Sentences with phrase «as a storyteller»

Of course, you could try and heed Del's advice and not get attached to the horses, but Haigh's skill as a storyteller makes that practically impossible.

The activity positioned preservice and beginning teachers as storytellers of personal learning and growth and offered opportunities for them to experience «narrative reconstruction» as they reflected on their lives, their learning, their choices, their past experiences, and their goals for the future (as also in Hull, 2003, p. 232).

Their first crossover adventure sees the the two eponymous super sleuths spirited away to Labyrinthia, a world overseen not by an androgynous rock star in alarmingly revealing tights, but by a shadowy figure known only as the Storyteller who writes the future of the world with his pen.

Very often, she acts as a storyteller in a non-linear way by showing the loneliness of people in a world of mass communication systems.

So she'll also act as a storyteller for the player and James.

So she'll also act as a storyteller for the player and James.

In fact, Ms. Ojih Odutola functions as much as a storyteller as a visual artist, spinning a fantastic tall tale around the images.

Having been ushered through the gates of a Hoxton warehouse (by appointment only) Gander, often described as a storyteller, cast the viewer in the lead role, and obliged them -LSB-...]

Isaac Marion once again demonstrates his remarkable gifts as a storyteller as he brings the world of WARM BODIES back to life.

Over last 8 or 9 years I have read a fair few books on this topic, but none as good as The Storyteller's Secret by Carmine Gallo.

AM has always seen Mark Warren Jacques (interviewed) as much as a storyteller as an artist since we became immersed in his work a number of years ago.

It's says something to Ade's abilities as a storyteller when she can create such a nuanced, complex and uproariously funny film about a father and daughter while also addressing the changing tides of the European Union, multinational business, and the washing of culture.

Watching Rian Johnson grow as a filmmaker, I truly believe he continues to mature as a storyteller with each film, and it's unquestionably evident here in Looper.

/ Film contributor Steven Prokopy saw this film at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and reviewed it for us, calling it a «fresh reminder» of Granik's considerable talent as a storyteller:

Electronic toys will never replace parents as storytellers because electronic toys can not answer questions, nor do they kiss the kids goodnight.

There's obvious room to grow as a storyteller from here on out.

The Center's programs encourage more women to pursue careers as storytellers, and its research agenda documents trends in women's employment, the impact of their employment on television and film content, and factors influencing the under - representation of women's voices in television and film.

«If it creates an interest for people to see the film then that's fantastic because it makes our jobs as storytellers much easier, and more importantly for me, having had some experience with this extraordinary man I really want his story to be known as broadly as possible.»

I know how much I've made as a storyteller in various mediums, but the book business is still pretty much a mystery to me.

In Mudfish, the poet is seen as a storyteller.

As his myriad fans know from The Reader, Bernhard Schlink's power as a storyteller resides in his cool compassion and in the intelligence that he wields like a laser to penetrate human motives and human behavior.

This podcast edition also has Platt's interesting explanation of how he and Wright came to find their fast - turn work focused on «dark horror» and their plan to create a different «channel» --» because,» says Platt, «it would be better to be known as a storyteller than as a dark horror author.»

The same qualities that made people take notice of Juno are present here, but Cody and Reitman continue to mature as storytellers.

You could argue that Mann has not shown much growth as a storyteller (ignoring the power of The Insider's departure).

«For us, this was the challenge of telling the story but also completing the personal journey that we started as storytellers in Winter Soldier,» Joe Russo told Spin 1038 on the press circuit in London.

Ryan Coogler's stunning first feature, 2013's Fruitvale Station, proved his instincts as a storyteller.

Ramsay's principal strength as a storyteller is her epitomising of the «show, don't tell» philosophy whereby she refuses to spoon - feed her audience with overly expository dialogue and eloquent speechifying, preferring to utilise a mosaic - effect of fragmentary images in her films and editing sequences in flashes that skirt around any sort of definitive reveal.

The Teacher as Storyteller: Building Story Comprehension in Beginning Readers.

WHILE WE WORK operates as a storyteller and as a score that oscillates between the liveness and the memory of Agora's work in relation to their building — a space in constant mutation, where working phases and changes of plans are part of its daily construction, as well as the multiple informations, stories and rumours that have been circulating.

You play as storyteller and wayfinder, shaping a custom tale that begins again where it ends.

As the storyteller shares his / her story, ask other participants to listen carefully and jot down a word or phrase that reminds them of another story he / she can tell.

The artists are bonded by their shared experience as storytellers.»

This can be a stressful practice for authors as storytellers by nature, but it's good to learn to speak about your book concisely.

The afternoon will be led by Jackter's Library Media specialist and will focus on the student as storyteller.

However, writers» judgment to stay true to your profession is significant to constantly rekindle your passion to work on your next project as a storyteller, not the professional brand ambassador.

Tangled Up by Kalup Linzy is an exercise in narrative, where the artist as storyteller weaves fragments of personal and collective memory to inform upon a sweeping, yet localized, account of identity - formation, selfhood and self - fashioning in the current cultural climate.

The idea of church as storyteller may seem to diminish its importance, but this function has utmost significance.

This orientation explains the emphasis on the Rav as a storyteller, as well as the large number of photographs.

You don't have to be Aboriginal to think of God as a storyteller.

Viewing Mark through a literary - theological lens, Juel and other scholars working in narrative criticism have contributed to a new appreciation of Mark as a storyteller.

I'm thrilled to be participating in a panel called Food Bloggers as Storytellers: Telling Your Own Stories, and the Stories of Those at the Table.

It is an ingenious and emotionally powerful debut performance from literary detective and former bookseller Ariel S. Winter, one that establishes this talented newcomer as a storyteller of the highest caliber.

«Django Unchained» is «Blazing Saddles» with a body count, a positively incendiary entertainment about America's greatest shame, the personal and social toll of slavery, and like Tarantino's last film, «Inglourious Basterds,» this is a case of history being remixed in a way that makes more emotional sense to Tarantino as a storyteller.

To screenwriter / director's Sean Penn's great credit as a storyteller, it's easy to come away from Into the Wild predominately feeling a wistful sympathy for Chris» Icarian search for truth.

«Memoirs of a Geisha,» however, found the director cramped by conflicting aspirations of art - film stateliness and the old - Hollywood pizzazz of his previous effort — if not the catastrophe that many critics enjoyed declaring it, it was nonetheless a misfire that awkwardly showed up his limitations as a storyteller.

It's a precious moment, and Glazer's fatal mistake as a storyteller is never owning up to all that is merely hinted at in his actress's face.

Over a speedy narrative arbitrarily marked by the passing months, Kelly sharpens his two main performances into actual human beings: Plemons evolves from frustrated eye - rolling and seething to articulated anger, while SNL's Shannon, always brassy as a storyteller, has a major scene when her voice has been stolen by the disease and she must pass the baton.

Whatever Winding Refn's inconsistencies as a storyteller he has a reliably formidable eye, and alongside Director of Photography Larry Smith (who he worked with on Bronson and Fear X) he has created an exquisite nightmare - a tortured, neon - drenched journey into the human psyche.

If you want to learn how Stone captured the world of football so viscerally, or learn about Stone's process as a storyteller, then listen to this funny and wise commentary.