Sentences with phrase «focuses on characters over»

The difference between drama and melodrama is that drama focuses on characters over situation and melodrama focuses on situation over characters.

With an unhurried pace and a focus on character over action or plot, this film takes us into the mind and life of a hardened assassin and follows the story to its natural conclusion.

This is a languidly paced biography that focuses on character over plot, allowing the viewer to absorb the story rather than having it trample past at breakneck speed.

Not exact matches

In books and movies, narrators skip over certain events or actions to focus on others that are more important or directly affect the story's characters.

So rather than focusing on 30 accomplishments I would like to achieve, I think I'll focus on 9 character traits I would like to develop over the next year.

Despite the lessening of madcap energy, Shrek the Third is still quite funny in parts, with some fresh throwaway gags to produce chuckles now and then from characters you'd think they probably should have jettisoned long ago, but are secretly glad they've kept around (the Gingerbread Man, Pinocchio, etc.) The fact that they are keeping in nearly all of the characters introduced in the series thus far is a bit of a double - edged sword, as they do provide a certain respite from the main characters that are already cycling through the same jokes all over again, but on the other hand, it's getting to the point that the high overhead of injecting scenes for all of these characters takes away from the focus of the story at large.

Extraneous elements like «story» and «character» are abandoned so we can focus on what's important: scene after scene of self - serious cyphers fighting over something we don't care about.

The series is at its worst when it decides to focus on loud explosions and CGI battles over characters and story.

The Han Solo spin - off movie will focus on a younger version of the titular character, with Alden Ehrenreich taking over the iconic role from Harrison Ford.

With Tyrese Gibson's frustrations over Dwayne Johnson taking over the Fast And Furious series effectively dismissed, Universal is now free to move forward with the spin - off movie focusing on the characters played by Johnson and Jason Statham — an idea that sounds awesome to literally everyone but Tyrese Gibson.

All the characters evolve over the span of the trilogy, so I'll just pick a few to focus on.

In order to make Silent Hill 2 work we need to be focusing on making the characters real by having high - quality textures, and at the same time we must improve the gameplay so people will feel, even though its really horrific, we must make them want to play the game over and over.

Over 3,000 actors auditioned to play Han Solo in Disney's upcoming Star Wars spin - off film focusing on the iconic character's younger years, but it was 26 - year - old Alden Ehrenreich — a rising star, but not a household name yet — who bagged the massive role in July 2016.

It's perfect, then, that Mike Leigh «s marvelous Mr. Turner takes an impressionistic approach to exploring Turner's character, focusing on intimate, revelatory, and often unflattering moments in the late painter's life, stressing truth over historical accuracy while never shattering Turner's mystique.

But over the past decade or so, series — most aired on premium cable channels — have accomplished what many criticize the movies for not doing: focusing on characters, developing compelling stories, and dominating the national conversation.

While the more serious - minded «Moneyball» focused on the true story of how sabermetrics changed the way baseball teams assess players, the fictional «Draft Day» ultimately is about the way in which character can prevail over combine figures during one of the biggest events on the National Football League's calendar.

The film is loosely based on a string of real French robberies from the early 1980s, but director Oliver Marchal doesn't bend over backwards trying to conform to some detailed procedural schematic, and the material benefits from a gritty, streamlined telling that keeps the focus first and foremost on the characters and not the ancillary mayhem that surrounds them and that they later cause.

Filmmaker Ned Benson's decision to employ as deliberate a pace as one could possibly envision proves an effective match for his introspective screenplay, with the laser - like focus on the characters ensuring that Eleanor (and, to a lesser degree, Conor) becomes an intensely sympathetic figure over the course of the movie's 190 minutes.

This is a shame since, much like the first film, this sequel managed to flawlessly combine creative and visually stunning action sequences (with a strong focus on practical effects over CGI), cool characters, and a well - told storyline that wouldn't have been nearly as interesting in another filmmaker's hands.

Focusing on a hundred characters, and several main ones, the whole story is carried out over two time - lines: from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, the end of the Cultural Revolution; and from the 1980s to the start of the 21st century.

Table 19 shot over 26 days in Atlanta, described by Levy as «rigorous and tight,» adding: «The focus was on the characters and a disparate group of individuals who come together as outcasts, but leave as friends.

This entertaining seventh installment of the series glazes over the events of installments 4 - 6 (the third film was completely unrelated) and takes a sharp focus on the first two, namely the character and history of Laurie.

Much of the contemporary literature on the topic focuses on the domestic factors that enable these competitive authoritarian regimes to stay in power, however I focus on the global ontology, or the character of the world as it actually is, and how it has proved to be very conducive to this type of political system over the past decade.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character developmFocus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character developmfocus on character development).

Ultimately, the design is nothing without hitting effective learning objectives, and storyboarding helps ensure content is focused on those objectives before any cutting edge art or character design takes over the production schedule.

In 2015, only 15 % of children's books were written by African - American or Latino authors, or focused on African - American or Latino characters» Over 80 % of public school teachers nationally are White women, though a majority of public school students are people of color.

To help build this evidence, EEF has so far funded over a dozen trials with a focus on social and emotional skills, including under the related concept of «character» with the Department for Education.

With only a few characters, we can focus our imaginations on how the events we witness might play out after the story is over.

The same uncertainty occurred over the use of «she» referring to an unnamed character in a chapter that focused on more than one woman.

The issue will focus on Scarlet Witch, a character who Bendis told USA Today has «been on a road of almost impossible - to - perceive redemption over the last few years and now is going to come face - to - face with the Avengers.»

Some will focus on proofreading and you'll get a manuscript back that looks like someone bled all over it — hint, I've discovered that most of the time when that happens, the person either isn't as great at grammar and punctuation as they think or they don't get that, in fiction, your characters don't have to speak proper King's English.

Over the next few articles, I was hoping to focus on some of the true characters of Cannon Beach, some of whom were true remittance men.

This gives you more control over your character than most other games out there; you could focus on building your sniper's cloaking tech, or maybe you want the biggest and best guns for the engineer, you have complete control.

This isn't a matter of gameplay, and it could sound naive to pro-players focused just on balancing, but character design has always been a huge topic of debate over years.

According that outlet, the new game will be «planned as a story and character - focused open - world action RPG,» and over 200 people are currently working on the project.

Focusing on filling out a few roles per character helps you to not fuck yourself over before you're punched in the face with choice.

The first instalment in the Zenithian Trilogy, Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen features an epic adventure that unfolds over five unique chapters — each focused on a different cast of characters on a journey to save the world.

Aside from that, Garvin also confirmed a few bits of information about Days Gone, including a focus on upgrading main character Deacon St. John's motorbike over the course of the game.

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This may just be a guess, but around the point Pokemon became this huge hit in the late 90's and pretty much owned the turn based strategy genre, spawning dozens of hashed out clones, that could be contributed to why turn - based RPG's started to lose their muster a bit in the last generation and why Square Enix has been so fixated on trying to develop new and interesting combat systems with their latest installments, rather than focusing on what they used to do so well, which was create unique, yet cohesive, quest based stories with endearing characters and gameplay that favors using your mind over your thumbs.

While Dragon Ball FighterZ is arriving in just over a few weeks on January 26th, Bandai Namco continues to tease us with new footage of the game, including a new character reveal, this time focusing on one of the favorites from the current Dragon Ball Super series, Goku Black.

Unlike most first - person shooters, which focused on action over story, the game featured a strong narrative and well developed characters.

There's certainly more of a focus on characters and story here than Tail Concerto ever had, though it could hardly be called integrated — the majority of the game is spent tapping A to skip through dialogue sequences which, if it weren't for the awesome character portraits (some of which will probably be enough to push borderline furries over the edge) replete with inexplicable bubbles of French speech, would run the risk of quickly growing dull.

Now if you handed me Watch Dogs 2 with a true focus on manipulation and control over the city as you ran freeform around this slick environment with better narrative, a stronger focus and an enjoyable character.

Everybody's too polite to talk over the alert phase — again, a theoretically excellent idea that means you don't lose vital plot points while focussing on not being shot — and while the game is thoughtful enough to not simply skip lines of dialogue when this happens (or when you restart), it means that characters restart their lines more often than at the pre-school nativity play rehearsals.

Over at Gpara there's some new coverage for Front Mission Evolved and what's interesting about this little nugget of PR, is that it focuses a lot more on the characters of the game.

Maybe focus less on changing sonic and the gang, cause over the years their character designs have improved already.

Over the years I've been involved in a number of character - based action titles — Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet & Clank — and with the gameplay of Knack, we're trying to focus on the essential fun behind the action / platform gameplay.

To this day Jodie Holmes is one of the most intriguing video game characters I've had the pleasure to control, and that's due to the focus Cage puts on character over action.

Beyond: Two Souls is the second PS3 exclusive from David Cage's Quantic Dream studio, and just like Heavy Rain it puts a heavy focus on character development and story over gameplay.