Sentences with word «nonprofessional»

The artists engage a recurring cast of nonprofessional actors as well as invented or adopted characters, ranging from puppets to dummies, plush animals, makeshift robots, and rejected toys, who rehearse power dynamics and emotional entanglements.

As he's done in his previous movies, Payne and his casting director, John Jackson, also make liberal use of nonprofessionals in key roles, especially when the film gets to Nebraska.

DP Lol Crawley's best efforts can't quite overcome the rather awkward performances of the film's mostly nonprofessional cast.

As in her earlier films, Ramsay mixes actors with nonactors, notably using a convincing nonprofessional in the role of Lanna.

As before, Bujalski's preference for nonprofessional actors, his ear for the rhythms of conversation among bright young 20 - somethings and his adept use of a roving, hand - held camera (this time shooting in fuzzy black and white) lend the film an invigorating energy.

Both are examples of a current vogue for book - length studies of masterpieces (Tarkovsky's Stalker and Ozu's Late Spring, respectively) and both are examples of film criticism practiced by nonprofessionals who, in this case, happen to be prestigious literary Brits.

Filmmaker David Gordon Green creates a nuanced, diffuse portrait of a rural North Carolina community in repressed turmoil, its inhabitants (portrayed by nonprofessional actors) consumed by anxiety, economic woe and lethargy in equal measure.

Leave out nonprofessional work (McDonald's, Starbucks, etc.) unless it illustrates something that may be of interest to the employer.

This heartbroken drama set amid rural South Dakota's bronco - riding culture casts nonprofessionals as versions of themselves, centering on a quietly brooding young cowboy named Brady, who's been sidelined by an injury that threatens to keep him from the one pursuit that brought him passion and purpose.

However, before elaborating on this, we need to explore how nonprofessional performances is informed and takes shape through the filmmaking process itself.

The first - of - its - kind study analyzed the private portfolios of mutual fund managers and found the managers were surprisingly unsuccessful at outperforming nonprofessional investors.

District Council 37 represents about 10,000 nonprofessional staff.)

Other speakers who echoed Brown's concerns also said the proposed amendments fail to define the practice of law in a way that would encompass incidents in the context of nonprofessional activities at law firms, such as receptions, dinners and informal social events.

But for hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens who have been attending the fair in person the place to remember may well be instead an open stage in a wooded area of Sokolniki Park where, three times daily, a cast of mostly nonprofessional models demonstrates how Americans dress for the kind of lives they lead.

Equally threatening to good hospital care and treatment is a similar attitude about the importance of training nonprofessional or paramedical personnel.

These assumptions may have led many philosophers who were religious to consign faith to their private, nonprofessional lives or to accept Nielsen's and Mackie's view that the theistic tradition is intellectually second - rate.

I'm an expert at translating complex topics in medicine and health into clear, accessible language for nonprofessional readers.

Populated with utterly convincing nonprofessional actors (casting alone accounted for years of pre-production), the film gains its force through a steady accretion of seemingly minor incidents and inconspicuous subtexts.

The U.S. Department of Education's Planning and Evaluation Service reports, «Well - designed tutoring programs that use volunteers or other nonprofessionals as tutors can be effective in improving children's reading skills.

The survey also found that most nonprofessional investors are not diversified and hold shares in only five to 10 companies at a time.

Under the tutelage of socially active Belgian playwright Armand Gatti, Jean - Pierre learned about the political and artistic possibilities of film and video, as well as the creative potential in using nonprofessional actors.

This has included acute care, IT, and even nonprofessional services.

It has proved exceptionally beneficial in the training of indigenous nonprofessionals who are being used with increasing frequency to help bridge the gap between educational or social service projects and the communities they are attempting to serve.

So do nonprofessionals.

The church school depends on nonprofessional volunteers, is presumptuous in its schedule and miniscule in its effect, while at the same time prodigiously wasteful of expensive classroom space which often lies unused 99 % of the time.

A fellowship like A.A. is a refreshing example of the ability of nonprofessional persons to be of highly significant help to each other.

He often works with nonprofessional or relatively untested actors, and so the addition of a two - time Oscar nominee like Dafoe brings a fresh charge to the work.

Honest and hilarious in equal measure, Baker's electrifying film gives a voice to a community that movies usually exploit for laughs, and his two nonprofessional leads deliver the best performances of the fest.

Likewise, he encouraged his largely nonprofessional cast to incorporate aspects from their own lives into the characters they were creating, borrowing a page from the playbooks of Mike Leigh and John Cassavetes, whom Zeitlin calls two of his idols.

The Certified Nurse Assistant performs various patient care activities and related nonprofessional services necessary in caring for the personal needs and comfort of patients.

CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT PRE - DIEM / CONTRACT SUMMARY Perform a variety of nonprofessional nursing duties in the direct care of patients under the supervision of an RN / LPN.

And just as Bicycle Thieves employed nonprofessional actors, Fruitvale has its own methods of evoking a sense of realism.

There are many nonprofessionals who claim to be experts in the field, but they can not compare to the expertise of a veterinary behaviorist.

The truth is, job seekers can get burned whether they get a freebie, nonprofessional resume — or yes, even if they max out their credit cards and go for broke.

Many of the former have chosen to live communally and to work in nonprofessional occupations in order to make the collective self - sufficient.

Inspirational testimonials written by ordinary nonprofessional folks, largely homemakers, who resolved their weight problems through improvised devotional regimens of their own making now seem almost obsolete.

Despite her focus on nonhuman and nonprofessional resources, such an expansion will require new scientists with new skills to engage with technology and the public.

Nonprofessionals routinely produce stunning images of creatures and objects too tiny for the eye to resolve.

This study is the first to use CTE neuropathologic criteria established by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) earlier this year to look for incidence of the disease in nonprofessional athletes, says the study's senior author, Dennis Dickson, M.D., a neuropathologist at Mayo Clinic.

Though Bresson favored nonprofessional actors, director Anton Corbijn has secured George Clooney to play the title role of a top - of - the - line professional assassin.

The filmmakers, who previously worked together on the sub-indie Starlet and the TV series Greg the Bunny, here mix experienced actors with well - handled nonprofessionals.

Besides Duvall, the film is filled with many terrific performances from professionals and nonprofessionals alike.

The script, which he wrote with Alex Lipschultz and Musa Syeed, was inspired by Mr. Lustig's experiences, and the actors are nonprofessionals whose performances ring true.

The movie follows one such group, populated mostly by nonprofessionals Arnold found on her scouting trips, and it works best as a rowdy ensemble piece — sort of a co-ed, mobile, present - day version of Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some, examining the frayed bonds created among newly formed adults with few responsibilities and a dynamic torn between loyalty and rivalry.

Not all of these films are, strictly speaking, children's films, and some are documentaries; but most of them feature children, and in many respects they establish a particular kind of filmmaking that The White Balloon exemplifies: loosely scripted narratives with documentary elements that employ mainly nonprofessional actors.