Sentences with phrase «by practical effects»

None of this would be engaging if it weren't for the incredible expressive chemistry on display between Sally Hawkins and Doug Jones (teaming up with del Toro yet again and created completely by practical effects, and if there is any CGI it's impossible to notice).

In an era when you assume anything amazing that happens in a movie is courtesy of computer - generated imagery, it's always exciting to learn when a memorable scene was pulled off by practical effects.

Most of the costs are simply explained by their practical effect, but in relation to some native title expenses, the Paper adds an additional comment that these costs are «the so called «black hole» expenditure».

Not exact matches

«You can in fact reduce the upper ocean [temperature] by a degree Celsius, maybe 2, which would have a measurable effect on the intensity of the hurricane, but the practical concerns were hard to overcome.»

The problem is one of practical reason; but if reason is to be exercised properly it must undergo constant purification, since it can never be completely free of the danger of a certain ethical blindness caused by the dazzling effect of power and special interests.

It was, however, studying some of the writings of Mahatma Gandhi and his teaching on ahimsa and satyagraha that helped me to see the practical possibilities of non-violence, which were also used to such good effect by Martin Luther King, who was himself deeply influenced by Gandhi.

The values and imitative practices described in The Underside, inspiring as they may be to his character, Godefroid, are supported by only a tiny secret society whose practical effect on the marketplace of ideas of 19th - century Paris is nil.

I feel that Rorty is toying with the pragmatists here by not taking seriously their insistence on the importance of considering the practical effects of our ideas.

From Peirce's claim that we can make our ideas clear by considering their conceivable practical effects, to James's notion of truth's cash value in experiential terms, to Dewey's own view of the practical character of reality, the message seems to be that philosophy has more to offer than a therapeutic stance toward social issues and a rhetorical presentation of new suggestions.

By shifting attention from Enlightenment questions of credibility to postmodern questions of practical effect, radical theology has accomplished a great deal.

A fourth and final objection assumes the form of a practical question prompted by concern for the mission of the church: Does the inductive method of preaching effect change?

While the Evangelicals» concern for the social problems of their day was mainly practical and philanthropic, trying to effect change through Acts of Parliament and by giving relief to those in need, the response of the Church of England's High Church party, known as the Tractarians or Oxford Movement, was more theological.

«The Art of Yoga Project (AYP) has a mission to lead teen girls in the California juvenile justice system toward accountability to self, others and community by providing practical tools to effect behavioral change.»

Because the SAC only takes approximately 5 to 7 minutes to administer and was designed for use by clinicians with no neurocognitive testing experience, it is considered a «practical sideline assessment tool» (2) which can «detect changes across multiple domains of cognitive functioning that are susceptible to the acute effects of concussion.»

On a practical level, today's retirement announcement by Ways and Means Chairman Bill Thomas (R) has little effect on the fight for the majority this November.

Such claims, however, have little practical effect under the treaty, which does not recognize, dispute, or establish territorial claims, and establishes an access system to the continent governed by the 50 nations that have signed the treaty.

This result implies that only large treatment effects can be detected by efficacy studies in hAPP mice, since the number of mice per group will likely not be greater than 50, for practical and ethical reasons.

And it was signalled from the outset by the plunger - style boots which, not that they were practical in the slightest, brought a utilitarian edge - something which was emphasised to further effect by military styles of jacket (khaki and double - breasted and with a hint or revolution about them), and deep - pocketed trench coats.

Director Gareth Edwards (Monster) packs the movie with visual references to A New Hope, cleverly matching the design work by avoiding fakey digital effects in lieu of more practical, battle - scared models and lively settings on a series of new planets and a familiar one.

Based on a book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, The Relic is itself a child of the 1990s, with its fashion straight out of a Nirvana music video clip and some old - school wonderful practical effects (and some pretty good though limited CGI), The Relic is a fun romp that will take you for an entertaining ride along its entire running time.

The film also continues the franchise's renewed interest in practical effects, making this once again feel like a lived - in world populated by «real» creatures and «working» vehicles and droids.

When Star Wars: The Force Awakens was in production, much was made of the movie's commitment to honor the feel of the originals by using practical effects and puppetry when possible.

When it does explode, the graphic violence maintains its impact by being real and utilising practical effects.

A practical effect], or the fight sequences where we actually see Batman beat down hordes of the ungodly with surprising ease — and savagery; while we could talk about superb performances [Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman and the rest cast are all in top form] or debate the questions raised by the film for hours, and / or the film's achievement purely on an entertainment level, what makes it a masterpiece is that it is all of these things and more.

Seriously, the movie looks like it has just been rediscovered after being left on a shelf for the last thirty years — driven by a heavy dose of practical effects and bloody carnage, -LSB-...]

Finally, they will understand the thrill of the chopper ride into the war zone, accompanied by an awesome soundtrack and the over-the-tops practical effects used on gore.

The film nonetheless has a distinctly «budget look» when the green screen backdrops and CGI scenery tends to stick out; despite solid practical production design work by Eve Stewart (Les Miserables), the overall effect is that Victor Frankenstein resembles a cheaper version of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movies (and their version of Victorian England), visually speaking.

Still, I hate to think what the FX would look like in a remake; one of the best things about the original is the make - up and practical special effects by Rick Baker (he won the first ever Academy Award for Best Makeup).

Directed by Anthony Wonke, «The Director and the Jedi» provides a feature - length deep - dive into Johnson's production process, from the sprawling use of practical effects to touching moments on the set with the late Carrie Fisher.

Moderated by Talking Dead's Head Nerd in Charge, Chris Hardwick, the panel included Walking Dead creator and writer (for both the shows and the comics) Robert Kirkman, practical effects aficionado and 24 - time episode director Greg Nicotero, executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Negan), Melissa McBride (Carol), Lennie James (Morgan), Katelyn Nacon (Enid), Austin Amelio (Dwight), Tom Payne (Paul «Jesus» Rovia), and of course, Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon).

It's a practical effect, executed by human beings fighting with the physics and gravity of the same planet Earth as the rest of us, and it's glorious in its tossed - off simplicity.

At first glance, that sounds really fun; car chases and crashes are phenomenal, and Getaway does something right by taking so much effort into making the stunts and chases with as many practical effects as possible.

More importantly, Mad Max is a chance for the industry to stand up for practical visual effects, for the crafts people whose jobs are being replaced by computers.

The report, conducted by a group of volunteer economists, is the first independent review of its kind on the effect that undertaking practical, hands - on science projects can have on student attainment and subject choice.

And read this piece by Thomas Toch in the Atlantic describing some practical, lasting effect of the Obama Administration's work to bring commonsense to teacher evaluation.

The «school choice» movement hasn't passed Utah by and we can now begin to evaluate the practical effects it has had.

In mid-19th century Germany, early pioneers like Friedrich Raiffeisen and Hermann Schulze - Delizch were the first to develop practical credit associations, or credit unions, to help farmers struggling from the effects of famine and exorbitant interest rates charged by money lenders.

The true practical effect of the Pease rule is to increase the rate of tax you pay on income above the threshold, generally by a little over 1 percentage point.

Although it works by reducing itemized deductions, its practical effect is usually the same as an increase in your tax rate by about one percentage point.

As a practical matter, the only effect is that the interest that the public pays on Treasury debt can not actually be remitted by the Fed back to the Treasury as usual, but must instead be retained by the Fed in order to recapitalize itself due to losses on the bonds it holds.

So while it's plausible to think that testosterone might have some role to play — at least in theory — it's so overshadowed by other, more significant factors that it just doesn't seem to have much practical effect.

Practical effects and severe leaps of artistic license were needed in such cases, and so you can chalk films like Mortal Combat and Street Fighter up as amusing attempts by today's standards.

This 5 key areas are backed up with practical examples and by showing data such as effects of PR stunts on media coverage and sales.

It's not for nothing that the virtual reality theme park The Void is using practical sets and effects techniques to supplement haptic interfaces and virtual reality goggles, by way of creating an immersive VR experience the likes of which SteamVR and Oculus may not even be able to touch.

Inspired by the modern - day macabre works of video artist Chris Cunningham and the lo - fi / high - cry films of David Cronenberg (specifically Videodrome), these hybrid images utilize both practical and digital effects.

Incentives granted by FERC in Step A do not take effect, Melnyk said, until Step B is complete and PJM approves the project as practical and economic.

The practical impact of the «Coriolis effect» is mostly caused by the horizontal acceleration component produced by horizontal motion.

Our knowledge base, however, is insufficient to quantify the effects of climate change on many of these metrics because of conceptual challenges posed by climate change to standard assumptions, as well as practical data and methodological hurdles; insufficient understanding of how such metrics capture the way people actually feel; and, for non-monetized values, sometimes resistance to calculating them at all (Sussman et al 2014, Neumann and Strzepek 2014).

As global concerns about climate change grow and implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement ramps up, the portfolio of decisions that could be made by nations and cities to avert the most deleterious effects of climate change are so consequential and so long - lasting that public deliberation stands as both an ethical and practical requirement.

It describes current and projected health effects and the challenges they present to health systems in the European Region, as well as practical guidance on action by individuals and countries.