Description

Starting time code: 01:24:15

Ending time code: 01:26:04

Length: 109 sec

Beginning: during sequence

Ending: during sequence

Outlines: nothing significant

Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted

Structure: simple

Shots: 3

Average shot length: 36 sec

Performance: song+dance

Number directed by: Vincente Minnelli

Performer(s): Fred Astaire , Jack Buchanan

Cast: All White cast

Stars who don't participate: no data

Diegetic spectators: yes

Diegetic status of the number: stage

Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music

Themes

Topic(s): stage tradition, history of spectacle

Diegetic place: Boston

Imaginary place: none

Ethnic stereotypes: no

Exoticism: not exotic

Music & dance

Song: I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan

Musical ensemble: duet

Dubbing: no

Tempo: swinging ballad

Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra , vaudeville / ragtime dance bands

Arrangers: no data

Dance director: Michael Kidd

Dance ensemble: duet

Dancing type: swinging ballad

Dance subgenre: specialty , tap dance

Dance content: no data

Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...)

Quotation: Self-referential