Sentences with phrase «episodic structure as»

The entanglement between these seven characters is recounted in flashback as Isabella is interviewed by a jaded Hollywood reporter (Illeana Douglas), so the film has a rather episodic structure as it traces each slapstick encounter between these people.

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Though podcasting is hardly a new medium, the fervor surrounding Serial — as well as its unique episodic structure — has broken fresh ground.

Once formed by either serpentinization or microbes, methane could be stored as a stable clathrate hydrate — a chemical structure that traps methane molecules like animals in a cage — for later release to the atmosphere, perhaps by gradual outgassing through cracks and fissures or by episodic bursts triggered by volcanism.

American Pie Presents The Naked Mile's latter half, as a result, moves along at a plodding pace that's compounded by an episodic structure, as the movie lurches from one ill - conceived set - piece to the next with little thought towards momentum or consistency - which inevitably does confirm the film's place as just another interminable waste of time designed to cash in on the original trilogy's success.

Its uneven and episodic structure works better in spurts than as a whole.

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

If there's a knock on the film it's the episodic structure that follows Django and Schultz as they move from one adventure to the next, but it always has connective tissue and never ceases to be engaging.

Perkins outlines the key components of the cycle, namely: ironic detachment, a blank and apathetic tone, an episodic structure (as opposed to traditional act - based structure), strong musicality, wry sarcasm, economy of storytelling and an overwhelming focus on the abstract idea of family.

Made in America is a somewhat special case, as many documentaries are, blending an episodic structure with the more epic scope of filmmaking.

That episodic format can work in some cases (Harold & Kumar, Anchorman), and even seems well - suited to Vacation's «stops along the road trip» structure; but again, Daley and Goldstein keep things so amped up the entire time along the journey that it becomes impossible to appreciate the biggest gag setups and set pieces, as the big payoffs get lost in the rush of little «filler» gags in between each big set piece.

As such, it lacks concrete structure and is more episodic than other installments.

You see I want to talk about the film's structure, how its episodic and unfocused storyline actually points toward its origins as a manga, and how while having little in the way of actual plot the film uses metaphor and subplot as text rather than subtext.

His two follow - up films, House of Flying Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower are as well, but where the former luxuriates in the irrational melodrama of tragic romance and the latter is consumed by the emptiness at the heart of its own baroque decadence, there's a reticence to Hero, a by - product of its episodic structure, narrative instability and potentially repellent politics.

And, of course, the pulpy, melodramatic plot of The Postman Always Rings Twice is the structuring device of Ossessione, in contrast with the episodic, picaresque plotting of the films we think of as neorealist.

The episodic structure of The Walking Dead has been retained, but such is the box - set - centric wiring of my brain, I have reviewed this as a whole, rather than as separate episodes.

In accordance with its episodic, elliptical structure and minimal snippets of dialogue, its essence is elusive, as befits its enigmatic, poetic style, illuminated by Emmanuel Lubezki's spectacular landscape / cityscape cinematography, Jack Fisk's sprawling production design and Alexandre Desplat's sublime, requiem - filled score.

The narrative is structured in an episodic way, but it feels more like a TV show as opposed to your typical episodic video game — what would you expect from a game that prides itself on feeling like a Saturday morning cartoon, though?

It made sense for a game that was bought as a single item, with the disc structure chosen only by data needs, but for a game sold on an episodic basis, FF7 Remake will be split up more sensibly.

The primary parent was interviewed to determine family structure (eg, married, biological parents, single parent, adoptive parents); degree of contact the primary and secondary informants had with the child (eg, daily, episodic); relationship to the child (eg, biological parent, stepparent); number of children in the home; race (categorical options, including other, were provided to the parent; this was done to meet federal reporting guidelines and, if sufficient variability was reported, to investigate race as a moderator variable in secondary analyses); educational level and occupation of parental informants; and income level.