Sentences with phrase «basic story points»

In fact, the movie borrows basic story points from «The Poseidon Adventure» — as the school floods from the bottom up (freshman and sophomores first) Dash, his pals and a motley band survivors make for the upper floors of the school, then the roof, hoping for a rescue.

In fact, the movie borrows basic story points from The Poseidon Adventure — as the school floods from the bottom up (freshman and sophomores first), Dash, his pals, and a motley band of survivors make for the upper floors, then the roof, hoping for a rescue.

Not exact matches

We're at a point with technology where people can tell their own stories using the most basic mobile devices.

The March 21, 2016 story on bitcoin for beginners lists four key points about bitcoin: transactions are permanent; choose a good bitcoin wallet; virtual currencies are volatile; and understand the basics of the blockchain.

Doubtless the Bible tells of many miracles, but the basic point of each story is that God is the living God who works to accomplish the divine purposes.

They probably just took the 10 most basic questions and put them on here in an effort to emphasize their point of the story.

D. E. Nineham points out that «most commentators accept at any rate the basic facts of the story, arguing that Christians would have been unlikely to invent a tradition in which Jesus receives hurried burial from a pious Jew, and his own followers have no part in the proceedings ’15 and then goes on to add that «scholarly opinion has perhaps been a little inclined to overlook the possible influence of the Old Testament on the story».16

I noted in my book God as Author how it follows the contours of the Gospel, as I pointed out that the basic formula of balance - imbalance - restoration of balance is the framework of most stories (click on the link to page 181 for a more lengthy explanation).

Recognizing that their critique has rendered images of God no longer absolute, feminists have discovered that the religious power structure is reluctant to admit that patriarchal symbols for God are culturally influenced (as if God really were male) or contingent (as if use of a feminine symbol to point to a nonrepresentable God is more inadequate or idolatrous than use of a male symbol) To read Mary Daly or Naomi Goldenberg, to consider Rosemary Ruether's demasculinizing of the Gospel stories or to ponder the renewed attention to «goddess» theology and the development of a lesbian theology is to see the basic language of theological discourse upset and transformed.

His basic statistics — team - high per - game averages of 16.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 42.2 three - point shooting, to go with 2.7 assists per contest — tell only part of the story, as Porter's production truly took off once classmate Greg Whittington was ruled academically ineligible.

If you're interested in the subject matter but aren't really sure where to begin, The Fifth Estate an interesting starting point to whet your appetite, but those who already know the full and accurate story will likely be bored, while those who are wholly unfamiliar or uninterested will likely not find it good enough as a movie, or even a basic story, to want to sit through for over two hours.

Its basic plot, of a conspiracy to produce something worthless so as to profit further down the line, is a paraphrase of The Producers, but there are elements of any number of other movies or types of movie: the Horatio Alger rags - to - riches story, the hard - boiled newspaper melodrama (at one point, the editor's face is so close to the employee at whom he's shouting that their noses touch).

Apocalypse Now At Close Range Basic Instinct 2 Bloodsport Brothers Grimm Buffalo 66 Child's Play Dr. Strange The Final Cut Gremlins 2: The New Batch Hammett Hannibal The Heartbreak Kid Hitch Hulk Vs. In & Out In Enemy Hands The Invincible Iron Man Light Sleeper Meet Wally Sparks Moonstruck Next Avengers: Heroes Of Tomorrow Planet Hulk Point Break Rocky Rocky II Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky V Searching For Bobby Fischer Silence The Silence Of The Lambs Stigmata Thor Animated Movie: Tales Of Asgard Titanic Ultimate Avengers II Ultimate Avengers The Movie The Weight Of Water Wristcutters: A Love Story

If only a percentage point more of the US$ 75 million budget had been directed to basic character development and story outline, this may well have been more successful.

I hate the lack of basic niceties like being able to compare equipment in the shops, and I really think Hit - Point needs a new translator that can make something decent out of their weak stories and characters.

The basic structure of the story is as follows: Melanie goes home, meets a bunch of old, wacky friends, gets them all mad at her in one foul swoop (at one useless and particularly cruel point, she randomly and baselessly outs one of her friends in front of a bar full of people (luckily he has the most open - minded friends in Alabama)-RRB-, and spends the rest of the movie systematically apologizing to them.

The story is of a group of people with all different skill sets coming together, it's set in a very agrarian pseudo-futuristic middle ages timeline, you spend a lot of time talking to people in towns, all travel is basically on foot between points A and B, and the battle system is very basic and turn - based, with a passive style.

This is the basic setup, but must be viewed as a jumping - off point for almost constant twists and turns and outward growth of the story.

Like many comic - book sagas before it, Iron Man struggles to balance the basic character - foundation requirements of an origin story with a good - versus - evil clash, in its case favoring the former to the point of blunting the latter's concussive blast.

Once basic literary terms (such as point - of - view, dynamic and static characters, conflict, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) have been taught and reviewed by the teacher, the students are to ready to read Edgar Allan Poes story «The Tell - Tale Heart» and discuss it in terms of plot sequencing and character development.

In this post we'll look at a scenario that I wrote to demonstrate Twine's basic features and to make a point about teaching through stories.

By outlining these basic plot points, and working through them (loosely, of course), figuring out where and when they should occur (ie: solidifying the character's basic trajectory, or arc) my mind was then freed up to concentrate on other things — like fleshing out the rest of the story, and the creation of poetic prose.

Reading a print or basic ebook with their parents prompted similar content - related actions by children — including labeling, pointing, and verbal elaboration of the story — which can support language development.

The story line is all over the place other than a few key points (and some fanservice I'll never forget), the gameplay is «wham, bam, thank - you - ma» am» over in less than two minutes for pretty much every single player mission, and it's very basic in its options.

Gameplay feels fresh for an RPG: traveling between different points in time to advance the story adds an engrossing element to story progression, and the position - based battle system adds a layer of strategy that makes even the most basic skirmishes exciting.

I try to point out that it exhibits a progression in game stories, from basic fairy tales to something that explores parental relationships.

What Needs Improvement: more original story elements with fewer clichés, closure on story points, more creative incorporation using basic weapons / physics and the special gravity powers

To start in, for the scientific story, a good starting - point is the keystone essay on the basic discoveries about The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect, followed perhaps by attempts to explain changes with Simple Models of Climate.

My point was that, if we accept this basic story (it's too simple, even as an account of how cultural cognition works; but that's in the nature of «models» & should give us pause only when the simplification detracts from rather than enhances our ability to predict and manage the dynamics of the phenomenon in question), then there's no reason to view the valences of the cultural meanings attached to crediting climate change risk as fixed or immutable.

Building a true brand story means a return to basics: developing a clear service and a deliverable vision for a defined marketplace; understanding where the value points lie in your offerings, and communicating and developing these points under a consistent umbrella — your brand.

He points to the Internet's noncommercial success stories — Wikipedia and the Internet Archive — as models of sharing at its most basic.

Finally, add these stories in bullet - point form for each job, then finish by writing a basic job description that introduces each executive position — describing the number of employees you've supervised, budgets managed, business unit growth, and other contextual details.

5: Do you know the basic rules of resume writing especially in terms of how to use adjectives, modifiers, keywords, and story telling to get a specific point across and set yourself apart from your competition?