Sentences with phrase «from established genres»

The rouge - like action game borrows heavily from established genres but introduces enough original situations to stand on its own as an experience that rewards both the curious and the resilient.

Not exact matches

One more option would be to check out the recommendations from reputed clients that have established themselves in their genre.

Tracing the course of the author's work from Typee to Billy Budd, Kelley shows convincingly that Melville — though he borrowed from many different sources — belongs completely to none of the established genres of Victorian city writing: the Romantic pastoral that used urban depravity to extol rural virtue; the popular «Reform Literature» of the yellow journalists that sensationalized municipal corruption and disorder; the «scientific» tracts of the emerging city planning movement; or the urban strolls of the flâneur and the Addisonian «spectator» (a genre that reached its peak, for New York, with what Kelley calls the «humorous - genteel - sentimental - melodramatic - ironic» observations of Charles Dickens in his 1842 American Notes).

As important as Scream to the modern genre, Kevin Williamson and Jim Gillespie's slasher is far from inventive or self - aware, but established the template for a new generation of 90s horrors.

The Silence of the Lambs opened up the Best Picture categories genre requirements, Miramax established itself as a major player on the indie scene with Best Picture squarely in its sights, and Steven Spielberg went from being official Oscar bridesmaid to one of its all - time favorites.

One such example is Blade & Soul, which, like many of China's already established MMOs, takes its art style from the Chinese martial arts fantasy genre known as Wuxia.

Helmed by veteran TV director Mimi Leder in somehow small - screen - friendly Panavision (that she manages to make her panoramic establishing shots look like the stock transitions in any episode of «Hart to Hart» should be included in a textbook somewhere), the picture goes through the motions — from discovery of the peril by naïfs to the involvement of the Internet to the slow - in - coming participation of the powers that be — of a genre most recently (and faithfully) resurrected by The Day After Tomorrow.

That's because while Clark's successful, seductive, and I guess unpremeditated iteration of the giallo formula (whodunit structure, operatic set - pieces, abundance of shots from the killer's P.O.V.) as established by Mario Bava and his peers sparked a genre unto itself in America, the more pioneering copycats, lacking Clark's flair for interpersonal dynamics, so grotesquely oversimplified Black Christmas as to discard its most distinguishing feature: its empathy.

Ably assisted by screenwriter Mike Carey, adapting his own bestseller from 2014, their film takes the elaborately overdone zombie genre and resuscitates it, while also taking and revamping a handful of well - established genre tropes ---- apocalypse premise, creepy kids, mad scientists ---- and tweaks them in eccentric and imaginative new ways.

The whole may be less memorable than its 2012 predecessor, but for genre fans, it's always fascinating to glimpse work from new filmmakers and to see what established directors can do with three minutes and a letter.

It's so self - assured, its genre identity bends from noir, to western, to heist, to caper, all within the confines of an established fantasy / sci - fi realm.

Although the Lowell sub-plot and the difficulty involved in establishing homicidal maniacs as leads keeps Tragedy Girls from realizing its full potential (remember, in Scream, the killers weren't the heroes), it is all an interesting and fun take on an old genre in a new century.

Superhero satire doesn't always play well on the big screen, but director James Gunn demonstrated his ability to tinker with established genre conventions with «Slither,» and besides — it's Dwight Schrute from «The Office» beating people up with a wrench.

Decades later, you can see the influence of «Bicycle Thieves» everywhere in a variety of genres and languages, from the work of the Belgian Dardenne brothers and their stripped - down focus on the hardships of ordinary, working - class citizens, to last year's acclaimed «The Florida Project,» in which Willem Dafoe is the rare established actor, serving as the glue in a cast of neophytes in Sean Baker's tale of poverty on the fringes of Disney World.

It borrows ideas from well - established genre's, but never accomplishes anything great to make it stand out on its own.

The result of this is the film leaves its well established foundations for a genre exercise that tries to distract you from realizing the film ever had any bigger ambitions.

The film also fails to establish a consistent tone, sampling a variety of genres (from dark comedy, to crime thriller, to blue - collar drama) like a kid at an ice cream shop who can't make up his mind.

Jocasta works with some high - profile writers, including Robert Harris and Sebastian Faulks, as well as established and debut writers from across the genres.

When I tried writing a horror novel a year later, I only sold a few dozen copies out of the gate, and that was with an already established fan base in the low hundreds (they didn't follow me into a different genre, as it turns out); if that had been my first publication, I would have vanished from the sales charts, never to be seen again.

More rarely, an author has taken a major detour from his or her established genre, style, or other signature elements.

Despite these shake - ups, many established self - publishing trends in terms of pricing and the popularity of genre fiction continued unchanged from previous years.

Writing guide covers every aspect of the creative nonfiction genre, from defining a concept and establishing a process to the final product

Then along came World of Warcraft, pinching and refining ideas from established games and bringing my niche genre to the forefront of gaming whilst simultaneously destroying everything I loved about it.

It's a bit daunting when hopping from one unseen platform to the next, miles up in the sky with nothing but floating playing cards and clouds surrounding you, but it also provides a bit of a fresh mechanic to the well established platforming genre.

It borrows ideas from well - established genre's, but never accomplishes anything great to make it stand out on its own.

Jed's only mistake is to see in Breath of the Wild problems brought about by borrowing from the open world genre lineage as codified by Grand Theft Auto III (having built upon firm foundations established by Elite back in 1984, right before the first Zelda).

Only the zany dialogue, brilliant voice acting from the cast of the Adventure Time series, and humorous twists on a well established genre makes this title stand out at all, and that's provided you're already a fan of the cartoon as well.

Playground Games was established in 2010, bringing together some of the most experienced and talented developers from the UK industry, with the vision to create genre - defining titles for a global audience.

The shoot - em - up genre was well established in 1990, with an already rich background to draw from.

The work of both artists spans the majority of the 20th Century, from late 1920s until the end of the of the 1970s, and reflects their reevaluation of Post-Impressionism and various phases of Cubism, employed through well - established genres of still life and landscape painting.

Taking its title from David Bowie's song Changes, the exhibition examines the vernacular through which artists interpret contemporary culture whilst re-evaluating established genres and conventions.

I have heard that many of the naked babes come from Prince's buddy Richard Kern's photographs, who has established himself in that particular genre of softcore punk porn.

The exhibition highlights the well - established painting genre in France during the 1800s and includes eight works from the DMA's collection.

Calder's invention of the mobile liberated sculpture from the pedestal and challenged the idea that the element of mass was one of its necessary constituents, and his relentless innovation and strong creative vision extended beyond the lines of an established genre in art.