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Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)

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Instance
Gesture name: Going down a ladder
Start time: 1:17:32
Page #: 62
Measure #: 30
Scene: Reel 8 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Rocky goes down an escape ladder
Description: Descending gesture, mickey-mousing Rocky going down the ladder
Music annotations: [m. 30] ff; [m. 31] sfz / sffz
Film annotations: [m. 30] He starts down; [m. 31] Shot / Rocky looks / Shot / Man runs / Shot
Analysis: Descending chromatic scale punctuated by gunshot accents
Tags

agitated | chromatic scale | climbing | conflict | descending | down | dramatic | escaping | gangster | hurrying | ladder | leading man | mickey-mousing | street

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