Sentences with phrase «dramatic device in»

But this lie is a critical dramatic device in the movie, Mom Maggie Gyllenhaal's first major «aha» moment.

At the same time, she can wield it as a dramatic device in itself.

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Graham stands with several other Glass owners at Google's IO developers» conference, where the company first revealed the device with a dramatic live sky - diving demo in 2012.

Perhaps the technology's most attractive feature, though, is its ability to automatically move data onto the most economical storage device, potentially leading to a dramatic reduction in costs.

Park: In the last decade, we've seen a dramatic shift from working at your desktop to working on a mobile device.

Zynga, once one of Silicon Valley's fastest - growing companies, suffered a dramatic reversal of fortunes in 2012 as gamers switched from Facebook - based games to those on mobile devices.

The dramatic shift, signaled by devices like Google Home and Amazon Echo, is that we will speak conversationally with chatbots about anything business related (and about anything in our personal life).

IT analyst forecasts remain unable to keep pace with the dramatic rise in cybercrime, the ransomware epidemic, the refocusing of malware from PCs and laptops to smartphones and mobile devices, the deployment of billions of under - protected Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the legions of hackers - for - hire, and the more sophisticated cyber-attacks launching at businesses, governments, educational institutions, and consumers globally.

In order for high - altitude turbines to work, they must have automated control systems that can guarantee the device won't crash in a dramatic and expensive accidenIn order for high - altitude turbines to work, they must have automated control systems that can guarantee the device won't crash in a dramatic and expensive accidenin a dramatic and expensive accident.

Nonetheless, this dramatic increase in quantum yield realized with a uniquely innovative lead sulfide quantum dot photoelectrochemical device is an important development in several ways, and as such is a product of Yan's long - standing interest in renewable sources of energy, especially in novel applications of solar energy.

In the movie, highlighting Euler's Method works as a dramatic plot device.

She notes that those who have success with the device typically notice an improvement in about a month, and some people see a dramatic change.

In key scenes (Sahmi's meeting with the General, the montage sequence showing Houshang's attempts to raise money using repetitive framing devices, and several of Parviz's key scenes, which often function like dramatic monologues) the performances appear often to be slightly stylized and theatrical, offering, I believe, a degree of distanciation (in the Brechtian sense), somewhat in the manner of, say, Rainer Werner FassbindeIn key scenes (Sahmi's meeting with the General, the montage sequence showing Houshang's attempts to raise money using repetitive framing devices, and several of Parviz's key scenes, which often function like dramatic monologues) the performances appear often to be slightly stylized and theatrical, offering, I believe, a degree of distanciation (in the Brechtian sense), somewhat in the manner of, say, Rainer Werner Fassbindein the Brechtian sense), somewhat in the manner of, say, Rainer Werner Fassbindein the manner of, say, Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Composite characters, plot devices, dramatic license, and artistic flourishes are understandably necessary in the effort to condense and create an entertaining final product fit for ticket buyers.

Gertrud renounces external eventfulness in order to cultivate internal or imaginative eventfulness» — and using the (constant - and - never - moving as a way to allow viewers to focus on acting and the body rather than on technical formalist tricks, in fact, the shots are the longest technically allowable before the invention of digital shooting) camera merely as a functional recording - device rather than as an originator of instant meaning and knowledge as in Hollywood, this film remains the best summation of the truism that a longwinded presentation of several actors merely speaking for ten - minutes - a-scene while the camera does not move and no artificial and manipulative «cinematic language» is involved, in other words, the dreaded «merely filmed non-cinematic literature and theatre,» not only has a much greater capacity to teach than any Hollywood mode of filmmaking but is more dramatic than any car chase.

The dramatic device of a story unfolding over a single night — with revelations of character and various crises coming to the fore in the wee hours — carries its own highly familiar baggage, with Long Day's Journey Into Night the pinnacle of the form and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Whereas most of Happy Together consists of Liu - fai and Ho - ping's dance of devotion and rejection, most of In the Mood for Love is given over to Mr. Chow and Mrs. Su's dance of longing and fear, interestingly refracted through an odd dramatic device: each one playacts the role of the other's spouse, in order to understand the affair, or possibly (intentionallIn the Mood for Love is given over to Mr. Chow and Mrs. Su's dance of longing and fear, interestingly refracted through an odd dramatic device: each one playacts the role of the other's spouse, in order to understand the affair, or possibly (intentionallin order to understand the affair, or possibly (intentionally?

In particular, students learn how to make sustained, clear interpretations about the impact of the dramatic devices upon tone, plot, and meaning.

Over the course of this journey, they become able to: - Define and understand key dramatic devices; - Identify and discuss the dramatic devices that Priestley uses towards the end of Act One.; - Read and interpret the end section of Act One in the play; - Analyse how Priestley's use of dramatic devices is used effectively for impact; - Peer / self - assess learning attempts.

Made up of a wide - range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer's ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, understanding dramatic and language devices, and relating the text to its social and historical context.

The lesson follows a step - by - step learning journey, in which students learn through: - Defining and exemplifying the key dramatic devices; - Relating key dramatic devices to the themes of confusion and deception; - Reading and comprehending the predominant plot events in Act II Scene I. - Completing an essay style response in which they consider how dramatic devices help to create Shakespeare's intended effects upon audiences.

The concerns raised by some parties are that the ease of ebook borrowing to handheld devices will have a dramatic impact on libraries, specifically in a massive reduction of the numbers of patrons who need to actually go to their local community libraries.

Part of the reason for the dramatic increase in OverDrive - powered usage is the wider reach of devices in schools, either through funding for technology or the increasingly popular Bring Your Own Device initiative.

The YA book, Illuminae, referenced earlier, uses similar devices to indicate radio static in the universe and even features sentences written along sine curves to underscore these statements to dramatic effect.

In fact, the Streak was revealed in the most dramatic manner for when speaking about «the device we use to access our information shouldn't matter anymore,» he added, «Actually, I've got a new little device right here.&raquIn fact, the Streak was revealed in the most dramatic manner for when speaking about «the device we use to access our information shouldn't matter anymore,» he added, «Actually, I've got a new little device right here.&raquin the most dramatic manner for when speaking about «the device we use to access our information shouldn't matter anymore,» he added, «Actually, I've got a new little device right here.»

Harvey makes Ansley's confidence and maturity work as a dramatic device — every interaction between Ansley and Jack is weighed against Ansley's love for her daughters, lingering grief for her late husband and security in the life she's built for herself.

The swift and dramatic shift in reading habits was brought on by the rising popularity of tablets and e-reader devices, which are now owned by one - third of the U.S. population 16 and older, the survey showed.

The device was previously running Android 4.3, so the jump in software isn't dramatic, but the 550 MB update certainly brings changes.

«These devices were not intended to be a dramatic change in terms of hardware from the existing Galaxy Tabs because frankly we feel that the hardware on the existing Galaxy Tabs is still extremely competitive and still industry leading,» said Travis Merrill, director of tablet marketing at Samsung, during a media briefing.

An example of the dramatic shift from desktop to mobile is nowhere more apparent than in the fact that more visitors access Facebook every day via their mobile devices than they do with their PCs.

How a dorm room Minecraft scam brought down the Internet (Garrett M. Graff / Wired - ARTICLE) «The most dramatic cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom, as three young American computer savants pleaded guilty to masterminding an unprecedented botnet — powered by unsecured internet - of - things devices like security cameras and wireless routers — that unleashed sweeping attacks on key internet services around the globe last fall.»

For instance, Self Born, 1949, while taking full advantage of the «drip, blob, and spatter» method used by Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell, among others, went one dramatic step further by employing these devices not against the kind of flat, implied space that existed in Pollock's and Motherwell's canvases but within the infinite, clearly defined atmospheric space also found in the works of such Surrealists as Dali and Tanguy.

The first major survey of the artist's work in Australia, Gerard Byrne: A late evening in the future builds on this interest in collective history and dramatic reconstruction, employing the device of a playback system to convulsively shuttle and scroll through moments of memory and cultural amnesia.

The artists in Structures create systems, shift contexts, and engage with perception, utilizing unconventional devices such as exhibitions within exhibitions and dramatic shifts in scale between microcosm and macrocosm.

Published by NAVTEC (a provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in - vehicle and other portable platforms — more on that in a sec), the study revealed that the drivers using traffic enabled navigation devices experienced dramatic time savings, spending 18 percent less time driving on an average trip versus drivers without navigation.

In time, Michigan lawmakers and lawmakers around the country may finally recognize that they can make a dramatic impact on their constituents by prohibiting the use of handheld devices by anyone who is driving a vehicle.

With its dramatic 10 times improvement in draw call speed, Metal enables leading game providers for the first time to bring console - class 3D games to mobile devices.

Google introduced full - device encryption back in Android Gingerbread (2.3.x), but it has undergone some dramatic changes since then.

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Relentless software updates and a dramatic price cut have resulted in the device finally being at least worthy of your consideration, but its blundering launch appears to have hurt Essential where it counts.

The Pixel 2 XL offers a more dramatic display in terms of design with a higher resolution, sitting with other 2017 flagships, while the Pixel 2 is a more standard device.

There's a dramatic reduction in the amount of metal around the sides, and as a result is a device that's ultimately more awkward to hold.

«This dramatic increase in smartphone use to help with remodeling is driven by a variety of changes: greater use of mobile devices, a need of home owners to get better results from their remodeling investments, and better apps,» says Dan Fritschen, founder of www.remodelormove.com.

Couple the vast amount of tablets now on the market and the millions of iPad's already sold with the continued innovation in mobile devices and sales of new handsets (it's estimated Verizon will sell 10 million iPhone 4's in 2011); what we are witnessing is a dramatic shift toward mobile computing.