Sentences with phrase «at building tension»

The dynamic musical score and sound effects are super effective at building tension in a very primal way, subtly letting you know you're not alone by way of nearby snapping twigs and floors creaking in the next room.

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«Tension can easily build up if both parties have different expectations of what acceptable standards are,» says Maria Rotundo, a professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management who has researched how appraisals can improve performance.

But the tension at the heart of Bloomberg doesn't really have anything to do with personnel, and it may not even have anything to do ultimately with the man whose name is on the building.

Merrill said he left a message at Parkdale Community Legal Services on Monday to start the process of finding a solution to the strike and escalating tensions at the buildings.

If pastors want to go both upstream and downstream at once (root causes and future social impacts), they can begin building a social movement to lift up the positive tension that SHOULD EXIST between free enterprise and democracy, specifically in light of its threat in the near future.

Together, then, they build up another wave of tension and resolution at a higher level.

CNN's Guy Azriel reports that religious tensions among Israeli Jews are reaching new heights this week over the decision to relocate graves found at a spot where a hospital extension is to be built at the southern city of Ashkelon.

Dulles» point is that there are built - in tensions between the Church and the press, and, while we should work at better understanding all around, the tensions will not, and should not, go away.

Freedom is in tension with love and with building up the community; not all rights have to be exercised at all times.

The tension is building, so have a look what the Arsenal players looked as they arrived at Wembley!

Sources said lawmakers were looking at a proposal to help reduce the tensions that exist when a charter school moves into a building already housing a traditional public school.

Mr. de Blasio, who renamed the Manhattan Municipal Building for Mr. Dinkins and unveiled a plaque for him at a ceremony beneath its ornate archway, once worked for the one - term mayor, who served at a time when crime and racial tensions roiled the city.

In an era of great global challenges and geopolitical tension, the scientific approach to considering problems and building knowledge can guide humanity toward peaceful solutions, Iranian physicist Yousef Sobouti said in an address at a science diplomacy event in Trieste, Italy.

His tensegrity sculptures look like three - dimensional exploded diagrams built of metal poles and tensioned wire: beautiful to look at, but a cold and distant beauty.

Frank Close, a theorist at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, says there was huge tension building during the wait.

Although the visit came at a time of tension centered on Iran's disputed nuclear research and tightening Western economic sanctions, the presentations and meetings focused on shared interests in research and building a dialogue based on science.

«Many physicians reported tension between the need to build trust with families by being willing to compromise on the schedule while simultaneously feeling they were putting children at risk and causing them unnecessary pain by spreading out vaccines on multiple visits,» writes Allison Kempe, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and director of ACCORDS (Adult and Child Center for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado.

Despite some drama and tension at the COP21 meeting, world leaders and their negotiators are surprisingly optimistic Le Bourget, Paris — Momentum continues to build here for a landmark agreement to combat climate change.

Pushing yourself at any activity builds tension in your body, along with the associated stress cocktail in your brain.

You'll be able to use more resistance than just plain bodyweight because the tension of your bodyweight is more focused on one side at at time, making this exercise more effective for building muscle mass.

Godzilla, while not a perfect movie by any means, at least built tension and suspense throughout the movie ultimately leading us to a well - deserved reveal of the legendary God of Monsters that feels truly satisfying.

Don't look at this opportunity just as a way to get rid of the sexual tension that built inside you, but also as a way to improve your skills in the bedroom and become a better lover for the person that will really be important for you.

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In other events, Rick is reunited with Morgan (Lennie James); Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan) grapple with romance in a world overrun by zombies; and tensions build toward a climactic battle between Rick's group at the prison and the Governor and his soldiers from Woodbury.

This production is also especially good at expertly building tension around situations (like the long - awaited Potter - Voldemort showdown) that anyone who knows the books knows the outcome of.

There's nothing that scary here, but there's some good tension built up and the zombie kids, while you can probably take one at a time, when they swarm you then they become viable threats, at least for what the film is trying to accomplish.

By the end, director Sidney Pollack has spent so much time with Silvia and Tobin at the expense of the tension, building plot elements a thriller needs to keep moving forward, that he has to play quite a bit of bait and switch to get things where they need to be for the climax he wants, which is moving but by that point a bit ridiculous.

These two films arrive at a crucial time for Europe and the US, when once again border tensions are building and misguided leaders scapegoat minorities to feed resentments.

Moments of levity releases a bit of that tension at key moments before building again, by way of scene stealer LilRel Howery as Chris» best friend and TSA agent.

Rather than holing up at Hogwarts, Harry, Hermione, and Ron spend the majority of the movie on the run, and the sexual tension that builds among the three of them recalls — in a good way — the hothouse adolescent passions of the Twilight movies.

Compounded with the question of Boyd's testimony, the search for JT builds a palpable tension in the film that has the potential to be broken at any moment, should Boyd, Owen or Bill tell the truth about their involvement in the tragedies.

It becomes clear pretty fast that this family are the owners of the empty tent at Ian and Sam's campsite, and the tension begins to build when rough, crude buddies German (Aaron Pedersen) and Chook (Aaron Glenane) come staggering into the film, «DANGER» practically written across their foreheads in big red letters.

The girls in the film really take control of the action and what they do at the end of the movie is worth all the slow tension building.

James Marsh «s Shadow Dancer moves at a glacial pace and barely does anything to build tension.

Some fans have complained about the deliberate pace of this show when the gang sought temporary refuge at the farm and prison, but the tension built during these lulls always led to a bigger payoff when all hell inevitably broke loose.

The tracking shots, courtesy of «A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night» cinematographer Lyle Vincent, move almost viper - like to craft the film's gratifying tension - building sequences.

90 % of these are brought about through a binary choice presented on screen, and with Book of Shadows allowing you to save at any point by simply hitting the triangle button to bring up the menu screen, the choices themselves serve only as a stop gap, an interesting «what happens if I choose this» scenario that builds no tension and has no real consequence because it is so easily reversible.

The play pacing, contrasting between action, puzzle, and exploration, slowly builds tension, allowing it to fluctuate at different points.

Patiently building the tension, relying on a truly wonderful script, on the legendary Vilmos Zsigmond's phenomenal photography, on impressive acting by the protagonist as well as John Lithgow and Nancy Allen, wisely steering clear from underestimating the audience at any point, De Palma creates an ambiance so nerve - shattering, a ride so downright exciting that, as we observe how the plot develops on the screen, we can't help feeling a part of the conspiracy ourselves, terrified and adrenaline - pumped at the same time.

At just 90 minutes, A Quiet Place is brisk, but it's also patient; this is one of those monster movies that builds tension from the absence of the monster, at least until the full - bore, unbroken set - piece of the second half, when all the stillness and pregnant pauses give way to an extended riff on the best scenes in Jurassic ParAt just 90 minutes, A Quiet Place is brisk, but it's also patient; this is one of those monster movies that builds tension from the absence of the monster, at least until the full - bore, unbroken set - piece of the second half, when all the stillness and pregnant pauses give way to an extended riff on the best scenes in Jurassic Parat least until the full - bore, unbroken set - piece of the second half, when all the stillness and pregnant pauses give way to an extended riff on the best scenes in Jurassic Park.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

Director Ferenc Torok keeps the dialogue at a minimum, but the hushed conversations among the villagers speak volumes, and the film effectively builds tension as more and more secrets come to the surface.

Perkins is also a master at generating tension, a kind built on unsure footing.

It draws you in slowly, building up a great deal of tension, finally letting it all unravel at a very fast pace, keeping you off your guard with twists, turns, and unexpected developments.

Director Denis Villeneuve stages and shoots those latter sequences with a clear comprehension of the environment (especially during an ambush in traffic waiting at the border), no shortage of building tension (Jóhann Jóhannsson's thumping score is highly influential in this regard), and an understanding of the suddenness with which violence arrives and is dispatched.

But he's not as adept at gradually building character - oriented tension, and that attribute is crucial to Mindhunters» success.

There are jumps a-plenty, and the tension builds up at a steady pace before landing the audience with scream - worthy surprises.

So as this tension builds, the startling and abrupt use of off - the - wall humor takes us viewers out of our comfort zone and into the unusual place of utter surprise at the back and forth between violence, romantic notions and laughter.

The acting — led by Krasinski himself and Blunt — is excellent, the pared - down story - telling really impressive, and, as for the brilliantly built and excruciatingly maintained levels of suspense and threat... well, all I can say is that Sigourney Weaver and her tension - ratcheting alien would feel thoroughly at home here.

Much of the success of Everest comes from Kormákur's clever pacing and relentless building of tension and the, at times, dizzying cinematography of Salvatore Totino.