Sentences with phrase «narrative exposition in»

After the defeat of each Jotun, you are returned to the hub world and are fed narrative exposition in the form of Thora's backstory regarding her family, history and personal thoughts.

You will learn more about their childhood and how both became close friends however this is mostly done through narrative exposition in the form of Chloe's journal that you can access at any point in the game.

Not exact matches

For a fuller exposition of the consonance between the Zeus myth and the Wiltshire story, see James F. Hopewell, «The Jovial Church: Narrative in Local Church Life,» in Dudley, Building Effective Ministry, 68 - 83.

Allen P. Ross, in Creation and Blessing: A Guide to the Study and Exposition of Genesis (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988, 744 pp., $ 29.99) states that his book is not a commentary of Genesis, but a guide to help teachers and preacher appreciate the richness and complexity of the narratives and to organize the theological teaching for presentation to a contemporary audience.

Games began to spend time between the scenes cutting in for narrative exposition.

Stanley Kubrick shuns common narrative crutches such as voice - over narration or back - glancing exposition in favor of a strict antiseptic license that necessarily utilizes classical music from the likes of Johann Strauss to serve as an inner - connecting emotional aural fabric upon which the filmmaker balances mesmerizing outer - space sequences that have been copied ad nauseam ever since.

It's just that the film feels so unusually empty; even if he has subtly snuck his usual hallmarks into the mechanics of the narrative itself, he's populated the foreground with characters who never come alive as anything more than archetypes, who trade in so much exposition it's hard to see how any audience member could be overwhelmed with confusion at the story being told.

In essence, what the game may lack in exposition or narrative complexity it makes up for in nostalgic capital, a refined weapons system and a classic Resident Evil feIn essence, what the game may lack in exposition or narrative complexity it makes up for in nostalgic capital, a refined weapons system and a classic Resident Evil fein exposition or narrative complexity it makes up for in nostalgic capital, a refined weapons system and a classic Resident Evil fein nostalgic capital, a refined weapons system and a classic Resident Evil feel

The central couple of «The Strangers» has now been replaced with a family in crisis — Christina Hendricks and Martin Henderson as beleaguered parents Cindy and Mike, Lewis Pullman as golden boy son Luke, and Bailee Madison as troublemaking daughter Kinsey — who arrive at the park after an exposition - heavy introduction that soon gives way to a lean, mean narrative.

The Imitation Game, however, is crystal clear, lockstep in narrative and exposition and careful to leave no child behind as it explains how Turing and his team of irregulars managed to build the first computer and defeat the Nazi war machine by intercepting its communications.

At points, the manner in which Cox delivers his character's mental disintegration is very moving, at others it's clearly a narrative tool, by which revelations can later be used to extra dramatic effect, and sometimes mere exposition.

«Rather than simply layering in exposition to the narrative or telling you how to feel, the music becomes a character with the same arcs and challenges as the actors on the screen.»

But there are traitors, both human and metallic, which makes things complicated in the sense that more exposition is required, and plot twists need to be handled with screaming instances of narrative torque.

The final act is a slight copout; It's a pet peeve of mine when films end in a exposition - fueled narrative explaining what happened in the aftermath.

Storytelling in video games can be a hit or miss endeavor, with the best games nailing the basic tenets of good narrative, and the subpar games dying under the strain of too much exposition.

Rather, there's the breezy compression of information, the casual throwing - away of character exposition and streamlining of plot progression that seems directly proportional to the kinds, and duration, of input one encounters in comic book narrative.

A chase film with tinges of science fiction in the margins, this is a thriller that does not burden its audience or overcomplicate its narrative with extraneous exposition, allowing you as the viewer to piece many of its mysteries together yourself.

In the time since, the rise of exposition, convoluted narratives, and thinly drawn character arcs have overtaken the marketplace — ... [Read more...]

It's poorly paced, the narrative is inadequately layered, it drowns the viewer in nonsensical exposition and, over all, winds up feeling like a silly excuse to make yet another movie about pretty people, werewolves, vampires, and teenage murderers.

Seeds are planted early on so that this manipulation works, but for all the exposition thrown our way, none of this matters as we're invested in the narrative and the characters pretty much from the get go.

From the second it hits the ground (running), Into Darkness reaches for the stars in terms of narrative, acting, exposition and flow.

The narrative is told in a very indirect manner with little exposition.

The «narrative elements» turned out to be nothing more than floating heads taking up space in players HUD's, shouting skeletal exposition for a non-existant story in a poor effort to apply context that wasn't needed to begin with.

Doodle also provides some exposition in regards to the narrative, which is present in this game but limited.

She lamented the role of exposition in narrative games.

Having all the exposition in supplemental data logs outside of the narrative is an amazingly amateurish mistake.

2007 — Representation 2007, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NYC 2006 — 10 Years — A Retrospective, Dolby - Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco 2005 — Domestic Disturbance, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2005 — Sinister, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 2004 — The Reflected / Refracted Self, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago 2004 — The Artist as Collector, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN 2004 — American Realism, Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London 2004 — Meat Market, Lyonswier Gallery, NYC 2003 — Group Show, Dolby - Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco 2002 — Here and Now, Cultural Center, Chicago (catalogue) 2002 — Harboring Beauty, Gesheidle Gallery, Chicago 2002 — Art Chicago, Chicago 2002 — San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco 2001 — Snowglobe Invitational, Gescheidle, Chicago 2001 — Pin - up, Lyonswier Gallery, NYC 2001 — Welcome to My Dollhouse, Zolla - Lieberman Gallery, Chicago 2001 — Subject Matters, Standard Gallery, Chicago (catalogue) 2001 — Artists / Alumni, Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (catalogue) 2001 — Narrative Sampler, Lyonswier Gallery, Chicago 2000 — Les Chemical Carnales, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago 2000 — Shake the Coat, North Park University, Chicago 2000 — Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, Chicago 1999 — Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, Chicago 1999 — Votive Offerings, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Rendering of the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which will be located in LA's Exposition Park

Combining their individual practices and shared interests in performance and narrative, Lucas Ajemian and Julien Bismuth's collaboration, Les Lettres Tristes, was a thoughtful exposition on the art of distraction.