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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Gesture name: Wally tries to open door
Start time: 0:08:53
Page #: 19
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 1 Part 4
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 140
Marking: Agitato scruioso
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Wally tries to open the door
Description: Descending octave leaping gestures are heard each time Wally turns the doorknob or knocks on the door; these are precisely timed with the action on the screen
Music annotations: [m. 1] Hugo - do whatever you want - I am only trying to give you an idea - what I hear!! (Want to use Chauncey??) By the way - I am playing this scene comedy until he sees the "BODY!" / sfz-p; [m. 3] mf / pizz / sfz; [m. 4] sfz / sfz; [m. 7] simile; [m. 8] sfz / f; [m. 10] chromatic / gliss; [m. 11] mf / pizz; [m. 13] mf; [m. 14] pizz / sfz; [m. 17] mf; [m. 19] arco soli / mp / grazioso; [m. 20] sfz / p / mp; [m. 23] pizz / mf; [m. 24] sfz; [m. 27] f; [m. 33] morendo; [m. 38] misterioso / p / sfz; [m. 39] p / let it ring; [m. 40] Hugo! Like bars 24, 25, etc; [m. 42] mf; [m. 45] sfz / sfz / ff / gliss; [m. 46] f-p; [m. 47] mf / (let it ring); [m. 48] ff (tutti); [m. 52] mf; [m. 54] mp; [m. 55] mf; [m. 59] sfz; [m. 61] sfz / f; [m. 62] sfz-p
Film annotations: [m. 1] Ticks; [m. 3] Shakes door; [m. 4] Come on; [m. 7] Mildred; [m. 8] Bangs
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] celeste / alto flute / (2 horns stopped); [m. 3] piano / harps (let it ring); [m. 4] 2 flts / celeste / vibra (1 trpt flutter (soft mute)) / strg pizz / harps (let it ring) / piano; [m. 7] add violins / (trpt out); [m. 8] strgs / (horns stopped) / celli / basses / bassons / B cl / b. dr.
Analysis: The knocks are augmented triads
Tags

action scene | augmented triad | chromatic scale | door | frantic | friend | knocking | mickey-mousing | room | stinger

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