Sentences with phrase «female lead protagonists»

While «Parks and Recreation» scribe Katie Dippold, who made her feature film directorial writing debut with «The Heat,» deserves credit for creating two fearless and liberating female lead protagonists, there are several stereotypes the movie regularly used to elicit laughs.

Talking about Dishonored 2, Arkane Studios showcased a gorgeous looking trailer featuring a female lead protagonist named «Emily Couley».

Not exact matches

Female leads comprised 24 % of protagonists in the 100 top domestic grossing films last year — five percentage points fewer than in 2016.

Comparisons will immediately be drawn between Divergent and The Hunger Games, as both are dystopian sci - fi film series based on a trilogy of young adult novels written by women, featuring teenage female protagonists in an action - thriller scenario leading a rebellion against a corrupt and manipulative government force, while also engaging in a bit of romance on the side.

A few other Westerns featuring female protagonists that almost made the cut are: the Coens» «True Grit» although we just didn't really feel like Hailee Steinfeld, good as she is, actually leads the movie; Samuel Fuller «s «Forty Guns» which also stars Western superheroine Barbara Stanwyck; 1995 TV movie «Buffalo Girls» in which Anjelica Huston plays Calamity Jane; William Wellman's «Westward the Women» in which a wagon train of «marriageable» females is brought out to supply a woman - starved town in the West; and straight to video title «The Desperate Trail,» just because this is a list about strong women leads and they don't get much stronger than Linda Fiorentino (alongside Sam Elliott).

Tales of Berseria is the tale of Velvet Crowe, a young pirate that has the honor of being the series» first solo female protagonist (Xillia offered the choice between two different leads).

In terms of the casting, Pfeifer (Pfeifer Brown) has been picked to play the female lead opposite Reese (Resse Mishler) who will be reprising the role of the ill - fated protagonist.

If the deal goes through, Vikander will play the lead female protagonist.

Whether the books are truly feminist is certainly debatable; however, it indisputably imbued its female protagonist with sexual agency, leading her to discover her voice and power.

It's always cool to see high school party stories that center on female protagonists, because there have been plenty of those movies with male leads.

Despite the blockbuster success of «Wonder Woman» and other femme - led films, the number of female protagonists was down 5 percent in 2017's 100 top - grossing films, according to the latest edition of the annual «It's a Man's (Celluloid) World» report.

Additionally, while the fact three of the eight Best Picture nominees (Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road and Room) focus on female protagonists, the lack of women in a number of major categories (notably directing, but also cinematography and original score) continues to be vexing, the overall demographic makeup of Academy membership (primarily Caucasian and over the age of 65) leading to voting trends that remain troublesome, to say the least.

And a best picture win for it, «Shape,» «Lady Bird» or the Meryl Streep - led longshot «The Post» would be the first for a film with a female protagonist since «Million Dollar Baby» 13 years ago.

The four - time Oscar - nominated Bening powerfully connected with, and lost herself in, the biopic's leading female protagonist, as she has long harbored ambitions to play Grahame on the screen.

In many ways it's the most ambitious effort they've put forth yet, with a period story led by a female protagonist, and the publicity boost a Cannes bow provides could be exactly what they're looking for to help get the message out.

Originally aired on the IFC, Sofia Coppola's 1998 debut short introduces many of the thematic elements (loner female protagonist, outsider perspectives) and stylistic flourishes (all her films have opened with the lead actress being driven) that have nade her work so idiosyncratic.

Both have strong female protagonists whose desire for self - realization leads them to defy the cultural expectations that bind them; both are concerned with discrimination and alienation; both take issue with absolutism.

Or are you unaware that Sarah Hoyt is a female Latino science fiction writer who has written stories including homosexual romances on the part of protagonists which have led to happy endings?

This leads to the tale of our female protagonist: the dowdy, artsy and affection - starved Laura Fraser, whose older brothers plot to murder her after their mother dies of breast cancer.

Going into the direction of a young male protagonist when all of Roth's lead characters are female is interesting.

Despite critics who have spewed vehemently against the practicality of the story line in Fifty Shades — such as the apparent mental illness and childhood sexual abuse of the male protagonist and the inexplicable naively virginal female lead — there are still reasons to see the title as a success for both its genre and ebooks as a whole.

hi im interested on ur work but i do nt have much budget my name is luther john and i created our very own first princess fairy tale called the last moondancer Princess Luna the lead female protagonist is based on the character of ancient Babaylans before the spaniards discovered the philippines She was adopted by the oldest moondancer in puerto princesa After a cursed volcanic eruption in mt mayon and was trained all her life to become a moondancer but all her life she only dreams of finding this magical pearl which believed to be the tear from the Gods that grants ur wishes Moondancers can heal any kind of sickness when they dance and their powers wer gift from the Goddess of the Moon Mayari

In this article, 6 female protagonists that you may be unfamiliar with have been highlighted to show that there are many more bold female leads than just the well - known superstars.

We are all aware of Lara Croft, Zelda, Samus Aran, and the ever expanding list of triumphant women protagonists; which leads us to the question, where do the uncharted female leads fit in?

As far as male or female protagonists, I always pick male ones because I tend to think of the protagonist as myself and genuinely have trouble making the lead in an RPG do things too far off from what I'd imagine I would do were I fantasy badass.

In an interview with GamesTM, Lead Designer on Alien: Isolation, Gary Napper explained how important it was for the game to feature a female protagonist.

Right now we have only seen a single trailer for the game and within it was shown a female lead, it remains to be seen whether a male protagonist could be in the game as well, however the trailer does leave this idea questionable as it potray's our protagonists thoughts and feelings pretty heavily.

Turns out the female sharing the cover with the Unnamed Protagonist of the console versions is actually an alternate character option for the lead role.

We also wanted to make a female protagonist, but we thought that in other territories there are not so many female lead characters.

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GameOnDaily Opinion: I'm glad to hear that the game will have a female protagonist, it'll give the game a fresh feel, though it's a shame that the female lead is relegated to a secondary character.

Take a 3D brawler, add mindless fetch quests, hunting and fishing, a post - apocalyptic / fantasy theme (the slash is quite important, as they're not quite merged), powerleveling, 3D bullet hell shooting, boar riding, a hideously scarred and aged protagonist, and a transgender female lead, alongside intriguing graphics, painful foul - mouthed voicework, and inexplicably nonsensical dungeons, and you've got Nier.

-- Female Protagonists, For Real I'm sorry to say I have very little interest in the cultural and political shitstorm that tends to follow declarations like these, but it sure is nice to be getting some genuine variety in lead gaming characters.

We then present some examples of female - led third - person games that humanize rather than objectify their protagonists.

After a Gamasutra article in which Remember Me creative director Jean - Max Morris describes his difficulty in getting a publisher to sign on for a game with a female protagonist, Kimberly Voll (PhD in computer science, honours degree in cognitive science and professor of software engineering and digital media at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver) hosted a game jam whose only requirement was that games feature female lead characters.

Infusing her work with the themes and motifs from Classical Greek art and literature that have been explored throughout the canon of Western art history, Brown situates her female protagonists as the main lead and erases men's presence all together.