Sentences with phrase «narrative style with»

The game uses a film - noir narrative style with visuals that may remind you of one of the two Sin City live - action movies.

Benjy's section is characterized by a highly disjointed narrative style with frequent chronological leaps.

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With an interest narrative style, this makes for an easy, enjoyable read.

In Out of Sorts, Sarah Bessey helps us grapple with core Christian issues using a mixture of beautiful storytelling and biblical teaching, a style well described as «narrative theology.»

In Out of Sorts, Sarah Bessey — award - winning blogger and author of Jesus Feminist, which was hailed as «lucid, compelling, and beautifully written» (Frank Viola, author of God's Favorite Place on Earth)-- helps us grapple with core Christian issues using a mixture of beautiful storytelling and biblical teaching, a style well described as «narrative theology.»

We are concerned with their effort to be metaphoric in their reflection, staying close to the parabolic form with its insistence on using common language in novel ways to evoke insight, with its emphasis on the narrative quality of believing, its foundation in experience, and with both language and belief rooted in a total life - style.

Through A Little Casual I share affordable fashion finds and style ideas with a casual spin for «real life;» reliable advice and information about health and fitness; and occasional narratives about faith, family, and life adventures as a wife, mama, joy seeker, and coffee lover.

I feel Tough was able to join the narrative style of a novel with the factual account of Canada's work and the political climate of education without sounding like a bleeding heart story.

Williams's narrative of Macmillan as Prime Minister rather loses its pace and style, as if he had grown rather bored with his subject's endless overseas visits and conferences.

Their idea was that papers written in a more narrative style — those that tell a story — might be more influential than those with a drier, more expository style.

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

A typical example of the mid -»80s «Rat Pack» film, Oxford Blues featured a soundtrack with several forgettable rock songs written expressly for the movie, interjected at intervals into the narrative through music video - style sequences.

Formulaic, cheesy with its fluff and histrionics, - to the point of superficializing a sense of narrative weight, and inconsistent with its tone, pacing and overall structure, this film falls as a pretty forgettable war drama, flavored up by the decent visual style, worthy subject matter, lively direction and endearing performances which secure Jesse Hibbs» «To Hell and Back» as an almost thoroughly entertaining and sometimes effective, if ultimately underwhelming account of Audie Murphy's struggles as a farm boy - turned - military man.

One has to question just how formulaic this epic Roman drama is, because the formula was still fresh by the time this film came along, establishing certain tropes that would be shamelessly slammed into by future epics of this type time and again, and yet, outside of what would go on to become conventions, this film does most of what you'd expect, with a predictable narrative, storytelling style, dialogue, and, for that matter, portrayal of Ancient Rome.

It's a character - based piece, but the structure is carefully considered with a clear narrative thrust and an unusual style.

There's a certain kind of film I see at many festivals: oblique, short on narrative and incident (or filled with repetitive incident), shot in a style that favors long (distance and time) shots of people doing nothing, or doing mundane things like crossing the street in real time.

It's a compelling premise that's initially employed to less - than - impressive effect by Johnson, as the writer / director has infused the early part of the proceedings with a style - over-substance feel that prevents one from embracing either the characters or the narrative.

Ultimately, while it's a little bit disappointing to see Kadokawa go with such a «safe» design for its return to the tactical RPG battlefield, there's enough in God Wars: Future Past's narrative and atmosphere to recommend it to someone on the lookout for a new Tactics - style title.

A brilliant work of popular art, it redefined nostalgia as a marketable commodity and established a new narrative style, with locale replacing plot, that has since been imitated to the point of ineffectiveness.

This is a game to be savoured, rather than powering through, with an excellent narrative, a beautiful art style, and wonderful music that trigger all kinds of memories of dreams we've forgotten or we never knew we had.

Yes, some of its lightning - fast fighting styles seem borrowed from videogame aesthetics, but director Jennifer Yuh Nelson's true cannon fist is how seamlessly «Panda's» wild skirmishes mesh with its eloquent narrative, even if there are less pauses for reflection this time «round.

Utilizing both a documentary - style news format and a classic, cinematic narrative, the film is said to explore genre themes with a new twist on structure.

This is perfectly in keeping with the style of the Broadway production, which features much more of this style than the film does, with Condon beefing up the dramatic dialogue for purposes of an easier narrative and deeper characterizations.

As I said, not the easiest of plots to explain in words, but if you were to combine Abre los Ojos (Vanilla Sky) with Gwynneth Paltrow's Sliding Doors, you have a rough idea the style in which the narrative is told.

The movie, directed with customary panache by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), is a canny narrative told in three distinct acts, each involving the launch of a particular product and each presented in its own aesthetic style.

But Fire Emblem shares some of the key ingredients of a Warriors - style game, including a huge roster of recognizable and beloved characters, a focus on medieval - style combat with melee weapons, bows, and just a bit of magic, and narratives revolving around heroes leading armies to save kingdoms.

Director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, The Bourne Identity) could have taken a formulaic approach and mimic Scorsese's biographical style with nonlinear narratives, extreme violence, and classic rock (as other directors have).

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But it does so by substituting one seductive narrative for another: She was a victim of a feckless, abusive husband, Jeff (Stan), whose story is played here as a Coen brothers - style crime caper about a dumb man, with even dumber friends.

U.S. NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS: Any narrative work of fiction of U.S. origin with a running time of 50 minutes or more, including films that are shot in a «mockumentary&raquNARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS: Any narrative work of fiction of U.S. origin with a running time of 50 minutes or more, including films that are shot in a «mockumentary&raqunarrative work of fiction of U.S. origin with a running time of 50 minutes or more, including films that are shot in a «mockumentary» style.

Furman sacrifices a new narrative style for character focus, making each film into an underdog story with a clearly defined hero.

With its convincing depictions of Margo Robbie [apparently] executing Harding's signature triple axel in mind - blowing competition figure skating sequences, «I, Tonya» (written by screenwriter Steven Rogers) adopts a narrative style that flips between direct - to - camera confessionals and straight - ahead drama.

A vérité style narrative featuring professional and non-professional actors, and produced with a crew made up largely of women, Newman offers a new take on the sports film which wisely avoids sentimentality and melodrama.

Like Lanthimos, Warmerdam tempers the inherently twisted narrative with a flat, static visual style of medium and long shots, long takes, natural lighting, and minimal camera movement.

In keeping with the director's late style, it's a series of disjointed and overlapping ruminations and jokes, half - oblique narrative and half - essay film, shot in an experimental digital 3D that is guaranteed to slice out your eyeballs.

French animator Sylvain Chomet, whose idiosyncratic, elegant, hand - drawn style and quirky approach to narrative were introduced to American viewers in 2003's The Triplets of Belleville, is returning to screens with another largely wordless feature...

Utilizing a cut - and - paste animation style with a photographic edge to recreate scenes from Hicks's life, usually to cheeky effect, American turns some 90 minutes of interview footage into a smooth, illustrated, altogether agreeable narrative that is chock - full of anecdotes and achieves a genuine intimacy without resorting to hero - worship (only the occasionally lame visual, such as the whitewashed depictions of tripping during Bill's mushroom blowouts at Kevin Booth's ranch, weaken the device).

Filmmaker Sally Potter combines the experimental tools and feminist approach of her earlier films with art - house style and more conventional narrative storytelling to find the cinematic counterpart to Virginia Woolf's writing in this 1992 adaptation of Woolf's novel «Orlando: A Biography.»

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (April 25, 2018)-- Leading interactive entertainment developer and publisher, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc., today announces a collaboration with world famous Aardman Animation Studios and DigixArt to create 11 - 11: MEMORIES RETOLD, a story - driven narrative adventure, presented within a breathtaking art style reminiscent of paintings, that will deliver a wholly unique experience.

Based on a true story, the movie unfolds in a mockumentary style, meaning it pretends to be a documentary by using interviews (mostly with actors, although some are people who did know the real life Bernie) to supply the narrative.

A strong sense of style, an observant screenplay, and the sort of performances that elevate standard fare into the realm of memorable buoy the picture over many of its rough patches and redundancies, but Lin needs to squeeze out his narrative with greater urgency and balance: long periods of high school drama and exposition separated by badly justified epiphanies undermine the picture's coherence and flow.

Marvel has had a rocky history with directors with a vision, though I think this narrative is a little overplayed considering what we see on screen — the pre - and non-Avengers films have always had a bit of the filmmaker's character in there, so I expect Derrickson's style to show on screen.

I've been sceptical about this film - maker's pictorial sense in the past, even in the widely admired Pan's Labyrinth from 2006, which called to my mind Tarantino's shrugging response to a certain kind of film infatuated with its own visuals: «Pretty pictures...» But Crimson Peak has more narrative sinew and black comic style than this.

Despite this freewheeling narrative style, the piecing together of which has earned editor Tatiana S Riegel an Oscar nomination, the ice - skating sequences are fabulous, with Gillespie and cinematographer Nicolas Karakatsanis joining forces brilliantly to show the effort, speed and skill that goes into figure skating at the highest level.

Official Synopsis: Styles of filmmaking have changed greatly from the classical Hollywood system, with its emphasis on narrative and character, to the current digital era of YouTube and installation art, where audiovisual spectacle takes command.

3D World feels even more random then most Mario games — they should have made a full snow world, one world with the japanese style levels (the ones where you can open doors with the touchscreen), revisit Sarasa Land and so on, each with its own narrative.

Divided into three parts, it kicks into gear with part two, at roughly the halfway point; it also should have ended there, as part three (by far the shortest, thankfully) extends the narrative to no clear purpose apart from allowing Park to toss in some gratuitous, Oldboy - style violence.

It's true that Ritchie has pinched a good number of cinematic styles from Tarantino, but unlike Tarantino's customary nonlinear narrative, Ritchie presents his clever tale with «Seinfeld» - esque coincidences that haphazardly bring all of his characters together in the end.

Whether it's the performances, the style or the narrative, which is light as air and frantically paced, there's just something that doesn't gel with «Solo.»

In the post-Chungking Express landscape Wong Kar - wai became an immediately acknowledged style signifying a relaxed narrative with a poetic structure, splashes of bright color, erratic and funny voice - overs, energizing camerawork ---- often handheld ---- and awesomely unusual framing.