Description
Starting time code: 01:18:08
Ending time code: 01:28:58
Length: 650 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: no data
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: montage
Shots: 75
Average shot length: 9 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: Busby Berkeley
Performer(s): Dick Powell , Ruby Keeler
Cast: no data
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes + address
Diegetic status of the number: stage
Diegetic status of the music: diegetic musicians seem responsible for the whole accompaniment
Themes
Topic(s): courtship or serenade (only 1 partner) , ethereal , pastoral , 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: By a Waterfall
Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , duet , solo(s)
Dubbing: no
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Busby Berkeley
Dance ensemble: chorus
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: aquatic , precision ensemble
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data