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We Are Not Alone (1939)


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Instance
Theme name: Fainting
Start time: 1:40:41
End time: 1:40:57
Total duration: 0:00:16
Page #: 102
Measure #: 54
Scene: Reel 11 Part 2
Key: eb - unstable
Meter: 12/8
Tempo (bpm): 54
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Leni faints
Description: The music suddenly switches to the minor mode, followed by a four-note gesture repeated in a descending sequence as Leni faints and falls to the ground
Music annotations: [m. 55] Poco con moto / mf; [m. 56] mf / mf
Film annotations: [m. 54] she faints; [m. 55] She sinks to the ground; [m. 56] She is down
Orchestration annotations: [m. 55] celli / harp; [m. 56] timp
Analysis: The four note gesture (starting DO MI LA SOL) starts on Eb, Bb, G, and E (overlapping for the last three); the cue drifts from eb minor toward the octatonic collection of the next cue
Tags

added-note chord | fainting | falling | hero | heroine | love scene | mickey-mousing | prison | sequence | tense

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