Sentences with phrase «dramatic tension as»

It's when the film reaches Candie's plantation that it drops off considerably, largely due to less dramatic tension as well as an unconvincing performance by Samuel L. Jackson as Candie's trusted house slave (while the other actors at least make some attempt at period verisimilitude, Jackson sounds as contempo as he did in Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction).

Top - billed Julie Harris provides much of the dramatic tension as the woman who finds her affections divided between the two boys.

«CAN I BE ME» ● THE WOUND, by John Trengove, brims with dramatic tension as a man returns to his small, South African community to participate in the annual ceremony where teenage boys are initiated into manhood in an environment wholly dedicated to traditional male mores.

There's a genuine sense of dramatic tension as the plot moves forward and the build - up has the right amount of punch to carry it over the slow parts.

Gentle comedy, courtesy of Walters in fine lip - pursing form, underpins the anguished vacillations of the heart and stokes dramatic tension as Eilis dithers between her two paramours.

Not exact matches

So just as recognition is the relieving, the relaxing factor in the dramatic life, so is concealment the factor of tension.

This necessarily involves a look at the tensions, debates and passions marking the era from Vatican I to Vatican II: a Church struggling with dramatic changes in European politics as the last vestiges of the ancien regime toppled.

This is questionable theology, but it is genius as a literary move and a perfect solution to the problem that God's omnipotence poses for dramatic tension in a supernatural novel.

I'm telling you Greetje, this was dramatic tension and humor as the plot developed.

As a character study, the film generates a lot of dramatic mileage out of the tension between Jessica's hilariously frank demeanor toward others and her professional and personal doubts.

And the fight sequences are reliably diverting, though the build - up to the final showdown as the ronin prepare to storm the premises of the evil Lord Kira (Tadanobu Asano) is the only one that approaches sublimity, given the more intensified sense of dramatic and emotional tension.

John Logan, screenwriter for Gladiator, provides some good moments of dramatic tension, even if Shinzon looks and acts a bit too much like Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus to think he wasn't borrowing ideas from himself.

The King Of Kong baddie Billy Mitchell shows up here as a friend and cheerleader, and considering modest Iowa machinist McVay's greatest adversary appears to be himself, sometimes Man Vs. Snake has to contort itself into some pretty elaborate shapes in its attempts to create dramatic tension.

But, as many have often criticized Scott as regards his recent output, it also lacks key components that made his earlier classics timeless — dramatic tension, spectacular thrills, and memorable characters.

It certainly doesn't help that Dolly's betrothed, Owen (James Norton), is a complete nonentity, both as sketched and rendered; ergo, there's no sense of proper balance or dramatic tension in Dolly's affinity for these two men.

Unfortunately, the script drags considerably for the first hour, failing to wring any real dramatic tension from their decision to keep the money and unfairly tipping the balance in their favour by having them be in need of expensive IVF treatment, as well as facing eviction.

As a story, it is a bit mundane, tossing in a fatal disease to increase the dramatic tension, and trying to bring some meaning beneath the subtext of the big race.

The turnaround of the attitudes of the class seems too pat and expedient for believability, and many of the events of the film strike me as heavily embellished for the purposes of dramatic tension.

But the producers» spectacular ambitions are undercut time and again by two factors: by the fact that the essential dramatic interest inheres in the grotesquely confined agonies of one man and, beyond that, in the unlikely (which is to say, in entertainment terms, likely) friendship and love of two men; and by the very nature of Franklin Schaffner as a director — that he is also one of the producers serves not so much to contradict my idea of Schaffner the director as to index an ambivalence that is the richest source of tension in the movie.

Passengers has been sold as a love story, but for the sake of dramatic tension films like it are often guilty of normalizing abuse

Even the best images get scuppered by awkward ones, as when Ozon follows a dark, misty tracking shot of Anna and Adrien returning home from a late - night dance with some boilerplate medium close - ups that dissipate dramatic tension and muffle expressive detail.

This is incredibly unfortunate since there are several scenes that could have gone darker and as a result would have created some great dramatic tension.

The film manages to almost wordlessly lay the groundwork for a strong, tender family dynamic, which is essential because when time flashes forward to over a year later, and the mom is now pregnant, no matter how tempting it is to fault the parents for their carelessness, our protective feelings take over — as does great dramatic tension: survival was already tricky, but how can they possibly stand a chance with a screeching newborn in the mix?

Zaillian seems more interested in getting factual details right than building any real dramatic tension or momentum, and the film never quite reaches takeoff speed, despite the solid work of the acting ensemble (especially William H. Macy as the accountant of Jan's firm).

But it's Fiona Dourif who carries the dramatic weight of the film on her shoulders, succeeding in making us take the mystery and tension seriously even as people get decapitated by a red headed killer doll.

The bulk of the dramatic tension doesn't come until later: Initially, the focus is on the couple as they relate to their children and to the big - hearted folks who have invited them into their home for relaxation and conversation.

We know director Dean Devlin as the box office - blockbusting, special effects - driven storyteller who blends robust action sequences and escalating dramatic tension into big, crowd - rousing entertainment.

If I were to cast an action movie that's got some dramatic tension (so not just a shoot»em up kind of flick), I'd cast Alan Rickman or Timothy Dalton opposite a young actor like James McAvoy or Tom Hardy as a villain.

The female co-stars, Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway, limited as they are by small roles, both manage to steal scenes at times, with Williams particularly given the opportunity to bring true dramatic tension to her turn as Ennis» long - suffering wife.

I wouldn't characterize it as an easy role to play because the great hoax of Deadpool is that there's actually great dramatic tension that surrounds all of the comedy in the movie.

With Bello committed to a serviceable, if constrictive, interpretation of the severely depressed Nancy as a woman barely reachable through a fog of pain and mental exhaustion, all dramatic tension rests on the potential for humanity in Louis.

No tension sticks for long enough to make a discernible dramatic impression; queasily, even the subplot concerning an abuse victim in Poppy's class merely serves as a pretext to hook her up with a cute social worker.

Higher Drama Essay Question: As a director, choose a character from your selected text and describe in detail five ways in which this character helps to create dramatic tension.

In particular, students learn how key features such as dramatic irony, dramatic tension, pauses, hesitations, and stage directions can aid the creation of original and engaging playscripts.

In episode three (49:00), as the year winds down, the tensions among the educators reach a dramatic showdown.

As tension mounts in the Indiana Territory, the boys» friendship is tested in this dramatic novel in verse, masterfully read by Picasso, Michael Bakkensen, and Tandy Cronyn.

Creating tension that ebbs and flows, he slowly builds the dramatic narrative to a resounding crescendo, and he makes the quieter scenes that follow just as compelling.

In doing so, he creates a dramatic tension that is as good as any novel.

Tone I hope most authors are familiar with tone from their writing: for highly dramatic scenes, we make sure our language matches the scene — we don't use «poopyface» as an insult in an intense scene in a novel for adults (unless we really want to mess with the tension for comedic effect).

As such, composing for film or television will often involve more dramatic ups and downs in the music to closely match the scene whereas in video games, the composer is usually composing music layers (ambient exploration music, combat music, tension music etc.) that will transition between one another,» he noted, adding, «Trailer music is unique in that the music needs to make a very immediate and direct impact on the audience in a short amount of time.

Rape and sexual assault are also frequently used as a sort of narrative currency to try and raise the emotional stakes and heighten the dramatic tension for gamers.

In their dramatic scale and graphic simplicity, they mark a point of departure for the artist, but might also be said to reveal both an unseen structure and a complex set of tensions that quietly anchor Wadden's ongoing practice as a whole.