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Mildred Pierce (1945)


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Instance
Gesture name: Wally sneaks
Start time: 0:10:37
Page #: 26
Measure #: 69
Scene: Reel 1 Part 4
Key: unstable
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 140
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Wally sneaks down the hall
Description: Sneaking music (arpeggiated pizzicato string gestures) as Wally looks for an escape route
Music annotations: [m. 69] 1/2 tone higher; [m. 71] 1/2 tone higher; [m. 72] # this time
Film annotations: [m. 69] Shadows; [m. 70] Stops; [m. 71] Steps; [m. 72] Stops / Light moves
Orchestration annotations: [m. 69] pizz + harps
Analysis: The arpeggiations are diminished 7th chords
Tags

action scene | diminished 7th chord | friend | mickey-mousing | room | sneaking | tense | victim

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