Sentences with phrase «narrative focus in»

Telling the tale of a young lady returning home to her family's rural Oregon homestead, Gone Home was an interesting, and successful, twist on narrative focus in games.

The schoolyard drama and the tumultuous romance between Chloe and Rachel Amber, which were the primary narrative focus in

This is a much different project, of course, both in terms of setting and story, and the screenplay could use more narrative focus in its first half.

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The strength of Hasbro's results contradict a narrative that has formed in the retail sector in which many executives have lamented that spending during the holiday season has focused on two periods of time: the Thanksgiving / Black Friday holiday weekend and the final week before Christmas.

At Fiji, Robbins offered some insight into what Jones» daily email updates look like, saying, «he sends me a checklist of what we measure, everything from his NAV [net asset value] to his [portfolio] weights, what's happening in his body, to his focus, to ratios of risk - reward that we're measuring, and then he does a narrative for me.»

In recent years, the EU's approach has focused on trying to provide an alternative narrative to BRI.

We adapted our approach in mid-2014 to address that issue, which is why we're keenly focused on market internals here (see the «Box» in The Next Big Short for the full narrative).

In this case, the scammers seemed more focused on Ryan's backstory and narrative, which we admit makes for an entertaining watch.

However, my focus in this series is to intelligently discuss the real problems of bitcoin's unknown origins and the many problems with the mass media narratives that have been built and disseminated to not only cover up these unknowns but also to falsely turn these unknowns into knowns.

The charts contain the following narrative, and it is worth noting that Federal Reserve's dual mandate was officially codified in the Humphrey — Hawkins Full Employment Act in 1978 — prior to the act, the Federal Reserve was focused on full employment:

Templates of buyer personas are very limiting in keeping the focus where it should be — on key insights and narratives that matter to how buyers go about accomplishing goals.

The focus here, however, will be on one particular form of organic teaching that is unusually full in itself — narrative teaching.

While teaching in Asia I became aware how often Western readers tended to see the truth of Scripture in abstract terms, while Asian readers tended to focus on narrative and concrete images.

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Eichenwald also focuses on narrative «contradictions» in the biblical account in order to undermine appeals to Scripture; specifically, the Christmas story, the Easter story, the Flood narrative, and the Creation accounts.

And since the Old Testament word for angel, as that of the New Testament, means also messenger, it is a legitimate suspicion that these narratives preserve reminiscences of the growing significance of the prophetic movement, which comes into clear focus just a little later in First Samuel.

Their focus is not on imaginative construction but on what they call the «realistic narratives» in scripture that render characters and circumstances in mutual interaction.

To me, the narratives in that gospel indicate a writer who focused on facts, either experienced by himself or obtained by searching for and interviewing eye witnesses.

What the book does is it helps the reader think of large, and sudden moves in the economy in terms of monetary and banking policy and helps correct for narratives of economic events that tend to overwhelmingly focus on questions of taxation, spending and labor regulation.

The issue of inheritance in general also carries theological overtones which Steinberg does not discuss, but her focus allows for a clear reading of the narrative that puts many confusing details in their place.

In 1988, the narrative focused on Los Angeles.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Focusing on successful models is an attractive approach for a narrative journalist, too, because people generally prefer reading emotionally resonant stories about individuals in pursuit of a worthy goal to slogging through lots of dry research and statistics.

This could be the case because the format of ebooks for toddlers is structured so there is only a sentence or two on each page, letting them focus and fully absorb that message, instead of getting lost in a longer narrative.

In my current work with the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS), I focus on the ways that British newspapers talk about migration issues and relate these narratives to public perceptions and migration policy changes.

But McDonnell is proving to be more multi-layered than his caricature, seeking late in his career to match expediency with belief, gripped by the need to prove economic competence (he reads the findings of focus groups as avidly as New Labour's leading figures used to do), knows the importance of narrative and how George Osborne impressively framed one about how Labour crashed the car and should never be given the keys again.

The prevailing narrative of the rise of West, which focuses on the importance of the revival of Ancient Greek knowledge following the Dark Ages in paving the way for the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, has a tendency to portray Europe's rise in self - contained euro - centric terms, often failing to acknowledge debts from further afield.

As they begin compiling more opposition files in earnest, America Rising plans to focus on New Yorkers in pushing their Cuomo narrative.

The problem seems to lie in two longstanding journalistic habits: the tendency to focus on poll leads, rather than shares, and to interpret the poll leads in terms of the prevailing Westminster Village narrative.

At first, the focus on the aged Thatcher's modern life feels like it's getting in the way of the historical narrative.

«As a postdoc, I was very much wedded to a specific research project,» she says, because she was focused on developing a research narrative to present in faculty job interviews.

The United States and other countries, he said, need to turn the focus toward ways of unlocking vast quantities of private - sector dollars and also «develop a narrative» of how nations intend to fulfill the pledge made at the 2009 climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.

They identified the key people involved using a narrative approach to interview in focus groups formed from those who were early adopters of process improvement methods.

The focus will be on your MINDSET (what narrative are you playing over and over in your head that is working against you), your BODY (what are your fitness, health, and nutrition goals) and your SPIRIT (what is your purpose, why are you here, and what fills you up).

Whereas Mackintosh is centred on traditional craft and commercial product and presented in Paris, Kostadinov's own line allows him to indulge in narrative - led collections that focus on a central character.

It's an interesting graphic adventure, but in the end the narrative feels less and less focused, and the puzzles are way too easy for veterans of the genre.

Barry proves that by honing in on a specific narrative with razor sharp focus and excellent craftsmanship, you can stand out.

Narrated by each character in shifting turns, «Mudbound» presents a fascinating exercise in perspective and narrative focus, weaving in and out of the two families» stories and the constantly changing dynamics of dominance and dependence, all of it set against a backdrop of poverty and the unforgiving forces of nature.

But as each and every player engages in debates - concerning, among other things, art, the artist's perspective, and male - female dynamics - Guerín focuses as much attention on the slippery boundary between documentary and fiction, in turn engaging with an evolving narrative, increasingly complex character dynamics, and an endlessly vivid emotional journey.

A tightly focused romantic drama that exudes the narrative terseness of a good short story and the lucid craftsmanship of a filmmaker in full command of the medium.

She discovers that as she meets with a kindly sports memorabilia dealer (Jon Hamm, in his sweetest film role) and the focus of the narrative shifts.

«Perhaps recognizing that the premiere might have been a little confusing to some viewers, the writers of «Las Vegas» keep it remarkably simple, dividing their narrative into two alternating plotlines, one in each timeframe... the focus allows for what's always been the strength of this show: Liev Schreiber.

There's little doubt, ultimately, that the character works best in extremely small doses and yet much of the narrative is focused entirely on his somewhat obnoxious (and completely unsympathetic) exploits, which ensures that large swaths of The Disaster Artist completely fail to completely capture and sustain one's interest - although it's hard to deny the effectiveness of certain making - a-picture sequences in the film's midsection (eg the shooting of the infamous «oh, hi Mark» scene).

Though it's loose in narrative, the general plot of the film focuses on six female spirits (played by Colette Kenny McKenna, Krystle Fitch, Anastasia Blue, Tanya Paoli, Kara A. Christiansen and Makaria Tsapatoris), all recently murdered by the same serial killer (Bryant W. Lohr Sr.), seemingly stuck on the threshold of reality and the afterlife, confined to the labyrinth passageways of a sort of purgatory-esque edifice.

Like their previous film Lenny Cooke, sibling directors Benny and Joshua Safdie focus on a true story in Heaven Knows What, only this time they shoot it as a feature narrative instead of a documentary.

The birth of RoboCop is clearly of interest to Padilha, who takes his time with this portion of the narrative, introducing us to Dr. Dennett Norton (Gary Oldman), a good - natured guy responsible for Murphy's tech - heavy new body, and letting the gravity of the situation settle on our hero's shoulders in a series of scenes that focus on the overwhelming change he must now adapt to.

The narrative is actually rather brief, clocking in at about 7 hours and possibly much less if you simply focus on the main story missions.

Certain Women (Kelly Reichardt, 2016) 4 out of 4 stars Set in wintry Montana, Certain Women — the sixth full - length feature from Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff)-- offers a narrative scope as majestic as the mountains we glimpse in the distance, with a focus as narrow... Continue reading →

Lack of dramatic and narrative focus was another problem in the original movie.

In Chloé Zhao's resoundingly human film The Rider, the narrative is framed as both documentary and drama focused on 20 - year - old rising rodeo star Brady Blackburn (played by Brady Jandreau) as he undergoes a crisis of identity.