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I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

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Instance
Gesture name: Commie is shot
Start time: 1:04:01
End time: 1:04:11
Total duration: 0:00:10
Page #: 36
Measure #: 21
Scene: Reel 7
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 132
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Communist is shot and falls dead
Description: A brass stinger followed by a descending gesture is heard as the communist falls, following by a low dark drone as he lies dead on the ground
Music annotations: [m. 21] sffz; [m. 23] ticks out / ritard
Film annotations: [m. 21] Wheels; [m. 22] Sinks; [m. 23] Dead
Orchestration annotations: [m. 21] 3 trpts open flutter / 4 horns flutter open / 3 trbs open (flutter); [m. 23] gong / basses / celli; [m. 24] W.W. / brass morendo
Analysis: The stinger is a 7-note (0134689) chord, followed by a descending chromatic scale for the fall and a low minor 64 chord when he hits the ground
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chromatic scale | communist | death | dramatic | dying | falling | gun | gunshot | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | pc set | shooting | shootout | shootout | spy | stinger | teacher | tense | tone cluster | train tracks | undercover agent

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