Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

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Film Music Structure for Murder on the Blackboard

Number Scene Type Time Theme Variant Gesture On-screen 1 opening title sequence 0:00:00 RKO Tower Beeping RKO radio tower 2 establish setting 0:00:11 Sidewalks of New York Waltz Tugboats sailing under a bridge 3 0:00:17 Sidewalks of New York Two-Step Buildings in New York City 4 opening title sequence 0:00:23 Murder Fanfare Film title zooming out from a blackboard 5 0:00:31 Blackboard Murder Title of the film and cast list 6 0:00:51 Blackboard Murder Lyrical Video cast list 7 establish character 0:01:30 The Janitor A janitor gets out of bed 8 0:01:52 Blackboard Murder Mysterious A janitor goes about his work 9 transition 0:02:12 Clock Tower A clock tower 10 0:12:17 Clock Tower A clock tower 11 advance plot 0:28:06 Scale Hildegarde whistles 12 0:28:13 The Clue Hildegarde whistles 13 0:29:23 Unknown Tune Otto sings to himself 14 0:32:55 The Clue Hildegarde whistles 15 0:40:59 The Clue Hildegarde whistles 16 0:56:42 The Clue Hildegarde whistles 17 1:08:29 The Clue Hildegarde whistles 18 end title sequence 1:10:39 Blackboard Murder End Titles The End