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I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

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Instance
Gesture name: Down the stairs
Start time: 0:57:47
End time: 0:57:54
Total duration: 0:00:07
Page #: 22
Measure #: 6
Scene: Reel 6 Part A
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 126
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Eve sneaks down the stairs
Description: We hear descending string pizzicatos as Eve and Matt sneak down the stairs, followed by a tense timpani roll
Music annotations: [m. 8] arco / p
Film annotations: [m. 8] Lobby
Orchestration annotations: [m. 6] strgs pizz + harp (let it ring); [m. 8] piano added / p gong let it ring
Tags

communist | create suspense | descending | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | sneaking | spy | staircase | stairs | teacher | tense | undercover agent

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