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The Informer (1935)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 0:05:04
End time: 0:05:38
Total duration: 0:00:34
Page #: 14
Measure #: 88
Scene: Reel 1
Key: WT1 (C) - WT2 (B) - unstable - WT2 (F)
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 76
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Gypo sees the man and walks towards him
Description: Tense underscoring (no dialogue yet)
Music annotations: [m. 88] ten / (slower); [m. 89] a tempo / sfz; [m. 91] pp / rit / pizz; [m. 92] a tempo; [m. 93] accel / marcato / mf / cresc; [m. 94] f; [m. 95] ff
Film annotations: [m. 89] Gypo appears; [m. 90] Katie and man; [m. 93] Katie and man
Orchestration annotations: [m. 88] horn; [m. 90] solo viol / flute; [m. 93] add bassoon
Analysis: This tense passage is entirely made up of whole-tone and half-diminished sonorities
Tags

establish character | leading lady | leading man | mysterious | street | tense | underscoring | walking | whole-tone

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