Sentences with phrase «narrative aspects with»

It was also said that the multiplayer will have narrative aspects with it being set in - between Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 3 which will be represented in the Specialist character classes on offer.

Not exact matches

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

There were several people saying that Ronda was being discussed as the next opponent for Cyborg, including Cyborg herself and Meisha Tate... but you know, don't let the facts started by the people who were there interfere with your pro-Ronda narrative (despite your assertions that you're not a fan, you sure as hell are all - in on any side of the story that favors her, even when there is clearly a debatable aspect to it).

What was made clear in discussing the film with its actor and director is that each sees Godard very differently, an aspect that manifests itself in the tension between the narrative and the intensity of Garrell's take.

It's the inevitable emphasis on Harding's rivalry with Nancy Kerrigan that triggers I, Tonya's marginal downfall, as Gillespie, in addition to padding out this portion of the narrative to a somewhat unreasonable extent, simply doesn't have the skill required to wholeheartedly pull off this decidedly over-the-top aspect (ie Gillespie's no Martin Scorsese, that's for sure).

While revenge narratives are often highly problematic in the way they represent certain aspects of society as deserving a violent death, Tarantino creates revenge narratives against characters that nobody in their right mind would sympathise with — Nazis in Inglourious Basterds and now sadistic slave owners in Django Unchained.

But for me the dullest and most timid aspect of this year's Oscar list is its almost ignoring Tom Ford's brilliant, ruthlessly provocative thriller Nocturnal Animals, a double - narrative about an unhappy art dealer (Amy Adams) who gets the manuscript of an unpublished novel through the post from her estranged first husband (Jake Gyllenhaal), and the action of this explicit crime thriller is dramatised as she imagines it, with this very ex-husband pictured in the lead.

Other aspects of the narrative also could have done with some more elaboration.

Taking place over four time periods (each with a corresponding aspect ratio that shrinks as the narrative burrows further into the past, as if the mental recollection itself is deteriorating), Anderson's eighth film follows the life of Zero Moustafa (portrayed by F. Murray Abraham in flashback and Tony Revolori in further flashback) as he joins the ranks of the opulent eponymous hotel as lobby boy under the tutelage of Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes), the popular and outgoing concierge.

It's more of a slice of life sort of movie than one with a clear and easy - to - summarize narrative, but it's essentially a very good film concentrating on loss of innocence, scattered with moments of greatness usually brought to the surface by its strong technical aspects (from its stylized editing to its sporadic shifts in tone).

Many of the characters he has portrayed struggle with how best to express paternal love, to perform the role of «father», and he has frequently placed himself within narratives that allow him to enact aspects of the father - son relationship.

The sole redemptive aspect of the entire movie is Newton Howard's exquisite and bewitching score, one that singlehandedly cuts through the narrative incoherence with a glacial sense of wonder (and occasional menace).

However, the man's more unsavory aspects were shoved under the rug in favor of a narrative that casts him as a victim of others who caused strife with the natives they encountered.

It's more of a «slice of life» sort of movie than one with a clear and easy - to - summarize narrative, but it's essentially a very good film concentrating on loss of innocence, scattered with moments of greatness that are usually brought to the surface by its strong technical aspects (from its stylized editing to its sporadic shifts in tone).

«The World's End» While still dense with the type of technical and textural details of the two other «Cornetto Trilogy» installments, the aspect of «The World's End» I look most forward to unpacking is the narrative sort.

The depth of character on show is the most impressive aspect of Star Trek — almost up there with Batman Begins, it's just such a pity the main narrative is both unnecessarily confusing and totally uninteresting.

Foster also has a lot of fun playing with the technological aspects of the narrative, particularly an element that serves to censor disturbing material in real - time.

Covers all aspects of the curriculum including: - Sequence sentences to form short narratives - Separate words with spaces - Use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters.

Philbrick's accessible narrative of the tragic 1820s whaling voyage whose central disaster was the violent encounter with a sperm whale engages readers with descriptions of Nantucket's unusual commercial, religious, and social characteristics, the class and racial aspects of Nantucket whaling, and other issues raised by the Essex's final whale hunt.

Keegan's formidable reputation as a premier military historian is further cemented with this fascinating analytical narrative about myriad aspects of the civil war, including the dramatic battles, appalling costs, and decisive historical results.

All I did in the second novel was try to set myself bigger challenges, what with the historical aspect, that was a huge challenge, with three narrative voices instead of the single narrative of Major Pettigrew, and with just considering larger issues with higher stakes.

On one hand, it presents a crucial and engaging narrative full of astute social and political commentary and emotionally anchored characters, but on the other hand, it falls short in nearly every other aspect that is synonymous with successful open - world games.

Most importantly of all, Dragon Quarter is a game that takes arguably the most enticing aspect of the role - playing game: the high - fantasy universe full of interesting places to go, colorful people to meet, and the leisurely pace and narrative construction to see it all, and replaces it with a 12 - hour average playtime, the oppressive, small, rocky corridors of an underground setting, a HUD number that reminds you how close you are to dying, and a HUD number that reminds you how close you are to escaping this post-apocalyptic hell.

For Storm Casters Ultra, we've upgraded every aspect of the game, with dozens of new and amazing cards, a new narrative, new prestige modes that quadruple the amount of gameplay, unique and powerful Ultra Cards, and more stability and performance fixes than you can shake a stick at.

Rather than enthralling me with a playable anime adventure, much of the game felt rushed and empty when it came to narrative aspects.

While those aspects may turn some people away, we're glad that Ubisoft is trying to do something that we haven't seen before, especially with the narrative.

There were not distinct categories for the games this year, with each being judged as a whole based on such aspects as «visual aesthetic, design and innovation, technical excellence, audio and compositional aesthetic, narrative, accessibility and representation».

The Council from Big Bad Wolf Studios is a narrative adventure game with RPG aspects that brings new life into the genre of narrative adventure games.

Proposals are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria, which are weighed equally: How well a project aligns with the MAP Fund's goal of supporting experimentation and innovation in all traditions and disciplines of live performance, especially work that brings insight to the issue of cultural difference, be that in class, gender, generation, race, religion, sexual orientation or other aspects of diversity The artistic strength of the proposed project The viability of the project, based on the applicant's professional capabilities as demonstrated in the project narrative, bio and artist statement, and work samples.

His performances, paintings and sculptures deal with the mythological aspects the everyday and fictional narratives of the present.

His resulting paintings including Vignette explode with narratives and textures, linking aspects of art history and American history with reference to the American Civil Rights Movement, the history of slavery, public housing projects, the modern welfare state, social reform and literature, as well as cyclic tales of birth, life, death and love.

The narrative that they came up with — semi-crazed breakdancers with LED lights threaded through their clothing make their way through urban desolation after electricity has disappeared — combines aspects of movies like «28 Days Later» with first - rate documentary reportage of the havoc the storm rent on the urban landscape.

At that time, the representation of the human figure was rejected on principle, but narrative and emotional aspects began to resurface in the art of the 1980s, along with the face as the dominant element of the human form.

Stepping away from linear narratives, she exposes the unstable relationship between imagination and reality, and opens up a space where audiences can engage provocatively with surreal aspects of meaning.

It is not my intent to simply illustrate novels but instead to creatively interpret narrative systems, overwrite them with my own signature, and reconfigure them by incorporating aspects not actually present in the original texts.

In the Shield's interview, Achiampong says of this experience, «growing up with that aspect of society still very much intact I believe that interest in the archive, the story and the narrative naturally rubbed off on me.»

This exhibition focussed on literary aspects of the work of one of the key historic figures of California Assemblage art — from Jess's lifelong collaboration with Robert Duncan and other poets to the narrative nature of his collage.

With an approach that ranges from the singular to the plural, the exhibition aims to provide a plastic and visual narrative about artistic creation from aspects of thematic, biographical, sociological and anthropological character.

In works such as Southern Exposure (1986), Whitten combines gesture with aspects of sculpture and collage, at a time when narrative - based and didactic work was de rigeur for Black artists.

Gowda is interested in the power that objects and forms carry in capturing aspects of reality, with its social and cultural narratives, that are otherwise unseen by and unspeakable through other languages of representation and analysis.

I further develop this aspect of re-using objects to re-create narratives, to explore memory with a focus on older objects from previous generations.

The godmother of feminist art, Kelly is known for her provocative films and large - scale narrative installations that explore notions of sexuality, work, power, and politics by tapping into the more visceral aspects of daily life... «Kelly is one of the most important female Conceptual artists of our time,» says L.A. gallerist Susanne Vielmetter, who represents the artist along with New York — based Mitchell - Innes & Nash, and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery of London.

STATEMENT My practice for the past 15 years has been concerned with aspects of intuitive abstraction which incorporates hard edge and organic abstraction as well shifting methodologies of mark making and spatial narratives that are situated within paintings, collages, photographs, objects, Marquette's, books, films, wall paintings and works on paper.

Each work represents aspects of a complex personal narrative, glimpses into alternate realities created with diverse materials and processes - Miranda Delgai's reflection of Navajo tradition and identity through weaving, Billy White's multivalent hand - built ceramics, or the effortless humor of Michael Pellew's pop culture inspired drawings.

Etchells» neon pieces draw on his broader fascinations as an artist, writer and performance maker, often teasing out contradictory aspects of language — the speed, clarity and vividness with which it communicates narrative, image and ideas, and at the same time its amazing propensity to create a rich field of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Each work represents aspects of a complex personal narrative, glimpses into alternate realities created with diverse materials and processes — Miranda Delgai's reflection of Navajo tradition and identity through weaving, Billy White's multivalent hand - built ceramics, or the effortless humor of Michael Pellew's pop culture inspired drawings.

In contrast to the narrative - based and didactic work made by many African - American artists during this period, Whitten's artworks reintroduce gesture with aspects of sculpture and collage.

Stepping away from traditional linear narratives, she exposes the unstable relationship between imagination and reality, and opens up a space where audiences can engage provocatively with surreal aspects of meaning.

There is much wit and plenty of zingers in Steyn's narrative (not sure if anyone helped him with the technical aspects of this; seems pretty solid).

A good alternative is to focus more on aspects of the claimant's life that have resulted from having an alternative sexual orientation and not the sexual orientation itself: experience of non-conformity; the experience of being different; relationships with family, friends and the wider community and any persecutors amongst them; romantic and sexual relationships; religion and acts of persecution may all serve to verify his narrative without having to engage into a discussion whether the applicant is gay or not.