Sentences with phrase «constructed as a short story»

Although Tomboy is as tightly constructed as a short story and as seemingly straightforward as a documentary, the parable about a small fib that grows out of control is so rooted in the rich soil of sexual identity that it entangles us.

Not exact matches

Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig (Undead, Daybreakers) and based on the short story «All You Zombies» by the late Robert A. Heinlein, Predestination is said to be an ingeniously constructed puzzle - box, as emotional as it is thrilling.

The SAPERE's Philosophy 4 Children (P4C) sessions include stimuli such as a short video clip or story to prompt structured discussions around topics like truth, knowledge and fairness, with the aim of helping children to become more willing and able to ask questions, construct arguments and engage in reasoned discussion.

Day 2 of my Roald Dahl themed Summer Camp (originally for Korean EFL students) Includes: * A short summary of the story - using images from the film and Quentin Blake illustrations * A board game and counters that I made (the same rules as «snakes and ladders») * Team activity «Egg Drop» where students must construct a contraption using art supplies to protect their egg when it is dropped from a window.

Essentially, you construct a «story» using text or pictures and link either to major elements as your story advances or to «shards» of one sort or another that strike off in parenthetical directions — all of which is better explained, unsurprisingly, in the short movie provided on the site.