| Description |
| On-screen: |
Carmen slaps Joe with her purse |
| Description: |
Flutter tonguing on brass is used for the violent action on screen (Carmen hits Joe with her purse), followed by an accent for the door slam |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 33] sfz; [m. 34] p / sfz-p (subito) / [cut off at bottom of page] down beat |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 33] She slaps Brody; [m. 34] Door slam / Into dialogue |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 33] harps (no break) / and flt / 2 horns muted (flutter); [m. 34] no flutter [horns] / gong / tuba / trbs felts / strgs pizz |
| Analysis: |
The slap is a dense whole-tone chord; the door slam is a low d minor chord |
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| Tags |
blackmailer | conflict | criminal | dissonant bass | femme fatale | leading lady | leading man | mickey-mousing | private eye | room | slamming | slapping | suspect | tense | violence | whole-tone chord
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