Sentences with phrase «by one's protagonist»

Then the trench coat started to be worn by protagonists of the film noir genre in the 1940s.
The case study then covers challenges and issues faced by the protagonist as well as the consequences associated with the decision that the protagonist needs to make.
The brief appearance of this bad guy increases the peril faced by the protagonist.
Or have students create photo journals similar to the ones created by the protagonists in the games.
They tell us how the election campaign was seen not by its protagonists, but by its audience, the voters.
The journey taken by the protagonist covers a few different aspects of her life, and for the most part this is engaging.
How does the form in which this novel is written — a series of diary entries by the protagonist — enhance the story it tells?
It was surprisingly crude, because of the complete lack of moral concern by the protagonist.
His landscapes initially seem grounded in our world but upon closer investigation reveal themselves to be fantastical, as if imagined by the protagonists that inhabit them.
To top it all off, we get to see some fast sword - fighting action by our protagonists, all condensed in mere fifteen second.
Fine storytelling makes it easy to identify with the characters, and the crisis of conscience faced by the protagonists is moving.
Set in a true - to - life recreation of Tokyo's Akihabara ward («Akiba» for short), players will take control of a party of characters led by protagonist Asahi Tachibana as they seek to rid the town of anything out of sync with reality.
Set in a true - to - life recreation of Tokyo's Akihabara district («Akiba» for short), players will take control of a party of characters led by protagonist Asahi Tachibana as they seek to rid the town of anything out of sync with reality.
If two paradigms really were «incommensurable», they could not be «incompatible»; to be considered «rivals» they must at least apply to a jointly identifiable phenomenon, describable in predicates shared by both protagonists.
We've been anticipating Ian McEwan's Sweet Tooth for a few months now, so it was a relief to dive in recently and find a delightful adventure tale told by a protagonist readers will identify with right away: Bibliophile and Cambridge grad Serena, who is recruited for the British secret service.
Memento Christopher Nolan is a household name now, but he first catapulted into notice with this film, innovatively structured backwards to simulate the rare memory loss suffered by the protagonist.
Following a brief sneering and searing monologue by its protagonist, Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult), Kill Your Friends kicks off with a Menswe @r joke.
It's already got the disadvantage of being narrated by the protagonist, but the end goes and changes the protagonist for a cute fade out.
Alison Bagnall's Funny Bunny is a shaggy buddy dramedy about a road trip that doesn't seem to take its characters much of anywhere, in the tradition of the low - budget American road movie that must often elide the potentially money - burning trip undertaken by the protagonists so as to emphasize merely the embarking point and the destination.
This particular gem, as explained by protagonist Jimmy Juree, is where Bush had «fallen off the edge of the teleprompter again and he was caught somewhere between «on a whim» and «at the drop of a hat» and ended up with terrorists killing one another.»
The story is a year's diary written by the protagonist Elizabeth about her experiences learning gardening and interacting with her friends.
This is exactly what the new Final Fantasy XIV trailer from the Japanese branch of Square Enix celebrates, putting side - by - side the memories made by the protagonists during their youth, with a pitched battle against Titan in the game.
In the exhibition Shake Out Your Cloth, Levonian presents a recent cut - paper animation titled Xylophone, as well as three quilts loosely inspired by the protagonist of the video.
The film takes artistic licence with Donald's time at sea, focusing on the isolation felt by the protagonist at being alone for so long.
Although more rhetorical names for this protracted struggle are often used, especially by the protagonists on each side, «the Controversy» remains the most neutral descriptor.
Without such understandings of the principles held by the protagonists, individuals, associations, parties, movements, and groups, along with the nature of the injustices they would not reconcile themselves to, the articulated desire to change a wretched present «for the happiness of all»: without reading their words, following their actions, we end up studying everything but republicanism and its revolutionary tradition.
Immersion, Bormann says, «is characterized by an experience you might have enjoyed while watching your favorite movie for the first time — the sensation of being transported to another time or space, as though you are taking a real journey, or the feeling of being emotionally impacted by the protagonist's fate.»
These alternative costumes can be worn by protagonists Miu Hinasak...
The story, told using conventional camera work as well as footage captured by the protagonists, cuts between the personal and professional lives of these officers, revealing how little difference there is between the two.
Where the indie sub-genre is largely typified by protagonists suffering early onset mid life crises or a long awaited coming - of - age, The Skeleton Twins instead revolves around stasis, the quiet traumas that creep up on you.
Sold by Protagonist Pictures at Toronto, The Transfiguration marks the feature debut of writer - director Michael O'Shea, and stars Eric Ruffin along with Chloe Levine (Savage Youth).
Here, the digital camera isn't carried by a protagonist, Blair Witch - like, but instead floats around the victim of the movie's horrors, one Laura (Florencia Colucci), who's endeavouring with father Wilson (Gustavo Alonso) to clean up an old abandoned house in preparation of its sale.
Without being openly polemical, Hauff's movies chronicle the oppressive social circumstances and / or abusive backgrounds that are implicitly causally implicated in the genesis of antisocial behaviors enacted by his protagonists.
This is chiefly due to the obligatory questioning of self by the protagonist.
The cat and mouse game played by the protagonist and antagonist keeps escalating, and one can't help but smile and stare in awe at how much fun this movie is.
(It was shot in Spain and Montréal, Canada, but nobody bothered to put license plates on any of the cars, so the entire film has a bizarre statelessness that isn't helped by the protagonist's accentual affectations.)
They are clearly besotted with their son — played by Thomas Mann — and humankind in general as the events of the film are put into motion by the protagonist's mother urging awkward, invisible, outsider Greg (Mann) to spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke) after it's revealed that she's been diagnosed with leukemia.
Ultimate, though, this DiCaprio double bill finds cohesion in the theme of damaged minds — what we see on - screen is a reality cluttered by the protagonists» own involuntary projections — and it's here where the films are at their most creative and daring.
Like all of these films it's thrust forward not so much by our protagonist's, John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), will but rather his morals, which isn't exactly new to us.
It's a strategy that rewards close attention even as the long periods of silence and monotonous pacing work to induce a kind of trance state; far from boring her audience, Akerman is providing us with downtime to think about the different forms of «work» being performed by her protagonist.
I'm so fascinated by the protagonist; I hope there's a lot more to come.
If something called the American dream is still alive, it's personified by the protagonist of the captivating The Monk of Mokha, Dave Eggers» latest work of narrative nonfiction.
Sharma's reliance on fiction can perhaps be explained by the protagonist Ajay's love of Hemingway.
The science fiction paranormal mystery develops around an unlikely group of high school students brought together by protagonist Tom Patterson and his childhood friend Justin Fischer.
If you've watched Pixar's newest film «Coco», you would've noticed Dante, the stray spirit guide pup that was adopted by the protagonist, Miguel.
The torch used by the protagonist realistically lights the environment to such a degree that even falling snow flakes cast their own dynamic shadows.
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