Sentences with phrase «narrative elements never»

Not exact matches

Certainly, if the idea of Jesus» risen life started with any factual element associated with an empty tomb, that element was never clearly visualized, even in the imagination of the first disciples, and is now confused for us in narratives that contradict each other on every important detail.

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has infused the majority of The Visit with many of the touchstones one has come to expect from found - footage chillers, and yet it's worth noting that the movie never quite becomes as predictable as many of its similarly - themed brethren - as the writer / director does an effective job of peppering the narrative with surprising elements and an undercurrent of unexpected drama.

On the one hand, having a weak story never stopped the original Blade Runner from being revered as a classic, but all of the elements are in place for Villeneuve to create a compelling narrative.

Like the performances, the genuinely sweet and serene creative elements never drown out the narrative power, from David Wingo's slight musical score to Adam Stone's unfiltered camera.

In truth, these elements exist as nothing more than cheap setup for the violence to come, so the narrative never draws us in or makes us care about the participants.

There's a reason why this story needs to be set in the Big Easy, and Barr develops the narrative carefully, never letting the eerie black - magic elements overshadow her solid and suspenseful plotting.

While this in itself is a bit of an overstatement (there is plenty of insightful travel journalism out there to offset the generic pap), Thompson proceeds with an accurate roundup of the elements that conspire to create bad travel writing: throw - away words like «hip,» «happening,» «sun - drenched,» «undiscovered,» and «magical»; imperative language that urges the reader to «do» this, «eat» that, «go» here; stories that depict tourism workers (taxi drivers, hotel clerks, bartenders) as «local color»; the fake narrative «raisons d'etre writers invent to justify their travels»; the untraveled writers and editors who assemble authoritative - sounding travel «roundups» from Internet research; the conflicts of interest that arise when writers fund their travels with industry - subsidized «comps»; publications running what is essentially the same story over and over again, never questioning stereotype assumptions about certain parts of the world.

All these elements are superimposed over a background plane of paper that decays (viewing left to right) from a flat cream to beige and black cut strips, the old order seemingly broken and reassembled into novel arrangements: here, narrative is never formally established, but the title and the elements seem to speak to one another nevertheless.

But the piece will also contain an element he's never before attempted: a multichannel sound installation that will constitute a major part of the show's narrative experience.

Rauch's paintings suggest a narrative intent but, as art historian Charlotte Mullins explains, closer scrutiny immediately presents the viewer with enigmas: «Architectural elements peter out; men in uniform from throughout history intimidate men and women from other centuries; great struggles occur but their reason is never apparent; styles change at a whim.»