Sentences with phrase «character portraits by»

Other established mechanics return, such as forming a character portrait by examining a person and picking out potential clues.

Not exact matches

To understand how, psychologist Norman Li of Singapore Management University and colleagues showed portraits accompanied by character descriptions to 841 volunteers in Austin, Texas.

By shaping Roxanne Roxanne as a character profile, Larnell accentuates his actors» performances and crafts a nuanced community portrait, two strengths exhibited in his delightful first feature, «Cronies.»

There is indeed a certain immersion value even within the film's style, subtle though it may be, and when it comes to substance, no matter how thinly or formulaically it goes handled, it carries a potential that is reflected in the film carrying wit and dramatic elements as a portrait on man's interactions with his environment and his peers, anchored by memorable characters who are themselves anchored by memorable performances.

For me, the most telling is the one which has excavated from his work not only an extended and devastating critique of the bourgeoisie in general and of 1950s America in particular, but has also recognised a compassionate portrait of characters trapped by social conditions of which they're scarcely even aware.

Yet the film is quietly radical in its unusually demure portrait of a trans character — by comparison, this could be seen as the anti-Tangerine.

The film paints a strikingly hostile portrait of its Latin American characters and some of its mayhem is vicious, even by the debased standards of today's action - movie genre.

Expertly sketched by Baumbach, this memoir - like portrait of lives half - lived is the kind of bittersweet, dimensional character comedy we're now used to seeing told in three seasons of prestige television.

Ultimately, it's a sort of character study, «a complete portrait of a man — one who can be commanding, weak, funny, loving, cold, single - minded, selfless and selfish — and by the end of the drive, you feel like you've known Ivan for years.»

The screenplay by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein goes about the expected route in regards to the protagonists» superiors, etching three separate portraits of bosses whose very existences seem to fly in the face of the basic decency of humanity (not to mention a responsible human resources department), but it's in the central characters» actions that the film truly finds its edge.

Yet it's not always clear what Larraín is setting out to do in this handsomely mounted character portrait, other than showcase an elaborately mannered performance by Natalie Portman as the grief - numbed former first lady.

An experimental non-narrative directed by Dziga Vertov, a contemporary of Sergei Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin), Man With a Movie Camera is an impressionistic portrait of urban life, giving us no characters but, rather, the sense of the complex comings and goings of everyday people through a city.

Though sometimes superficially seen as stuffy portraits of upper - class life, the recent and ongoing 4K restorations of their work by Cohen Media Group has only enhanced the films» intimacy of character and pristine economy of storytelling.

But worse than the clear Manicheism of Rules of Engagement, the stark polarities of good and evil in the American characters, is the portrait of those not American, those not representative of the American ideal symbolised by Hodges and Childers.

Yang's direction shifts seamlessly with the narrative, from the mural - like Hard Rock Cafe sequence, which introduces most of the characters and relationships (imperiously presided over by a framed portrait of Prince), to the increasingly stark and stylized staging of the movie's second half.

In fact, the story presentation itself is done in the most lazy and boring manner possible, with dialog being spout off by the same character portraits for each speaker — no emoting — and this going back and forth until they come up with a reason to fight.

Based on a novel by Tim Tharp, the movie looks like any number of party - time high school movies, but burrows much deeper into its characters and situations, leaving a satisfyingly complex portrait of a guy you might actually know.

It's a matter of record that Jonny Greenwood earned an Oscar nomination for scoring Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread... but a significant piece of music that sets the tone for this moody character portrait is Victor Young's «My Foolish Heart,» played by pianist Oscar Peterson.

The first, by James Whale from 1936 is a nuanced portrait of a racially complex society, with dignified performances from its minority characters (including the electrifying Paul Robeson) which is turned into a much simplified musical starring Howard Keel and directed by George Sydney.

Between the artsy character portraits, the lush maps, the beautiful battles and the excellent use of 3D, Awakening is by far the best looking game I've seen on the 3DS at this point and perhaps the most visually stunning title in the entire series.

We've previously seen Catching Fire portraits of Effie, Haymitch, and Caesar; now it's time for Katniss, Cinna, and new character Beetee (played by Jeffrey Wright) to take center stage.

Expertly sketched by writer - director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) this memoir - like portrait of lives half - lived is the kind of bittersweet, dimensional character comedy we're now used to seeing told in three seasons of prestige television.

Ruby Gentry (Kino Lorber), directed by King Vidor (Duel in the Sun, Solomon and Sheba), stars Jennifer Jones (Portrait of Jennie, The Song of Bernadette) as the title character, a strong - willed Southern woman from the wrong side of the tracks.

If the great and influential Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti was anything like the character portrayed by Geoffrey Rush in «Final Portrait,» they could have come up with another title for the film.

The Secret Scripture (PG - 13 for sexuality, profanity and mature themes) Poignant character portrait of a mental patient (Rooney Mara) forced to vacate the psychiatric hospital she's called home for a half - century because it's slated to be flattened by a wrecking ball.

Before you'd just pick a location and you'd fast travel across the map, but now you have to actually move across it by dragging your character's portrait.

Woody is often sharp with character study and Jasmine is something else, but his portrait of San Francisco working class folk is less convincing and carried only by the strength of a typically excellent cast (it also co-stars Louis C. K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg) and an honesty and commitment that the socially poised rich of the film lack.

Aside from Clarke's painfully - realized portrait, much of the film's strength is established through the character of Joe Gargan, played by Ed Helms.

Portraying a rough - and - tumble, street - smart gay punk, he underplays next to the portraits in ambition and power offered by Saeed Jaffrey and Gordon Warnecke, letting his scruffy character and rough honesty quietly radiate from his simmering presence.

Enger's breathtaking portrait of the vast Plains landscape is matched by the rich expanse of his characters» emotional terrain, as pivotal historical events - the turmoil of expansionism, the near total demise of the bison herds, and the subjugation of the Plains Indians - blend seamlessly with the story of a family's sacrifice and devotion.

Breathtaking portrait of the vast Plains landscape are matched by the rich expanse of characters» emotional terrain, as pivotal historical events blend seamlessly in this story of a family's sacrifice and devotion.

You can achieve this effect by using an outline or portrait of a character, scene, or notable item from your book.

It's a portrait only tarnished by poor animation work, especially in character's faces, and the absence of intelligence AI scripts driving the worlds inhabitants who mostly just stand around and do nothing.

At the bottom of the level select screen is portraits of each character along with the your score for each of them, demanding that you return and try to better yourself and your life by killing more stuff.

Also, the character portraits drawn by Yoshitaka Amano are all great as usual.

At the bottom of the screen, obscured slightly by the menu, is a crawl showcasing the character portraits.

You may even have your portrait drawn by our character designer and become a part of the village's ancestral gallery!

The only aspect of these characters worth caring about is the artwork of them; each character is represented by a portrait that you choose, and they look excellent.

Inside, you'll find all kinds of gruesome goodies including, a physical DRM - Free DVD of the PC game, an old school game manual with character bios, a digital portrait of an MFL All - Star, MFL trading card pack, a MFL poster and a signed signature card by MFL creator, Michael Mendheim and receive everything in the Alpha Access + MFL Test Team T - Shirt Tier.

The narrative half of Pyre is an endless stream of wonderfully written dialogue, imbuing each character with a personality magnified by simple but expressive character portraits.

The team was able to make a realistic concept video by editing in - game scenes from Overwatch and included traditional fighting game visuals such as health bars, character portraits, a timer, stages, and more.

Added color bars by the character portraits on the UI that match the major colors selected by the player.

The suggestions of the art can feel halfway snowed in by all the explanation piling up at the bottom of the screen, and the narrow eyes and curling beards of the character portraits speak louder than the script.

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror — Remastered takes the original game and updates it to run on new operating systems, as well as adding character portraits drawn by legendary English comic book artist Dave Gibbons.

an original portrait of you and 3 Team Notion characters drawn and signed by Andrew Augustin and all of the previous Reward tiers.

In Gotcha Force, he designed the human character's portraits whereas the Gotcha Borgs are all rendered in 3D by other artists.

Pick a mission and you'll usually be treated to a cutscene, but Peter Jackson this ain't: the storyline is featureless fantasy fare and is told by way of a bland collage of character portraits, backgrounds and text boxes.

The character artwork gets its proper due during dialog sequences, where the discussion prompts are framed by beautiful portraits of those being interrogated.

Split into three sections to reflect the different sides of London's nocturnal character, an accompanying book of the same name contains essays by Museum of London's Curator of Photographs, Anna Sparham, poetry by award - winning poet and playwright Inua Ellams, and over 100 images from the exhibition that span the genres of architectural, documentary and portrait photography.

The people she portraits are anonymous to her but also to the viewer by the way they are depicted, often from a distance and without any distinct characters.