Sentences with phrase «consistent tone»

Using consistent tones and texture throughout is a great way to enjoy a relaxed, fuss - free home.

Jackson has a fairly consistent tone in all 6 and strong acting that can get through some of the more controversial moments, where Lucas did not.

When teaching «come,» «sit,» and «down,» use a calm, positive, and consistent tone of voice to command the behavior and a high - pitched happy tone as a reward.

There's no real consistent tone.

Because as soon as you go into jokes or little stories then it becomes more difficult to maintain a consistent tone of voice.

They want «a consistent tone and culture» (para 32) with «options... for the Church as a whole to implement with integrity.»

Arguably the red - haired surrogate Wendy is the first time since Dave Thomas's death that the brand found a memorable or consistent tone.

The white noise works well to drown out background noise and to give a consistent tone to sleep to.

Friedkin can't sustain a consistent tone, and the film feels uneven and all over the map.

It's an unapologetically over-the-top premise that, although employed to exceedingly entertaining effect within the book, inevitably results in a middling cinematic endeavor, as Howard - working from a script by David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman - emphasizes a consistent tone of reverence that proves an incongruous match with the comparatively light - hearted nature of Brown's eponymous bestseller.

Screenwriter Lorene Scafaria (the similarly fey «Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist») is over her head in her feature directing debut, unable to establish a consistent tone in a movie that flirts with black comedy, satire, romantic comedy and touchy - feely earnestness without really delivering any of them.

The directing is also weak, and has trouble keeping a consistent tone, yet Melissa Etheridge provides a strong theme song («In Roxy's Eyes») that captures the spirit of film.

This was a really cool movie that has a consistent tone throughout.

And it fails to develop a consistent tone that would enable viewers to suspend their disbelief and be carried away by a simple tale of two people falling for each other.

Still, the character - driven screenplay co-written by Braff and his brother Adam features some ambitious if calculated ideas that don't achieve either a consistent tone or a satisfying emotional resonance, especially when it comes to the plight of its protagonist torn between personal dreams and family obligations.

Never settling on a consistent tone or establishing a convincing context for its central character, the movie ultimately seems to grow bored even with itself.

Its narrative is jerky, the flashbacks seem forced, and there's nary a consistent tone to be found in the entire film.

Emmerich isn't strenuous about setting a consistent tone.

In a film that never finds a consistent tone (stage - trained Lloyd, a rookie film director, frames scenes as though under a proscenium), Seyfried supplies the sunshine.

The film can't grasp a consistent tone in its melodramatic depiction of true events.

The writers created a consistent tone from the start, constructing the film as open - ended, full of questions and open to interpretation.

Given that it's the directorial debut of Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the writing team behind the subversive Bad Santa and Bad News Bears, perhaps what's most disappointing is the film's inability to establish a consistent tone.

Allen seems both intrigued and repulsed by all the glamour and never keeps a consistent tone, just as his leading man stumbles trying to achieve coherence, seemingly alternating in every other scene from nebbish, stuttering clown to passive - aggressive bully to suave sophisticate.

The film is not without interest, but does have trouble finding a consistent tone: how funny should it be when people are getting killed is a question it never quite resolves.

Is it an uneasy collision of sensibilities that keeps the movie from settling on a consistent tone?

It doesn't help maintain a consistent tone throughout Once Upon A Time In Venice.

He still needs to learn how to rein in his movies a little bit and establish a consistent tone.

There's plenty to admire throughout the entire film; Ford's direction is ambitious and, like his work in A Single Man, he has a keen artistic eye with some vibrant and striking imagery captured by Christopher Brown's art direction, Seamus McGarvey's sombre cinematography and the gorgeous production design by Shane Valentino and Meg Everist invites you into the characters» dark, dual existences without ever losing its consistent tone.

Shaw almost stubbornly refuses to commit to a consistent tone.

But while Scott's movie has a consistent aura, it lacks a consistent tone.

The Happys never manages to find a consistent tone, awkwardly blending broad comedy with serious emotional moments that don't come off.

Because Blomkamp co-wrote the script, he filled «Chappie» with so many concepts that the movie lacks a consistent tone.

This is all of a piece with the director's inability to maintain a consistent tone throughout the film, which veers from reality to fantasy to occasional stabs at black humor.

Director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses, The King of Kong) struggles to maintain a consistent tone with the DOA script by Craig Mazin (Superhero Movie, Scary Movie 4), allowing his stars to ad - lib their way into hilarity when it became obvious that there just weren't many opportunities for laughs in the awful screenplay.

Unfortunately, it can't master a consistent tone.

It doesn't have a consistent tone, in other words.

The film also fails to establish a consistent tone, sampling a variety of genres (from dark comedy, to crime thriller, to blue - collar drama) like a kid at an ice cream shop who can't make up his mind.

Or maybe not, because while initially it struggles to establish a consistent tone, as soon as the plot kicks off in earnest, the film picks up speed and confidence, venting plumes of sight gags, bloody violence and deadpan, dead - on cultural observations like powdery snow from a thematically - appropriate metaphorical snowplow.

Liz Garden and Mike Mastrullo do a great job of this by presenting a consistent tone in their writing, staying on topic with a theme, and organizing their posts and blogs in a way that appeals to the school community.

Being emotionally objective requires a consistent tone — a steadiness in the face of challenging situations and students» complex personalities.

During the Laptop Mag Audio Test (playing a consistent tone at a distance of 23 inches), the Switch 10's pair of front - facing speakers hit 82 decibels, matching the ultraportable average.

When we ran the Laptop Mag Audio Test (measuring a consistent tone from a distance 13 inches), the tablet registered 77 decibels.

In terms of maintaining a consistent tone and atmosphere, Hotline Miami is probably one of the most effective games I've ever played.

But the situation is no different with the courts - judges with a unique judicial voice, like Judge Richard Posner, write their own opinions precisely because they desire a consistent tone across all of their opinions.

You can also keep a consistent tone in your emails when you use templates.