Following the success of her 2013 documentary «Blackfish», Gabriela Cowperthwaite is jumping
into narrative dramas with the true - life tale Megan Leavey and ahead of a release this summer, the first trailer has arrived.
Not exact matches
Strange, isn't it, how in the midst of the great and suspenseful
drama of Jesus» entry
into Jerusalem, Luke devotes part of the
narrative to fussing about this rather peripheral matter of Jesus» transportation?
According to Quentin Schultz, some church leaders are already doing this by introducing
into worship the basic principles of
narrative and
drama: character, conflict, plot and setting 11.
One has to question just how formulaic this epic Roman
drama is, because the formula was still fresh by the time this film came along, establishing certain tropes that would be shamelessly slammed
into by future epics of this type time and again, and yet, outside of what would go on to become conventions, this film does most of what you'd expect, with a predictable
narrative, storytelling style, dialogue, and, for that matter, portrayal of Ancient Rome.
Director Max Joseph (MTV's Catfish) makes his
narrative feature debut here and while he is keen on tapping
into that younger audience he knows so well, at thirty - three this
drama of young angst feels more manufactured than authentic.
Both films integrated social issues
into their
narrative fabric quite naturally, even though Creed was angled more as a sports
drama.
A fair number of plotting surprises transform the
narrative into a good - guy / bad - guy third act
drama in another classic trope of the brand.
In 2007, his gift for infusing rich, classically structured
narratives with documentary - like authenticity resulted in the four - time César Award — winning The Secret of the Grain, a roving, multigenerational
drama that follows a French - Arab family thrown
into discord when the patriarch decides to pursue his dream of opening a portside restaurant specializing in North African cuisine.
The tone lurched
into teen
drama or sci - fi, then back to disaster movie, as if the
narrative sat - nav was on the blink.
Unfortunately, it returns to formula as the middle act begins to transition
into the final act, inducing the sort of «gearing up for the big game»
narrative structure, along with the «I can't do this»
drama thrown in late in the second act.
That it intends to be a thriller and doesn't quite hit its mark is unfortunate, but as a
drama it works, while clever interaction between component pieces at script level means each weaves
into an overall
narrative that may surprise.
A strong sense of style, an observant screenplay, and the sort of performances that elevate standard fare
into the realm of memorable buoy the picture over many of its rough patches and redundancies, but Lin needs to squeeze out his
narrative with greater urgency and balance: long periods of high school
drama and exposition separated by badly justified epiphanies undermine the picture's coherence and flow.
There's more than a whiff of the Coen Brothers in this telling from director Craig Gillespie («Lars and the Real Girl»), who takes a docu -
drama approach to the Harding story, weaving in - character interviews with the key figures
into the
narrative.
Heartfelt lessons about bullying and self - esteem are shoehorned
into a contrived and predictable
narrative structure in this mildly nostalgic coming - of - age
drama adapted from a novel by journalist Robert Lipsyte.
Mudbound (Netflix) A quartet of nominations speak to a wide array of talent in this post-WWII period
drama: Director Dee Rees and Virgil Williams adapted the sprawling, racially charged novel's many
narrative points of view
into a manageable shape; Rachel Morrison brought a pastoral grandeur as the film's cinematographer; and Mary J. Blige does double duty, contributing a moving performance as well as the original song, «Mighty River,» with Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson.
A paranoid
drama about an English sound editor and Foley artist out of his depth on an Italian horror production, this was at once a fractured
narrative of mental breakdown, a treatise on screen sound's address to the psyche, an inquiry
into extreme violence and its effects on the viewer / listener, and a fanboy tribute to the thematic and stylistic excess of the Seventies giallo school.
Recently, the anthology format has dominated our televised
dramas, but rarely has that
narrative structure bled
into our comedies.
Despite some acknowledgement that the storyline has been contorted to fit a traditional
narrative story arc, and the fact that we know where the story is eventually going to lead long before all of the pieces come
into play, Belle hits the right notes at the right times to please fans of «hoity - toity» period piece
dramas.
She weaves teenage awkwardness, 1980s AIDS paranoia and domestic
drama into an inexplicably happy
narrative.
Inspired by episodic
dramas, ASURA»S WRATH will be split
into distinct sections with gameplay and
narrative unfolding as one and building to a final climatic conclusion.
Incredibly, and without the overt
drama of the
narrative of Ugetsu, that is somewhat the sensation I had when I walked from Kiki Smith's exhibition at Pace Gallery in Chelsea, through a narrow passage way
into a new smaller wing that Pace has built under the High Line and found myself, without preparation or expectation, in an exquisite, thrilling, soul - soothing, museum quality exhibition of craft objects and artworks, arranged in an inventive, harmonious, and instructive manner for contemplation.
My sculpture is made with industrial - level craftsmanship to project an amplified sense of credibility, and my videos tap
into the playful imagery of early music videos to flesh out the kaleidoscopic
drama of my
narrative.
I love horror movies and stories of the supernatural and high
drama narratives distilled
into a handful of words, like «He died for your sins.»
She combines
narratives and
drama while digging deeply
into her African - American, Irish and Native American ethnicity.
While historic works reference the original sculpture, highlighting interest in the Laocoon's
drama,
narrative, expression and status, the more recent pieces take the Laocoon's more formal characteristics, turning a figurative story
into an abstract one.
Narrative: The exhibition also explores the narrative possibilities of photography found in the interplay of image and text in the work of Robert Frank, Larry Sultan, and Jim Goldberg; the emotional drama of personal crisis in Nan Goldin's image grids; or the expansion of photographic description into experimental video and film by Victor Burgin and Jud
Narrative: The exhibition also explores the
narrative possibilities of photography found in the interplay of image and text in the work of Robert Frank, Larry Sultan, and Jim Goldberg; the emotional drama of personal crisis in Nan Goldin's image grids; or the expansion of photographic description into experimental video and film by Victor Burgin and Jud
narrative possibilities of photography found in the interplay of image and text in the work of Robert Frank, Larry Sultan, and Jim Goldberg; the emotional
drama of personal crisis in Nan Goldin's image grids; or the expansion of photographic description
into experimental video and film by Victor Burgin and Judy Fiskin.
The
drama of his dreamy
narratives take shape over time: he begins with drawing and sketches, and through the act of painting, further allows the images to become more ambiguous or transform
into something the he could not have originally predicted.
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into a variety of therapy methods including evidenced - based cognitive - behavioral, social learning, family systems, emotion - focused, Ericksonian, solution - focused approaches, gestalt, psychodynamic,
narrative approaches, play therapy, and creative arts therapies such as art, music and
drama.