Sentences with phrase «dramatic tension at»

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The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western oil firm in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over control of supply contracts.

The arrests, by national intelligence agents, marked the first at a Western oil firm in Venezuela and represent a dramatic escalation of growing tensions between PDVSA and foreign companies over control of supply contracts, the sources told Reuters.

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.

Jonathan Mostow: More so than sci - fi, I'm interested in dramatic tension, so the filmmakers who influence me most are the ones who are masters at creating suspense and tension...

Yet, at other times, the cinematography and score seem to delve into the realm of thriller, heightening the tension through quick cuts and dramatic music cues.

The movie is so consistently pitched at the same note, indeed, that the structure robs it of possibilities for dramatic tension.

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).

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.

By alternating questions between teams, each team has the same number of at - bats, and the dramatic tension is maximized since everyone can see who is ahead at any moment and what question difficulty is needed to score.

By alternating questions between teams, each team has the same number of at - bats, and the dramatic tension is maximized since everyone can see who is ahead at any moment and what difficulty of question is needed to score.

I usually include one trait that is at odds with the others in order to create dramatic tension.

Although it isn't a perfect novel, I would recommend it for Fallada's talent in showing us that sometimes the most frightening part of a war isn't dramatic at all — it's the psychological game, that tension arising from waiting for something to happen, and wondering if it ever will, that slowly begins to wear the spirit down.

Without conflict there is no dramatic development, no story, no tension — nothing at stake to hold our interest.

They are comical and raunchy at the same time and irony with a dramatic tension.