Sentences with phrase «narrative arc of»

Indeed, the entire narrative arc of our constitutional law saga is full of surprise, mystery and plot reversals worthy of a great novelist.

The narrative arc of this thread is plain to see, published in black and white and thus it's hard to understand the basis of your complaint.

Based on a video of a cruise ship caught in a storm between the Republic of Vanuatu and Auckland, New Zealand which the artist found on Youtube, Pacific Sun follows the full narrative arc of the ship's violent encounter in the Tasman Sea.

Amboy interlaces passages of genuine documentary (for instance, segments feature Lydia van Vogt, widow of the celebrated sci - fi writer A.E. van Vogt) with carefully scripted and acted sequences that serve the loose narrative arc of the film.

These wait for the delicately processed narrative arc of the keen art historian, or the thunderous boom of the art theoretician who experienced May ’68 first hand and intimately understands today's version of Arte Povera.

Walking through the show, I kept thinking of a passage from Ben Davis's recent book 9.5 Theses on Art and Class that dovetails with the narrative arc of Rohrbach's exhibition and accompanying catalogue.

«While part of the story of Left Behind takes place during the main narrative arc of The Last of Us, I think some of the best and most touching moments of any game in recent memory occur during the prequel segments, as we follow Ellie and Riley as they sneak out of boarding school to visit an abandoned mall, getting one final chance to enjoy their friendship before Riley leaves to join the Fireflies,» Meyer wrote.

Level Designers have to know the pace, structure and narrative arc of a game so that they can sensibly integrate their ideas as a team and individually.

At the core of (nearly) every Mario game, is the narrative arc of Mario going through some sort of quest to save a princess from peril.

Blackwood Crossing plays just like a first - person adventure game and while the main focus of the game is on the narrative arc of the characters, you will proceed through the game by solving puzzles and interacting with several different characters.

In «Back to Basics: Writing a Novel Synopsis» she begins by defining the synopsis: «The synopsis conveys the narrative arc of your novel; it -LSB-...]

This critique consists of an overall review of your manuscript or non-fiction proposal to assess the general editorial and marketing weaknesses (and strengths) in the material: the eloquence, precision, and mastery of the language and descriptive prose; the freshness and resonance of the narrative voice; the general interest level of the non-fiction topic (or the presence of tension and drama in the narrative arc of the novel or memoir); and the real chances of the book, as is, to reach a targeted readership and book - buying market.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy benefited greatly from characters being dropped from the story because they didn't fit the narrative arc of the project but in this case Jackson and his screenwriters raided Tolkien's notes and appendices from other stories to pad out what is essentially a very simple tale into a sprawling epic.

It was a great introduction to the world, and the narrative arc of Chuck going from shell - shocked victim to worn - down burnout to a man who becomes a hero was a great experience that is now sadly lost.

However, having watched the whole thing on disc twice, I'm convinced Friedkin did the right thing with it, because the visual scheme has what you could call a narrative arc of its own, and this transfer articulates it with everything the high - definition video format has to give it.

No roundabout plot point is too convoluted, and that includes the entire narrative arc of this first installment of the last chapter.

Individual elements are ambitious, even praiseworthy, but the narrative arc of this comedy - drama about Hawaiian legends, the privatization of space, and a hunky guy with commitment issues falls apart almost as soon as the whirl - a-gig ride begins.

I enjoyed The Fighter to some degree, and appreciated the fine performances that Russell was able to get from his actors — especially Christian Bale — but the narrative arc of the film felt a little flat, perhaps because the central character, played by Mark Wahlberg, was so passive.

The central narrative arc of the story is the revenge tale, and Amsterdam's attempts to get close enough to Bill to kill him.

The origins of the Code of Harry, the set of rules that's helped to curtail serial killer Dexter Morgan's (Michael C. Hall) homicidal tendencies and put them to «good» use, has been discussed and detailed quite thoroughly throughout Dexter, and now it seems fitting that the code's formation is of central interest to the narrative arc of the show's final season.

It's both dazzling and chilling to realize that the narrative arc of our lives relies on a phenomenon that is by turns robust, fallible, malleable, potent, slippery, inventive, and above all, powerfully yoked to emotion.

The narrative arc of the last decade is described as «growth based on debt».

Were i to create a massive multiplayer online game, write all of the code, set all of the rules, define the narrative arc of the game and it's ending.

Even the natural narrative arc of the game is in three acts — the early, middle, and late innings — each with its own distinct potentials and imperatives.

The narrative arc of a great hymn can not be communicated when only a few lines of text can be accommodated on each of the 30 - some frames it takes to display the entire hymn.

The sentimental tone and narrative arc of the show should be familiar.

This is, at least, in part due to the fact that show attempts to engage in different higher level themes throughout the narrative arc of each season.

And, given that the Furioso is the completion of the Innamorato (left unfinished at Boiardo's death), readers who have not mastered the dialects of Renaissance Italy can now enjoy the whole narrative arc of these two linked epics without resorting to abridgments.

Arranged marriages, so common amongst Indian and Pakistani Muslims, are a perfect foil for the comedic narrative arc of escape from harsh law into liberty and love.

Your summary story must be a story — that narrative arc of your career.

Delicately adapted from Willy Vlautin's 2010 novel, it follows classical narrative arcs of both the coming - of - age story and the great American road movie, yet with precious little of the romanticism and sentimentality that tends to accompany them: Haigh, rather like his stoic protagonist, keeps his eye quietly and pragmatically on the destination.

In these shows, the narrative arcs of meta - stories are reinvented over multiple seasons by collaborative and ever - shifting casts of writers, directors and actors.

Likewise, the narrative arcs of episodic multiseasonal constitutional law sagas are collectively reshaped in ways never originally intended or anticipated.

Not exact matches

The tag line, in one concise sentence, has a sort of narrative arc, featuring a character who transforms from being a non-Starbucks drinker to a new, enlightened coffee connoisseur.

Unlike many studios, Pixar lets the director determine the arc of the narrative.

To understand Noah, and to give his character a story arc, Aronofsky and his co-writer, Ari Handel, spent 10 years poring over the Book of Genesis and the midrash — stories written by rabbis to fill out the Bible's narratives.

Squinted at in another way, Kenyon's life follows the arc of the classic conversion narrative: early churchgoing, adolescent rebellion, and return to the church as an adult.

When possible, staff should map out email narrative arcs in advance, with each message forming part of the stream while also able to stand on its own.

The most tantalizing result of Cohn's study (recently published in Cognitive Psychology) emerged when he showed subjects panels arranged so that they had a narrative arc but didn't add up to a meaningful story.

Tropper's screenplay, however, leaves the various performers with too little to do, as the scattered narrative results in a disappointing absence of satisfying character arcs for many of the movie's protagonists.

In place of the sequential yet self - contained conundrums of the early books, the saga entered a longer narrative arc, as the war between good and evil that had lurked in the wings gradually assumed center stage.

One of the problems with the film is that there's almost no traditional narrative arc at all, meaning that the film doesn't really stand on its own.

It seems that director Peter Stebbings has some archenemies of his own, namely direction, character development, and narrative arc, and sadly the forces of evil have overcame this director.

Like many movies that turn the past into entertainment, «The Post» gently traces the arc of history, while also bending it for dramatic punch and narrative expediency.

Almost non-stop hackneyed dialogue about the nature of art, delivered with bizarre accent and performance choices, in a cumbersomely arced dual narrative about the power of one - dimensional women to inspire and enable spectacular men.

While there are a couple of white faces that pop up in supporting roles, they are really of no consequence to the overall narrative arc that director Coogler is telling.

Josh Mond's film feels like a careful curation of western cinephilia's most overdone narrative arcs and exhausted character clichés.

The vapid plot line follows the same narrative arc as «Tootsie» but hasn't the heart or purpose of that film.

The inclusion of several admittedly electrifying sequences - ie Gekko's infamous «greed is good» speech - generally compensates for the periodically overwhelming narrative, although Stone's reliance on a progressively conventional structure, particularly in terms of Bud's familiar rise - and - fall character arc, ensures that the movie peters out as it approaches its far - from - unexpected conclusion.

«Trapped» gets its narrative from the current state of affairs, in that it is more about the stagnant, daily chaos wrought by these bills (the struggle of a Tuscaloosa clinic to stay open while not able to serve anyone does provide a small arc).