Sentences with phrase «driving their characters through»

At the end of this workshop, you will have a better understanding of what makes your main character tick, what drives your character through the story, and how conflict affects character growth and change.

Not exact matches

Universal Brand Development globally drives expansion of the company's intellectual properties, franchises, characters and stories through innovative physical and digital products, content, and consumer experiences.

In Charlotte Simmons, one finds all the features that have made Wolfe one of the greatest contemporary North American novelists: a plot that drives at breakneck speed through a major culture - shaping institution, an array of flawed yet yearning characters tested to the limits of their endurance, and startlingly authentic dialogue.

The theory put forward time and again by members of the football media was that the club and the squad did not have enough strong characters and leaders to get us through the hard times and drive the team on when it was needed.

One manages a household of characters, each endowed with distinct drives and personality traits, each cycling through an endless series of short - term needs (companionship, say, or food), each enmeshed in a network of relationships with other characters.

Good story line and interesting characters make this game well worth playing and the detective type role offers an unusual game playing experience on the downside the chase felon, drive to point A, chase felon, drive to point B sections get a little repetitive but still worth a play through.

Gravity becomes a character study driven by a riveting central performance and a radical thrill ride delivered with near real - time urgency which thrusts you through its implausibilities.

As compelling as the racing scenes are, it's really the depth of the two main characters that touches the viewer, as they forcefully drive home the theme that victory attained through devotion, commitment, integrity, and sacrifice is the most admirable feat that one can achieve.

It's not gonna change the world, or even come remotely close to it, but it does offer a strong, character - driven indie comedy with a focus on one of the darker periods of American history (we're going through one of those right now).

Not only were several of the movie's major characters involved in the assassination plot (it was a multi-pronged affair and involved other attempts on lives of the cabinet), Lincoln drove through throngs of people, enraptured in celebratory glee, following the passing of the Amendment.

Nerve is exciting, topical and potentially prescient, but it scores no points for character development, and the plot holes are so big that you could, well, drive a speeding motorcycle through them.

If you only watch one film this year wherein a Game Of Thrones character escalates through the ranks of a elite prison gang of white supremacists after manslaughtering Schmidt from New Girl in a drunk driving accident, make it Shot Caller, currently streaming on Amazon Prime.

Characters drive recklessly through the city.

I do feel almost apologetic damning Days of Future Past on the basis of a single trailer, but would be keen to hear how readers think the film can possibly function on a character - driven level with so many superheroes to get through.

Even in his more plot — and character — driven films like The Rules of the Game (1939) he utilized a detached voyeurism keyed into the moments between moments, of people dressing and driving, of walking through rooms and down hallways to the sound of silence or meaningless chatter.

The country's culture of secrecy and isolationism is an important and fascinating part of its larger mythos, but it's one that Black Panther purposefully inspects and challenges through the various drives and goals of its characters.

The story is relayed to the player through flashbacks as they are interrogated by a bounty hunter and follows the basic premise that was the driving force behind the previous Borderlands games — Searching for vaults that contains a priceless artefact, sending our characters off on a quest to find keys to unlock them.

To add some excitement to a movie driven by talking heads on phones, Reitman makes use of split screens in which characters poke out and pass through their allotted portion of the frame.

Every narrative that you have seen in any of the Marvel movies leading up to this point comes to bear in some way because all of the characters and all of the franchises are coming together, bringing their themes and their tone and the things that motivate the characters are driving them through this story.

It takes a good 30 minutes to pick up the kind of momentum needed to drive a depressing character like Largeman through the finish line, but once Portman pops up as the cheerful love interest (reminiscent of her earlier work in «Beautiful Girls»), the film glides to its conclusion.

The contest runs through next Wednesday, September 29th, and one lucky winner will walk away with a branded flask, a «Boardwalk Empire» book about the real - life characters, and a keychain flash drive preloaded with exclusive content.

Though the film's attempts at character - driven diversions feel a bit muddled, director Matt Wolf overall does an effective job of showing the similarities of teens through the years.

Saddest of all, though, is watching two veterans, Robert Duvall and James Woods, try to find their way through this mess of a character - driven script.

«Beauty isn't everything; it's the only thing,» proclaims a character midway through Nicolas Winding Refn's (Drive, Only God Forgives) newest film The Neon Demon.

It's a pointless, violent drive - by through clichéd settings within a ludicrous plot, piloted by a main character that apparently has some undiagnosed form of super-Tourette's syndrome.

Valerie Easton, in her directing debut, lets the cast tell the tale through acting and character - driven singing, saving the glitzy song - and - dance for later.

Blu - ray exclusives will be familiar to loyal Universal customers, beginning with three core U-Control features: a Picture in Picture option that includes cast and crew interviews, set footage, and pre-production art (like storyboards); the Blackbriar Files, which give access to high - tech superspy information technology (like pop - up Agent Status, Character Dossiers, Field Reports with «GPS - enhanced satellite views of the locations,» and «the technology behind the spy gadgets through visuals and 3D animations»); and Bourne Orientation, which jumps out of the film to provide literal orientation (globally speaking) and figurative orientation: information about what's driving Bourne at key junctures in the story (answering that eternal actor's question: «What's my motivation?»).

The story and characters are what really drive the interest in advancing through what might have otherwise been a slog of a brawler, but the action driven gameplay also keeps it fun and exciting.

When playing solo, you can: challenge a variety of championship tournaments, design your character, take on time trials and freestyle stunt events, play through custom races, or simply drive around aimlessly on your track of choice.

Characters fire shots on a busy street and drive recklessly through narrow city streets.

Specifically, where most AAA action games simply fake a sense of character growth through inexorably expanding ability trees — simulating player - authored progress by really just rationing off game systems - Destiny and God of War aim to more specifically bridge the gap between straightforward action game and proper, player - driven, stats - powered RPG, delivering the (optional) depth of the latter without having it dominate the experience.

It remains funny through discussion of the filmmakers» many diverse movie and toy inspirations, development of story ideas and the characters, and, yes, a bit of the technical aspects driving the animation.

Personally, the character - driven half does more for me than the prolonged sequences of our heroes running through wet hallways and trying to smash their way to safety.

But the way Mike works is it's all actor - driven; the characters are developed by the actors themselves through [improvisational] rehearsals, from birth really through when they end.

Everyone involved is impressive in this huge, wild character - driven piece that has numerous layers running through its mind.

His character Bobby Andes sports a huge stetson as he drives through Texas to help Jake Gyllenhaal's character find the crazies who kidnapped his family.

It was Thanos» love for Death that drove his demented, genocidal aspirations in The Infinity Gauntlet mini-series, but in Avengers: Infinity War, the character was excised from an already - overcrowded cast in favor of a new backstory for Thanos whereby he is driven by a desire to bring balance to the universe through population control.

A smoothly written script gives us glimpses of what these characters are going through allowing the film to drive home it's hall of fame status as one of the most well crafted films of all time.

Halfway through Garland's film, a character drives a scalpel into his arm fervently hunting for circuitry.

(Exactly how much time in each film is devoted to lengthy passages of the characters driving in cars, walking through countrysides and urban developments, and sitting in mind - numbing business conferences?

As he walks through the scene, Coogler explains his use of color, the character - driven contrast between Nakia and Okoye's fighting styles, and how he designed the shots for maximum impact.

At the very least, they can help to instill a sense of hope and optimism in their students — by getting them ready for college and / or a satisfying career, by embracing high - quality technical education, and by developing in them character traits like drive and prudence, both via classroom instruction and through extracurricular activities.

Working through a local character - education program called Alchemy, they struggle to balance the effects of their upbringing with their drive to succeed academically.

Through creative Instructional Design and character - driven...

Community Engagement: We cultivate character in the Lower School through annual clothing, food and toy drives, student - led fundraisers, and a fifth - grade community service team in charge of recycling efforts, classroom volunteer projects and community partnerships — in Atlanta and around the world.

Cruising along on a sunny Tuesday morning, we wished we were driving something with a little more character through that lovely countryside.

Any lingering regrets that it didn't have four - wheel drive were soon blown away by the character and delivery of the turbocharged five - cylinder engine and a chassis that did a remarkably fine job of channelling those rampaging horses through the front axle.

In line with the character of the V12 Vantage, a revised Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) system permits the driver, through three modes of operation, to manage how the system intervenes during more challenging driving situations.

All of which is in keeping with the character of the nine - speed auto, which does shift quickly and in a timely fashion when you want it to but is at its best when it's left to slur through the ratios to keep the engine in its hearty mid-range, since it does occasionally pick an ill - advised ratio in harder driving.

Hello, I've been working with Darius Edwards on a deal with my 2018 Dodge Charger Hellcat, We have been communicating through phone calls and also emails for a couple weeks, everything he stated in the deal was the same once I physically got there face to face, The Ann harbor Michigan location which was a three and half hours away from home which was well worth the drive, My experience was very friendly and helpful from the Suburban location, Darius was out going and very persistent to sale this car and his character and customer service was excellent.