Description
Starting time code: 39:57
Ending time code: 41:56
Length: 119 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: simple
Shots: 14
Average shot length: 9 sec
Performance: song
Number directed by: George Stevens
Performer(s): Fred Astaire
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes
Diegetic status of the number: private performance
Diegetic status of the music: musicians are playing but more instruments are heard
Themes
Topic(s): vanity and grooming , courtship or serenade (only 1 partner)
Diegetic place: New York
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: The Way You Look Tonight
Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , solo(s) , single instrument
Dubbing: no
Tempo: ballad
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: no data
Dance ensemble: NA
Dancing type: ballad
Dance subgenre: NA
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: no data