Sentences with phrase «more on character development»

While the movie will focus more on character development, the game lets players handle the action.

SaGa Frontier is a game that could easily fill this void, giving players a fresh approach to the RPG franchise by bringing us a title focused more on character development than a world in turmoil.

In addition, concentrating more on character development and less on ludicrous leveling of weapons and accessories would create a need for equipment rather than the game's current minimalist implementation.

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In fact, I find Guy's book amazing because it talks less about value investing rules and more on a value investor's character development.

After this selection has gone on for some considerable number of generations, the new pathways of development will have gradually acquired a more pronounced chreodic character, which can itself be difficult to modify.

Granted, these movies are based on superhero comics, which do this sort of character development a lot, with characters baldly stating what they're thinking or feeling because of the comparative struggle of comics to delve into their characters» heads, lacking consistent devices for inner monologues (as a more traditional novel would have) or the benefit of an actor's performance (as a movie or TV show would have).

A big improvement on season 1, with greater character development and a more high - stakes plot.

Even thought the film is light on character development, and strove to be more of a pure action film (one of the most influential and parodied in fact), it is still entertaining, even though it's really just ok, and not all that good (unbelievable and unrealistic action aside).

Based on a novel by William Chamberlain, Imitation General has a bit more story depth and character development than the average WWII service comedy.

There is more focus on character development, the storyline is fast - paced and intriguing and we are introduced to the best of the Jedi - Yoda!

There is more focus on character development, the storyline is fast - paced and intriguing and we

On a more negative note, the film is designed and crafted in such a way that you take one side, with a certain perspective more prominently presented than the other, while the fact we're dealing with an ensemble feature does mean there's a lack of emotionality attached, as with so many characters to explore, we drift between them without ever feeling as though we've truly got to the bottom of their respective character developments.

Predictability and limited character development make for a disappointing ride that focused more on the kaleidoscope portals and dimensions instead of who the heck was in them or conjuring them.

Even without having read Dan Brown's bestselling novel, it seems safe to assume based on both this film and Da Vinci that the author is more at ease with plot technicalities than character development.

The turn - based approach Fire Emblem is famous for is gone in Fire Emblem Warriors, and in its place you'll find hordes of enemies to cut your way through (in real time, naturally), screen - filling special moves and a surprisingly deep character development system which not only allows for levelling - up, but permits you to augment each protagonist's abilities on a more granular level, such as selecting and improving their weaponry.

She meets a dying Don Juan (Jeremy Irons), a sculptor intent on creating her likeness (Donal McCann), a dotty Frenchman (Jean Marais), an advice columnist (Rachel Weisz), and an earth mother (Sinead Cusack), who was the best friend of Lucy's mother, a character who deserves more development.

Written and directed by Dee Rees from a labyrinthine novel by Hillary Jordan, it's the kind of movie they rarely make any more — heavy on plot and character development and more literary than cinematic — but so skillfully directed, photographed and acted that it sucks you into its powerful emotional storyline from the start and holds interest to the finish.

Director McMurray may have taken a more studious approach than did Spike Lee in «School Daze,» a social satire set on an African American campus, but he and co-writer Christine Berg have internalized Z's journey at the expense of deeper character development and creating any mounting tension.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, which covered everything from working with a green screen to putting more black people in science fiction, Tessa Thompson talked about the development of her character Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok — and one key moment that got left on the cutting room floor.

Those looking for more character development will find plenty on the TV incarnation, but what you won't find is the kind of bone - breaking football sequences that make «Friday Night Lights» one of the best in the genre.

It focuses on the development, special effects, character designs and much more and does it while showing the film.

They shouldn't have, as the film is always on the verge of becoming great, that with a bit more character development and time invested in the story could have taken it to the next level.

In Bruges is a fantastic film that focuses almost entirely on character development when other films might be more concerned with pacing.

Dar's downfall — and perhaps Homeland's — is in the way «Sock Puppets» sacrifices character development for the sake of scoring a few more points in that game, insisting on the accuracy of a single viewpoint instead of the ambiguity of differently motivated agents.

Garland does not spend much time on character development beyond the mere acknowledgment that Capra has a family and Searle and Kaneda's fixation on the sun, the latter having more relevance to thematic development and mood than their actual characters.

Civil War screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely - who also wrote the first two Captain America movies - not only tackle very complicated subject matter (the issue of accountability on not just a political level, but also a personal one) but at the same time have to introduce important new characters (more on them later) and carve out room to give the supporting cast enough onscreen development so that they're not just making glorified cameos during this movie.

But an intense focus on extra sensory visual flourishes meant to channel all the right vibes tends to distract from more important necessary developments, mainly the creation of empathetic characters.

While I do feel that Scorsese's film is, in some important respects, better overall than Infernal Affairs due to its emphasis on character development, richer themes, and more fleshed out motivations, there are at least two reasons why I think that it will never make Infernal Affairs obsolete.

It suffers a bit from poor timing since it comes on the heels of The Post, a thematically similar film with more urgency, superior source material, better character development, and greater contemporary resonance.

The locale is solid and the characters are the kind of people we'd like to hear more from and about, but the movie focuses too much on the tried and tired plot developments for the characters to completely grow on us.

At only 103 minutes Tomorrow, When the War Began really flies by, and, while this brevity should be applauded, another few minutes of screentime spent on character development might have made the film more successful.

There are enough characters so the script can get away with skimping on character development, but story development is more essential.

While the use - your - wits to survive plot is still there, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials appears as though it will flesh out both the characters and their environs, as well as deliver a bit more development of the political intrigue only touched on in the first film.

Spurts of violent action substitute for character development, and while the climactic showdown offers a few clever diversions, presenting the villain as more ridiculous than menacing undermines this remake of the bang - on 1960 classic.

More often than not, it resembles a formulaic, over-sentimentalized made - for - TV movie that lacks the big talent, great writing, and efficient character development to help set it apart from other films in its genre (not to mention the fact that it's overlong and way too bland to resonate on an actual emotional level.

«So, in 2016, we are focusing our development efforts on adding more Play Sets and characters — based on the biggest events coming from Disney this year — to the 3.0 Edition.

Or do you want to spend more time focusing on the eLearning character development and introductions?

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 development).

Classic texts on education such as Plato's Republic and Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education emphasize that character development and virtue are far more important educational goals than mere acquisition of knowledge.

The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and mental health in schools.

In recent years, one Jersey City public school, PS 24 (better known as Watters School), has focused more on the whole child and has used a systematic social, emotional, and character development program in grades six through eight.

In his most recent book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough hypothesizes that a child's success depends less on pure cognitive ability and more on the development of a collection of qualities referred to as non-cognitive skills.

And so he did that in the school setting, but he also added this lovely humour; his character wasn't quite ready to go on stage yet, so he had to have a shower first of all, and all these kind of humorous actions that he was putting in there I think can show a kind of a development in being able to already formulate these characters in very different, more and more complex ways really.

Program designed to boost harmony, excitement in schools has positive impact on student attendance, academic performanceby James Neal of the Enid News & EagleENID, Okla. — While students are enjoying their summer break, Enid Public Schools teachers are working to implement a character development program they hope will transform students» experiences in the classroom.Implementing a character development program was one of the tenets of the EPS strategic plan, which was completed an... Read More...

Dr. Seider has reported on this work in more than 60 academic publications including Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success (2012), which won the American Educational Research Association's outstanding book award in moral development and education.

We could have taken a more critical stance on these efforts, as have some of our colleagues in professional development (e.g., Hargreaves & Fullan, 1992), and cited their idiosyncratic,»... self - indulgent, slow, time - consuming, costly, and unpredictable» (pp. 12 — 13) character.

«With more than 100 schools and 13 networks now engaged in the programme, involving schools of every character and context, Aspire is now well on its way to becoming established as a national school improvement movement, reflecting the power of research and evidence to guide in - school practice, building collaboration and trust between schools, and investing in the development of the current and prospective leaders that are so critical to the future health of our education system.»

Here, J.V. Jones takes advantage of the already established setting to focus more on character and story development.

When more substantive editing is required, I work one - on - one with the author to address weaknesses in story structure, inconsistent pacing, poor character development, and contrivances.

The seeming innocence of these people is initially apparent, but the longer I read the more Smiley's writing style became apparent - symbolism, foreshadowing, character and setting detail and development, all were fuel to drive my reading on.