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