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Crime School (1938)


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Instance
Theme name: Underscoring (Tense)
Start time: 1:14:26
End time: 1:15:31
Total duration: 0:01:05
Page #: 104
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 8 (Part 4)
Key: unstable - bb - f - Ab
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 104
Marking: Modto
Instrumentation: orchestra
Description
On-screen: Mark talks to policeman
Description: Tense underscoring as Mark explains how the gun went off; as things calm down, the underscoring turns to the major mode and is calmer, but as soon as he closes the door, it becomes tense again with a dissonant pedal
Music annotations: [m. 1] p / mysterioso; [m. 2] poco accel; [m. 3] sf; [m. 4] molto accel; [m. 5] sf / tremolo; [m. 8] sf-p / sf; [m. 9] a tempo; [m. 10] tutti; [m. 13] meno / p; [m. 15] a tempo / dolce; [m. 16] sf; [m. 17] slower / sf
Film annotations: [m. 1] Cue: XXX / Cop knocks; [m. 2] Come on, open this door! / Who is it?; [m. 3] Police! / Wait a minute!; [m. 5] You get in there!; [m. 7] Door closes; [m. 8] Open that door!; [m. 9] He opens door; [m. 11] From this flat!; [m. 12] Well, thats right; [m. 13] I was just changing; [m. 14] O.K. it pays; [m. 15] Well, thanks very much; [m. 16] Allright Folks; [m. 17] Door closes; [m. 18] Allright, Frankie! Frankie!
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] str, W.W. / basses, celli; [m. 10] timp and celli + bass; [m. 12] str; [m. 13] oboe + cel
Analysis: Although several key areas are suggested, none of them are confirmed; the final cadence is undercut with a flat-7 [V7 to V42/IV]
Tags

chromatic scale | conflict | deceptive resolution | gun | hero | heroine | hiding | knocking | leading lady | leading man | lying | mode mixture | pedal tone | police | room | teenager | tense | underscoring

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