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I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)


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Instance
Gesture name: Sneaking
Start time: 0:58:02
End time: 0:58:12
Total duration: 0:00:10
Page #: 24
Measure #: 5
Scene: Reel 6 Part 1
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Matt and Eve sneak away
Description: Quick descending scalar gestures, played by winds, as Matt and Eve run and hide around the corner
Music annotations: [m. 5] mf; [m. 7] Murray: Look on back of this page; [back of page] Bars 1 like bars 11 etc from R7 Pt 1 / (Cheyenne); [m. 10] sfz; [m. 12] mf
Film annotations: [m. 5] Run; [m. 10] Stop
Orchestration annotations: [m. 5] piano / harp / (single w. wind); [m. 9] add strgs col; [m. 10] mp gong / timp; [m. 11] only timp cresc
Analysis: Uses the same scalar figures as the earlier "Down the stairs" gesture
Tags

chromatic scale | communist | create suspense | hiding | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | pc set | running | sneaking | spy | staircase | stairs | teacher | tense | undercover agent

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