Sentences with phrase «kinds of story beats»

Audiences are extremely familiar with the kinds of story beats that drive not just these «new» programs but the hundreds that came before them; buddy - cop and spy - guy moves have been remixed and repeated for decades, but these derivative works ignore that reality.

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Tolkien says it best: «It is the mark of a good fairy - story, of the higher or more complete kind, that however wild its events, however fantastic or terrible the adventures, it can give to child or man that hears it, when the «turn» comes, a catch of the breath, a beat and lifting of the heart, near to (or indeed accompanied by) tears, as keen as that given by any form of literary art... In such stories, when the sudden «turn» comes we get a piercing glimpse of joy, and heart's desire, that for a moment passes outside the frame, rends indeed the very web of story, and lets a gleam come through.»

Jimmy Moore: I did in the beating uh — and — and breaking that fast, but that was kind of my horror story of fasting.

And they did such a good job with their Story mode and some of the other features that I feel like they kind of beat me in that sense,» he said.

The chemistry between the main players is it's own kind of special effect, atoning for the familiar story beats as the group make their way up the Eastern seaboard.

I admire any teen comedy that strays off the beaten path and thoroughly entertains — films like Mean Girls and Superbad come to mind — and now Easy A. Story centers on one particular student named Olive (Emma Stone), who doesn't really follow any kind of clique, mostly stays by herself or with her BFF, Rhiannon (Aly Michalka), and is one smart cookie.

The creative team behind dramas like It's Kind of a Funny Story and the Oscar - nominated Half Nelson beat out well - known, female contenders for the 2019 feature.

-LSB-...] I picked a random morning pages exercise that I was kind of fond of, and then outlined to an ending with some story beats.

And speaking of talking to oneself, the writing in - between the major story beats is the worst kind of filler, trying desperately to distract you from the grind of the gameplay.

Mechanically it's a complete package, with the difficulty pacing being kind, although displaying the BPM (Beats Per Minute) of the songs would've been nice in the story mode rather than just free play mode, since the difficulty rating is hard to gauge without knowing how fast the notes will come.

The climate beat has kind of exploded over the past two weeks, with the normally intense run - up to treaty talks, which begin in Copenhagen on Monday, compounded by the unauthorized disclosure of thousands of e-mail messages and documents suggesting a back story behind efforts to chart the planet's past temperatures.