Sentences with phrase «narrative arcs did»

The emphasis on narrative arcs didn't preclude seizing on emotion and the moment, however.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

«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).

As for the rest of the ensemble cast, the writers made sure even those who don't receive their own full narrative arcs, their presence is felt - either through standout lines of dialogue or cool action beats.

The silliness that occupies the latter parts of the film doesn't push the protagonist towards resolution or fulfill any narrative arc satisfactorily.

That's a real shame, because there's clearly a great deal of potential there if someone can get it right, and by focusing on co-op play instead of long narrative arc, Konami's - studio - formerly - know - as - Kojima - Productions might just have the chance to do it.

Following his subjects for eight years allows director Jonathan Olshefski to show how circumstances change (or, pointedly, sometimes don't change) over time, all while getting us invested in lives that refuse to conform to any tidy narrative arc.

To say much more about the events that unfold would put this review into spoiler territory, yet it should be enough to state that things don't develop in any way that would elevate the character and narrative arcs beyond what one might find in an amateur film school offering.

The movie falls apart at the end as Niccol is forced to complete Egan's narrative arc, but the filmmaker doesn't want people to leave the theater talking about a character.

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.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool has a strange narrative arc — its buoyant early notes given over to a downbeat story of illness, and many scenes of bedside nursing.

With its imitations of Robert Bresson close - ups, pointless references to European political change, actors talking about acting, junkies who are never seen doing drugs, «unexpected» pop songs, and deliberately obscured narrative (probably because — wait for it — it has the arc of a bad Victorian social novel), Schanelec's studious bore seems intended for an audience of people who write film festival catalogue descriptions.

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.

The key to this type of training strategy for cost - conscious training professionals, is to use scripting techniques that don't allow the learner to branch too far from the main narrative arc.

Screencraft.org has a fabulous video interview with this writer extraordinaire and master of dialogue in which he talks about creating memorable characters («what a character wants, and how they go about getting it defines a character»), and how characters do not resemble real people («people don't speak in dialogue» and «their lives don't unfold in narrative arcs.»)

When we don't check for facts, when we don't pay attention to the whole arc of an event long enough to build a reliable narrative, we're at the mercy of unreliable narrators.

Successful writers I know — whether they're published commercially or self - published — need to write and rewrite their books many times, usually with the support of a developmental editor, not someone who does spelling and punctuation but a creative partner who is able to identify and solve problems with the story, structure, characterization, dialogue, visual description, literary style, pacing, the narrative arc — with a first, second, and third act that engages the reader and reaches some kind of epiphany or denouement that entertains, illuminates and provides emotional satisfaction for the reader.

Simon: So how much time do you spend refining the story arc, and the narrative, and stuff like that before you dive in and write it?

It also helps to create narrative arcs that span several books (something that can be done with non-fiction as well) to keep readers coming back for more.

I am especially grateful for his suggestions about how to strengthen the plot, in part by eliminating story lines that don't contribute as much as they could to the central narrative arc.

Did you have the idea of a two - game narrative arc from the start, or is a sequel the inevitable result of the success of the original?

Created at the USC Game Innovation Lab (where Fullerton is a professor and director), the game has a subtle narrative arc that doesn't try and get the player's attention through puzzles or challenges.

Finn and Ray both get satisfying narrative arcs despite the constant movement, coming out of the film with a satisfying sense of change, but this speed does come with its pitfalls.

The game's wider narrative arcs are unveiled today in a captivating Story Trailer, brought together with an eerie cover of (Don't Fear) the Reaper.

It would create interesting narrative arcs if well done,» described Simone.