Sentences with phrase «narrative frame»

Within her practice, transformations serve to disrupt dominant historical tropes and invite audiences to question narratives framed around objects.

It also has one of the most intelligent narrative framing devices, allowing the main character's multiple personality to take life in a way that other games have certainly attempted, but never succeeded (if I say more, I feel I may spoil something).

At a remove from each other, the titles indicate two narrative frames for the incongruous props and posters that appear around them.

Back In February I tweeted about Randy Olson's quantitative analysis of Trump's «mad skills» in narrative framing.

The subject matter — African - American characters and surrealist narratives framed by spatial dissonances and cool colors — and a moody, pared - down style that simultaneously invokes Shaft and Neo Rauch, offer a glimpse into what the 32 - year - old painter has called «instances where black aesthetics and modernist aesthetics collide.»

Trenton Doyle Hancock's complex new paintings are fantastical semi-sculptural works that weave storytelling, childhood impressions and socio - politics into the collapsing narrative frames of the graphic novel.

• Though Sturges provides the movie's essential inspiration, the title credits twice advertise that its tongue - in - cheek narrative frame is «based upon The Odyssey by Homer.»

A flick with real heart and real tension, writer and director Sang - ho Yeon's story works on two levels as a horror - action narrative framing a melodrama reflecting on the nature of humankind during times of crisis.

With its clever narrative framing device, a collection of fantastic acting performances, and a deeply expressive combat model, Hanger 13's Mafia 3 wound up being one of the biggest surprises of 2016.

Amezkua described her source materials as very sexualized narratives framed around women as erotic objects.

Knopf is calling Swim Back to Me «her strongest work yet — a collection of burnished, impossible - to - put down narratives framed by two stunning, linked novellas.»

Onward Creatives, hosted by Jack and Valentina Fussell, echoes these sentiments with a more creative, narrative framing — an entrepreneur is the hero at the center of their own story.

If the issue is a particularly difficult or controversial one, either for individual members or their congregation as a whole, it may be wise to begin the conversation in a narrative frame, using a carefully prepared case that poses the issue in a specific instance.

Many a story is only a saying fitted out in a narrative frame.

The idea of a Scientology - like «religion» is used only as a narrative framing device — the film itself poses much more thought - provoking questions.

This narrative framing is clunky, but those familiar with the novel will understand its necessity.

If the freeform survival mode of Surviving Mars no longer entertains you, the game has a set of «Mysteries of Mars» storylines which add additional objectives and a narrative frame to the game.

Don Miguel — the leader of a full - scale heroin production center — whether by choice or by narrative framing is someone who's ostensibly searching for peace and the ability to provide for his family in his chosen way.

The narrative framing for the single - player campaign is a ponderous storyline that charts the rise of a new World Series Racing (WSR) league.

Though the narrative frame means that Grace's survival is assured, the suspense of The Lifeboat never lets up, and it is a testament to Rogan's talent that a novel that so insightfully confronts existential questions is also a complete and utter page - turner.

Instead of telling the story of the conflict in a straightforward manner, a narrative framing device is used to dig into the morality of the war.

Guild Wars 2 offers a unique take on MMORPGs by ommitting a faction system altogether and proving each character with their own branching storyline to guide progression through a narrative frame.

The narrative frame of the game is executed in a very Japanese adventure game style — which is to say it has anime movies, fully voiced cutscenes of characters talking on and on, and occasional interactive decision - making (in this case, in the form of replying to mail messages from your girlfriend on your phone).

With the exception of one late - game sequence, you're never a minute or two away from more arresting action, but this game is equally as entertaining in its mysterious presentation and narrative framing as it is with its violence.

And, of course, there's a narrative framing device, with Thorton debriefing to an unknown figure.

Against this narrative frame, the backroom has been transformed into a miniature landscape of dimly lit herds of tuberous roots and orange peel cast in bronze, an atmosphere reminiscent of the abject fantasy world of the Polish master Alina Szapocznikow.

This narrative framed the bullish case for bitcoin.