Reel 7 Part 4
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 132
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Marie falls to the ground
Description: As Marie is thrown to the ground, we hear a descending gesture and a low drone
Music annotations: [m. 23] with stick / gliss; [m. 25] bis / ticks out
Film annotations: [m. 24] Down
Orchestration annotations: [m. 24] gong / (all strgs tremolo) (piano too)
Analysis: Harmonized with tense diminished seventh chords and a low minor triad after the fall
Tags

diminished 7th chord | dramatic | falling | guard | leading lady | mad scene | mickey-mousing | octatonic scale | prison | prisoner | throwing

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