Fans of Harry Potter and magic, rejoice: Universal Orlando is expanding its Wizarding World of Harry Potter with a new area based on the books»
fictional scenes in Diagon Alley and London.
It's a docu - social - realist adventure, with
fictional scenes in a real setting.
Today the technology is in the hands of a building - materials company called RavenBrick LLC, whose «thermoreflective» windows and walls bring to life
my fictional scenes in which buildings adapt to changes in the environment.
Wright and McCarten stage an entirely
fictional scene in which the prime minister rides the London Underground and holds court with the common folk, asking their opinions of the war and whether Britain should hold fast in its resistance to the Nazi invasion.
Review (2015) shows a constructed
fictional scene in which German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her three predecessors gaze at (and are dwarfed by) Barnett Newman's Vir Heroicus Sublimis (1950 — 51).
Not exact matches
You can also learn about the real - world plant and animal life that inspired Avatar's
fictional flora and fauna, peer inside the Armored Mobility Platform suit that was used
in combat
scenes, and examine the filmmakers» models of Na» vi characters and their costumes.
There are anti-Christian
scenes played out
in the film (above the obvious Creation / Evolution debate) that are probably
fictional and are hits against Christianity.
I could go on and on about all the awesome little touches that fill the film, about the bloody great soundtrack (which include songs composed by Beck, Broken Social
Scene and Metric for the
fictional bands
in the film) and so on, but I think I'll leave it that for now.
Together they've tackled the Manchester music
scene in 24 Hour Party People, and the
fictional side of their celebrity personas
in Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story, both with the help of eclectic English director Michael Winterbottom (The Killer Inside Me).
One
scene is built entirely around the fact that the league's commissioner is named Gordon, which could be sort of mildly funny
in real life but becomes embarrassing
in the context of
fictional comedy.
And if this were a film that had all of the same
scenes,
in the same order, but was strictly
fictional without any reference to America's most wanted man, I don't think the same critics who love it now would remain quite so enamored.
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, Phantom Thread, a portrait of a
fictional fashion designer
in the couture
scene of 1955 London, indulges
in similar revels, placing the film firmly
in the tradition of the melodramatic women's pictures of the 1940s: it's filled with achingly vivid close - ups (Anderson also shot the film) of shining colored threads, needles piercing thick fabric, rough - edged hand - sewn labels, intricate lace patterns, and rich cloth falling
in sculptural folds.
The scenario is
fictional, but the sex
scenes can be construed as documentary
in nature, to almost the same extent as the nine concerts that punctuate the film and provide it with its title.
But now, with key new
scenes of Roberta Sparrow (aka Grandma Death) and chapter headings to correspond to the
fictional textbook
in the movie (The Philosophy of Time Travel), Donnie Darko is organized
in such a way that new and old audiences can get a better idea as to what's happening
in this rich tale of a young man and his personal search for God.
In reality: The exterior shot of the fictional hotel, seen in the intro scene, is now Dosa Allee, an Indian restaurant at 1020 Market Stree
In reality: The exterior shot of the
fictional hotel, seen
in the intro scene, is now Dosa Allee, an Indian restaurant at 1020 Market Stree
in the intro
scene, is now Dosa Allee, an Indian restaurant at 1020 Market Street.
Iranian filmmaker Ghobadi examines the underground music
scene in his country by telling a
fictional story that's based on «real events, locations and people».
There's a
scene early
in Justin Simien's debut film Dear White People where Sam (Tessa Thompson)- a student at a
fictional Harvard - ish Ivy League school who's known for organizing rallies against racist school policies - has an argument with her white friend -...
Collector's Edition DVD Review: The first disc
in the Collector's Edition DVD set features everything from the original release: a making - of featurette, deleted
scenes, a Polyphonic Spree music video, a
fictional Lacuna infomercial, a conversation with Jim Carrey and director Michel Gondry, and an audio commentary with Gondry and writer Charlie Kaufman.
Ford's cinematic influences are overtly placed — everything from the iconography and satire of DR. STRANGELOVE (as shown
in the war room
scene), to the narrative drive of STRAW DOGS (as shown
in the grippingly tense
scenes with
fictional Tony's harassers, led by a perfectly - cast Aaron Taylor - Johnson), to the tangible feel of David Lynch's oeuvre, to the cunning bite of Michael Haneke's FUNNY GAMES.
[Note:
In Home Alone (1990), Macauley Culkin watched a scene from a fictional B / W gangster film videotape titled, «Angels With Filthy Souls» (a take - off on the Cagney film Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)-RRB-, in which gangster Johnny shoots a rival gangster named Snakes, while saying, «Keep the change, ya filthy animal!»
In Home Alone (1990), Macauley Culkin watched a
scene from a
fictional B / W gangster film videotape titled, «Angels With Filthy Souls» (a take - off on the Cagney film Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)-RRB-,
in which gangster Johnny shoots a rival gangster named Snakes, while saying, «Keep the change, ya filthy animal!»
in which gangster Johnny shoots a rival gangster named Snakes, while saying, «Keep the change, ya filthy animal!»]
Paul Thomas Anderson's unrestrained affection for his characters and his sense of visual play
in every
scene of «Boogie Nights» made opera out of a
fictional porn star's dead - end life.
This is both good and bad, as much of Hardy's writing is focused on building up the atmosphere of his
fictional «Wessex» (really, Dorset) through many
scenes of the local farmers and laborers
in pub - based conversations, and while such moments were clearly important to Hardy, I found most of them a chore to get through as I read.
In a movie filled with vegetarian sharks and the best
fictional seagulls going, Dory still manages to steal every
scene with her absence memory.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins made light come alive
in this
fictional dark dystopia world with contrasting pools of light moving and transforming differently
in almost every
scene.
This is apparent from
scene one, a lovingly crafted animated prologue
in which N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown) narrates the history of the
fictional, scientifically advanced African nation of Wakanda,
in addition to explaining the origins of vibranium, the metal that has allowed his people to stay hidden
in plain sight for generations.
When his
fictional counterpart writes a few particularly scandalous
scenes, and even has his characters discussing the stories of Shariar Mandanipour, the real Mandanipour's delight
in his project shines through, even
in translation.
Two vivid and lively
scenes in Galore reflect the occasion of mummers performing house - visits
in the
fictional outport community of Paradise Deep, Newfoundland.
In a previous blog post I explained how creative nonfiction uses thorough research, facts, and real people and events as well as
fictional techniques like
scenes and narrative arcs.
In the Norman Rockwell Museum, just outside the town centre and also home to his studio, his painting of Main Street Stockbridge hangs in full glory, showing a scene so impossibly idyllic that had I not just come from there I would have thought he had painted a fictional plac
In the Norman Rockwell Museum, just outside the town centre and also home to his studio, his painting of Main Street Stockbridge hangs
in full glory, showing a scene so impossibly idyllic that had I not just come from there I would have thought he had painted a fictional plac
in full glory, showing a
scene so impossibly idyllic that had I not just come from there I would have thought he had painted a
fictional place.
The tone of the video itself is a typical light - hearted company advertisement for the
fictional Hammond company, a juxtaposition to the derelict war - torn
scenes in the game itself.
Ogre Titan The tone of the video itself is a typical light - hearted company advertisement for the
fictional Hammond company, a juxtaposition to the derelict war - torn
scenes in the game itself.
Hope County, Montana sounds like such a nice
fictional town from its name, but the
scenes in the new Far Cry 5 E3 2017 trailer make it look frightening.
As seen
in Ghost Recon: Wildlands «launch trailer below, the video provides a set up as to how players will be taking down the Santa Blanca drug cartel
in a
fictional version of Bolivia, while also highlighting some exhilarating chase
scenes, intense shootouts, and plenty of explosions.
In a series of part -
fictional and part - factual
scenes Nico is depicted alongside Andy Warhol, members of the Factory
scene and finally her son Ari.
Often isolating the dolls and photographing them situated
in tiny, austere settings, Simmons uses
fictional scenes to make observations about real life.
For Caravaggio, the lack of a detailed background (sacrificing a sense of location for shadows), was a form of «tromp l'oeil» an illusory visual trick, which is designed to persuade the viewer of his painting to believe that a
fictional scene is actually occurring right
in front of them.
Pol also returns to his
fictional world Neverlodge, half brothel, half adult amusement park,
in the painting Fat Man and Little Boy on NL Map, where
scenes from a nuclear disaster are juxtaposed against a map of the artist's sinister play land.
«Somehow he captures such universal qualities
in his
scenes that we feel we know their locales even though they are
fictional.»
Douglas began with an interest
in documentary and later moved on to direct
fictional scenes with actors, costumes and props.
In constructing life - sized models out of paper and cardboard often based on images taken from various media sources, and by photographing the constructed
scene, Demand plays with the viewer's notions of the real and the
fictional.
Perhaps the most famous work
in this vein, More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid and The Wages of Sin from 1987, featured a mess of used rag dolls, animals and blankets strewn across a canvas, a way of investing a
fictional childhood
scene with some visceral pathos which was first shown at Rosamund Felsen Gallery
in Los Angeles.
[Response: It is important to remember that paintings and diaries are anecdotal — for instance, Bruegel's Hunter's
in the Snow is often cited
in such a context, but often neglected is that the fact that this was a) a
fictional scene, and b) part of a series of seasonal paintings.
There's an oft - quoted
scene out of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories
in which the famous
fictional detective explains the differences between seeing and watching.