Description

Starting time code: 40:49

Ending time code: 43:31

Length: 162 sec

Beginning: beginning of sequence

Ending: during sequence

Outlines: no data

Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted

Structure: montage

Shots: 29

Average shot length: 6 sec

Performance: song+dance

Number directed by: Busby Berkeley

Performer(s): Ruby Keeler , Billy Taft

Cast: no data

Stars who don't participate: no data

Diegetic spectators: yes + address

Diegetic status of the number: rehearsal, casting, recording session, etc.

Diegetic status of the music: musicians are playing but more instruments are heard

Themes

Topic(s): stage tradition, history of spectacle , trick: onstage impossible number , revue of girls

Diegetic place: Broadway

Imaginary place: Undefined (but there is a projection in another place)

Ethnic stereotypes: no

Exoticism: not exotic

Music & dance

Song: Sittin' on a Back Yard Fence

Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , duet , solo(s) , chorus

Dubbing: no

Tempo: no data

Musical styles: no data

Arrangers: no data

Dance director: Busby Berkeley

Dance ensemble: solo(s) , chorus

Dancing type: no data

Dance subgenre: tap dance

Dance content: no data

Source: Original number created for the film

Quotation: no data