Sentences with phrase «narrative drive of»

These sentences become tiny stories unto themselves, each unusually crucial to both structure and narrative drive of the whole piece.

As I mentioned above, one of the easiest things I do (tedious, to be sure, but still «easy») to improve the pacing and narrative drive of my story is use stronger verbs.

The pacing and narrative drive of a story are sustained.

A Vast Conspiracy is written with the narrative drive of a sensational (if improbable) legal thriller, and Toobin brilliantly explores the high principle and low comedy that were the hallmarks of the story.

«One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» was set in confinement, too, and like that story, the narrative drive of «The Shawshank Redemption» - based on a story by the prolific Stephen King - is a journey of freedom, physical and psychological.

Ford's cinematic influences are overtly placed — everything from the iconography and satire of DR. STRANGELOVE (as shown in the war room scene), to the narrative drive of STRAW DOGS (as shown in the grippingly tense scenes with fictional Tony's harassers, led by a perfectly - cast Aaron Taylor - Johnson), to the tangible feel of David Lynch's oeuvre, to the cunning bite of Michael Haneke's FUNNY GAMES.

The narrative drive of the game sees you playing as a new student who quickly gets involved with a Japanese version of Ghostbusters, called Gate Keepers.

But stripped of its topicality and the narrative drive of the weekly episode, Fractured But Whole falls a little flat.

It's rare that the movie actually fixes problems from the book — but in this case, the simplicity and narrative drive of a Hollywood script was just what the series called for.

Not exact matches

«We conquered Reddit and drive narrative on social media, conquered the [mainstream media], now it's time to get our most delicious memes in front of Americans whether they like it or not,» one of the group's members posted to Reddit.

Bulls are now worried they are losing control of the narrative that drove stocks higher all last year.

If well - crafted, a company narrative can result in a word - of - mouth effect that turns customers into advocates and drives awareness minus a big marketing budget.

«The beneficiaries of Open Skies driven by the likes of us has been the US economy and that's kindly marginalized in the US3's narrative,» Clark told us.

A driving force behind the ballooning valuations of media startups is the narrative they're telling about their technology.

Mallaby, a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, begins in 1900 with the birth of hedge fund inventor Alfred Winslow Jones, and presses forward through a narrative history of this most inscrutable of financial vehicles, and the men (and they are overwhelmingly men) who have driven them.

The juicy narratives driving Kipnis's four archetypal cases — lovelorn astronaut Lisa Nowak is featured, as is disgraced judge Sol Wachtler, memoir fabulist James Frey, and the dynamic duo of Tripp and Lewinsky — keep things on the zippy side, but the subject matter is worth taking seriously.

«Instead of iPhone sales or Apple Services revenue gaining importance, Apple's balance sheet strategy is driving the company's new Wall Street narrative.»

If you only want to hear your preferred narrative then by all means don't read anything that isn't blessed by your pastor who drives that $ 70k caddy parked in his reserved spot in front of the church.

The narrative drive to Venkatesh's story lies in the protracted effort of the tenants to come to terms with the gang that loomed increasingly large in the project's history.

But Ross Douthat, equally brilliant and reasonable, had already proven himself unable to resist the siren song of the narrative being pushed by agenda - driven journalists, activists, and politicians.

Whether it be Wieman's general appropriation of James's «knowledge by acquaintance» in Religious Experience and Scientific Method, Meland's «appreciative awareness,» or Loomer's more narrative forms of gathering evidence, each purports merely to describe, but then evinces that the description is driven by rather specific personal and / or contextual definitions of what counts as religious experience.

That may or may not be the final name, but it is our working name for a new curriculum that will be theologically - robust, mission - driven, and built around the narrative of the Scriptures.

This section of the book represents history as it should be written — with a sagacious use of sources, a strong narrative drive, and an authentic whiff of the charged atmosphere of the times.

What drives his narrative, however, is a vision of the Persian Wars as a clash of civilizations, which he presents as possessing significant parallels to the conflicts of our own day.

How Character - Driven Labels Are Driving Wine Sales: As the wine aisles swell with an ever - rising sea of brands, wine producers are looking to increasingly rich and imaginative narratives on which to build their brands...

On the other hand if Sanchez or his agent is driving that narrative because of contract issues / he wants out.

The media were driving the narrative because of the scandalous nature of those 3 losses and it is one that many Gooners were willing to accept out of the hurt that they feel from the nature of the results rather than look at the entire results from the league for why we lost.

According to this corporate narrative, the Gerber Products Company grew not out of a corporate - driven search to develop a new product and generate a consuming public, but out of the genuine need and inventiveness of a mother trying to prepare mashed peas for her seven - month - old child.

He does away with the contriving language of political correctness (particularly in regards to Muslims, Mexicans, immigrants, etc.) in an attempt to convince the electorate that he, in fact, «speaks true;» he engages in rhetoric that is, according to Senator Marco Rubio, «language that is deliberately offensive in order to drive media narrative.»

By embracing a rather partial interpretation of the country's problems, this narrative strongly stresses Italy's virtuous conduct as an accountable member - State and a force able to drive change.

(Some directly resulting from the collapse, some policy driven against an narrative of blaming the collapse)

Democrats supporting Mayer see the race as the next chapter in a narrative in which liberals mobilize an unprecedented amount of energy and involvement driven by a desire to combat President Donald Trump's agenda.

Thus far, UKIP and Tories have been blamed for driving Britain into international isolation, but by using negative stereotypes and punitive language to describe the EU and Europeans, Labour and the Liberal Democrats are helping the Europhobes to validate the narrative that will eventually drive Britain out of Europe.

Driven by personal narratives of patients, researchers and allied health workers in the field and exploring the multidisciplinary science that is transforming wellness across the world, LIVES informs a huge swath of health stakeholders.

Marxism and neo-liberalism were both driven by an «end - of - history» narrative.

The ultimate source of sartorial zeitgeist, brands like Chanel and Dior have been directing the narrative on body shape since the New Look - defining beauty on a global scale with aspirational body types the driving force behind a culture bred on being thin.

Down a catwalk planted with up - ended mannequin legs, the collection itself continued the kind of character - driven narrative that Westwood is built on, as diverse bodies owned a chaos of ruffled prom gowns, buttoned «habit» hoods, floral and flowing hair prints, and wonky tailoring.

The collection itself continued the kind of character - driven narrative that Westwood is built on, but front row whispers suggested unsolicited borrowings from much younger London designers too.

Especially when this layering of luxury is depicted via Louis Vuitton on six young, up - and - coming models as they act out the narrative of a woman leaving her hotel room and steps — along with her pet pooch — into her chauffeur - driven limousine.

And, based on the premiere, V has enough narrative drive and character definition to pull viewers into the creepy suspense of its dystopian world.

That is one of the ultimately unanswered mysteries that drives the compelling narrative of this three - hour long movie.

It's about the sort of spirit that drives someone like McCandless to do what he does; it's a «follow your dreams» narrative in a package that belies the cliché that it expounds upon.

His turn is not one of mere impersonation; Franco's Tommy is a driven person with clear and relatable motivations, making him a sympathetic protagonist to follow through this narrative.

Her character drives the narrative and provides much of the humor.

If you've played games for 20 years and are pretty much sick of the hand - holding, cut - scene ridden, dodgy narrative - driven masses of games we

Earnestly presented and well acted, particularly by newcomer Nicole Beharie in the central role, the film shares with many other such agenda - driven dramas a complete lack of narrative surprise, merely connecting the dots.

Except, it does get old — the use and abuse of weak VFX, the McGuffin - driven narrative, the climactic duels that pre-guarantee the victor, the set - pieces that echo a thousand other whiz - bang battles that came before.

Django Unchained may not be one of the great Tarantino films and it loses some of its narrative drive towards the end, partially due to Tarantino's most unnecessary cameo to date.

This is largely due to the lack of a clear narrative drive once the group are down in the sewers.

Jerry Maguire doesn't have a conventional narrative drive, and that's part of its charm; it's a movie of quick feints and jabs.