Sentences with phrase «keep focusing on the story»

Hanks is suitably cantankerous as Bradlee, but Spielberg generally bottlenecks his ensemble in an extremely skillful way to keep the focus on the story, even when the screen is populated by the likes of Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, David Cross and Pat Healy.

It keeps its focus on the story at hand, and it's all the better for it.

It can't really be rushed, so if it's not coming together as fast as I hoped, all I can do is keep plugging away and keep focusing on the story.

L.A. Noire does its best to keep a focus on story over gameplay.

Not exact matches

I interpret the Genesis story of our exile from the Garden where there was access to the Tree of Life (temporal immortality) not as punishment; but as placing a limit on temporal existence to keep us focused on Eternal values.

The story of our faith — whether it comes directly from the Bible or from the story of the Church that followed — keeps our focus on God and shapes our identity by reminding us of who we are and who we are called to be.

We're revamping the Quick Hits a bit to focus on keeping you up - to - date on important stories we've reported on, even if they don't merit a full article.

He added that the handling of Ray Collins» report on party reform showed our ability to keep focused on the real enemy, and I hope that this can be maintained through 2014, when the special conference will give the media reasons to keep running anti-union and anti-Labour stories.

The paper focuses on two key molecular players in the story of influenza infection: a human protein called TRIM25, which was recently discovered to play an important role in the human immune response to flu infection; and a protein called NS1 present in all strains of the influenza A virus and shown to bind TRIM25 to keep it from doing its job.

Keep the focus on the big climate story and to tell the money story as well.

We try to keep the focus on the Bible story of Jesus» death, burial, and resurrection during this holiday time, and one way to do that is with the story of Hot Cross Buns.

When in doubt, keep your profile short and don't focus on your entire life story.

When in doubt, keep your profile short and don?t focus on your entire life story.

I just touched on this one super funny story... I tried to keep the focus on how amazing he was and what he liked to do, he was bringing up the lifestyle and his past sugar babies.

«The Post» tells the story of the Pentagon Papers, choosing to focus on two key players in the unfolding battle between the free press and a White House that struggled to keep the secrets of how our government handled the Vietnam War under wraps.

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.

But while that 1976 political thriller kept its focus squarely on its intrepid journalists, Spotlight gives equal attention to the victims of sexual abuse at the center of its story.

The main quest takes the form of a road trip that helps keep things moving, while the focus on smaller side - stories means you can take the game in digestible bites if that's your speed.

Like Jolie, the writers also do a good job of compartmentalizing each piece of the story so that it feels like a fresh chapter with renewed interest, while also keeping the focus on the emotional / spiritual arc of Louis as a consistent throughline, so that the movie's climax (which is much more metaphoric and spiritual than literal) has significant impact and satisfies in an iconic and moving way that is hard for any film to pull off.

The story deliberately keeps its focus squarely on Tink, largely forgetting about her female fairy friends.

Keeping the story to a rather anonymous «Suffragette» rather than focusing on Emmeline Pankhurst etc works well and when sections from history do appear (such as Emily Davison's death) it adds an extra power.

I felt the writers were focusing most on making the audience laugh instead of keeping the story real, to go beyond the gags.

By taking a sensitive, honest approach to this true story, breakthrough filmmaker Lewin both avoids sentimentality and keeps the focus on the inner lives of the central characters.

Bryan and the actors created a wonderful tone, and my job was to keep that tone consistent and focus on the performances and the emotion of the new story.

WHY: The fourth season of «The Walking Dead» may be plagued by many of the same problems as previous years, but while its tendency to let plotlines drag on for too long causes the show to grind to a halt at times, the renewed focus on keeping the story moving even when its characters aren't plays a huge part in its success.

Rauch keeps the focus on telling a complicated story as nimbly as possible, dispensing with the extreme makeup and mannerisms that would only get in the way as Brandon J. Dirden's MLK, Christopher Gurr's Strom Thurmond, Richard Poe's Everett Dirksen, William Jackson Harper's Stokely Carmichael, Robert Petkoff's Hubert Humphrey, Michael McKean «s J. Edgar Hoover and Cranston's LBJ do battle with each other in 1964.

Heineman keeps his focus on Mireles for the large majority of Cartel Land, mainly because it's a remarkable story.

A standard gangster story on its surface, The Drop patiently develops some interesting ideas as it progresses, minimizing the focus on money and playing up the concept of a gangster demimonde fueled primarily by insecurity, with pointless squabbles over reputation and petty personal grudges keeping the cycle of violence flowing.

Thankfully, director David Mackenzie (Starred Up) is in no hurry either, steadily building the suspense with each step in the story, keeping the focus tightly on the characters.

Writer - director Tom McCarthy and co-scripter Josh Singer keep their eyes on the target every step of the way, foregoing any narrative distractions and remaining firmly focused on the team of Boston Globe reporters who broke the story of the sexual abuse being committed on children by members of the clergy.

And while they heart of the story does come to the surface, the unique storytelling angle really drums up emotion within the viewer and keeps you focused on what is happening on screen.

What helps keep the workings of the story from seeming so recognizable is the screenplay's focus on that family as they grapple to make an already difficult situation work.

Hanks is no Peter Sellers or Alec Guinness - style human chameleon, but he pulls off not only Viktor's thick Slavic accent (it probably helps that his native Krakozhia is entirely fictitious), but also pulls the audience through an improbable situation and keeps us focused on the openly sentimental story.

The acclaimed indie filmmaker Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo), who regularly and bravely focuses on heartbreaking trials of life while keeping his stories rooted in humanity, turns in some of his finest work.

We had lessons on keeping our eyes on the speaker, using engaged body language (sitting still, not playing with a pencil, etc.), and thinking of follow - up questions (if time allowed) that still focused on what the speaker had shared (in other words, this was not a time for the listener to share a personal story that may or may not be relevant).

As I read, I kept feeling grateful to Paul Tough for having done this work — gathering the stories of kids like Keitha Jones, the traumatized Southside Chicago teen who reminded me so much of a handful of kids I've taught; connecting Keitha's experience to research on neurochemistry and infant psychology, and situating these elements in both a socio - economic context and in the landscape of an education world focused on developing children's cognitive (and testable) skills.

While a story may have more than one plotline, depending on the content, we take great care to keep the story focused on the content, avoiding extraneous details that don't contribute to the training.

Other factors that keep inquiry teams on track are sufficient chunks of time to meet, training in inquiry skills, protocols to guide data collection and discussion, and a skilled facilitator to keep the agenda focused on implications for instruction instead of «war stories» (Cochran - Smith & Lytle, 1999; Gearheart & Osmundson, 2008; Ingram, Louis, & Schroeder, 2004; Nelson, Slavit, Perkins, & Hathorn, 2008).

Birmingham: Wednesday, 10 October 2018 Central London: Thursday, 29 November 2018 Trainer: Steve Lomax Embed a mastery curriculum across your school by joining Steve Lomax to explore the challenges and opportunities, focus on how the «Teach Up, Keep Up» approach can help your pupils, teachers and school as a whole and hear stories of success.

«I hope that everyone who hears her story will remember to keep their eyes on the road, their hands on the wheel, and their focus on driving.»

# 12: THE HISTORY OF US by Leah Stewart «Stewart is a wonderful observer of family relationships, and she adroitly weaves the stories of Eloise and the children she's raised — their work, their loves, their disappointments and dreams — while focusing on what ties families together, and what ultimately keeps those ties from breaking.»

I keep my focus on delivering a great story (which means developmental editing, paid or unpaid) that's clean enough not to distract readers (which sometimes means copyediting and sometimes not).

If I'm listening to something that requires most of my attention (i.e. listening to sports on the radio or editing a story) I have to be doing something to keep myself focused.

Still use your strong verbs and sensory details whenever possible, but focus on moving through the story and keeping the reader wondering what comes next.

- Publishers Weekly «Kuhns» focus on a closed community allows her to keep her story from drowning in period detail while emphasizing both the limitations and the charms of the Shakers» vanished world.»

Having concluded the series in late 2014, Masashi Kishimoto has kept himself busy this year with the side story, Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring, and writing the story for the latest NARUTO movie, Boruto: Naruto the Movie, both of which focus on the title character's son, Boruto.

Keep focusing on writing better and better stories.

This might be the case for poorly produced book apps, but those done well, should focus on the immersion and having the added features enhance the experience keeping the reader «in the story».

We provide clean, professional formatting, intuitive functionality, and confidence that all of your eBook formats work and look, just like they're supposed to, keeping your reader focused on your story.

Yes, if we can keep our personal - hurt ego out of it and focus on the story, we'll often find feedback to be more helpful.