Sentences with phrase «of storytelling devices»

No less important, this film relies on a variety of storytelling devices and narrative forms, such as narrative painting, the gothic tale, the incest story, the letter, the dream, the flashback, the omniscient narrator, and the horizontal wipe.

Bungie is on track to course - correct its Destiny series through better usage of storytelling devices — and a story — combined with pixel - perfect PC controls.

Not exact matches

This crew is pumping out the lovechildren of science education charts and graphic design — small, very helpful pocket references for when you're in a pinch for the perfect symbol or playful visual storytelling device.

Isn't the myster after the fact the storytelling device of the less - than - edgy - but - occasionally - funny «Dude Where's My Car?»

It's a coming - of - age story, but Holmer mostly eschews dialogue and standard storytelling devices; she tells her tale through movements and patterns and the way that she films them.

This is the auteur's second project to utilize the real - life passing of time as a storytelling device, following his Before series (whose latest entry, Before Midnight, was my favorite film of 2013), a trio of romance movies separated by 9 years each starring Hawke and Julie Delpy.

Do you want to meditate on what has happened to the American Dream using the symbolism of Elvis Presley as a storytelling device?

Indeed, John Krasinski's horror hit is all about sound and makes brilliant use of silence as a storytelling device.

Framing device: tracing the genesis of storytelling techniques that took Hollywood into modernism (and beyond)

Flash forward 30 years, and they couldn't find a complete print or negative that resembled the original theatrical version, so they had to pull out some of the streamlined storytelling devices they had created, and go back to the remaining raw footage to rebuild some sequences.

Covering the waterfront of Harding's life from when her domineering mother pushed her onto the world stage of figure skaters, through her emerging stardom on the ice to becoming a promising U.S. Olympian to the scandal where she tried to violently eliminate her main competitor Nancy Kerrigan and a marriage that involved domestic abuse — this film has it all but chooses a Rashomon - like storytelling device to play it all out onscreen.

A staunch believer in the power of storytelling, Howard this time surprisingly foregoes establishing memorable characters — don't expect any Niki Lauda «s or John Nash «s here — in order to make room for a familiar but powerful framing device involving Brendan Gleeson's aged Tom Nickerson, the last living survivor of that crew.

Probably the most interesting component of the movie is its signature storytelling device: the network news report.

Again, it's as if LvT is arguing with himself over narrative devices and the strength of his own storytelling.

The Kubruckian overtones of Interstellar make it an intriguing fit for Chris Nolan's storytelling style and mise - en - scène (re: visual composition); plus, wormholes present an obvious narrative device for jumping around in time (as he's inclined to do, regardless).

Perhaps one of the more straight - forward of their collaborations, the photography in «Milk» was nonetheless a well - implemented storytelling device for the life of San Francisco politician Harvey Milk.

This is the kind of storytelling and getting into a world and the reality that you can achieve by following a story over time and just telling it in a way that uses the same storytelling devices that a narrative feature would use.

Fans of the writer / director will probably eat it up, but any movie that seemingly relies so heavily on a lazy storytelling device like voiceover narration is setting itself up for failure.

«Parkour: Defying Gravity» (1:48) gives a general view of the discipline this while «Parkour Legend David Belle» (2:00) lets the stunt coordinator explain how he uses it as a unique storytelling device.

In the case of cinema, slow motion has been widely used as a poetic device to accentuate and invigorate moments that need to be highlighted, whether for storytelling or purely aesthetic... Read more»

Those hooks can be a number of things: a compelling premise, the narrative and storytelling devices, relatable characters, an addictive gameplay mechanic, you name it.

While I understand the reasoning behind this as a storytelling device, I grew a bit tired of his character.

American Ultra also benefits greatly from absolutely face - numbing cinematography, worthy of a big budget action flick, a kick - ass soundtrack, and some novel storytelling devices, and the emotional subtext between Phoebe and Howell.

The parallel reading to the children is one of the oldest storytelling devices but it still works to bond different characters.

Yes, we've seen this mad dash to get one's hands on a MacGuffin in many, many action flicks before (Hello, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers, X-Men, and anything else with a Marvel / DC label), but it seems a bit excusable here since such storytelling devices are ingrained in what Star Trek is all about.

Consequently, they use storytelling devices to deeply engage audiences for extended periods of time.

The Fitbit is one of my favorite wearables, and just one device can bring storytelling to your classroom.

The initiative introduces new features to the company's line of superhero titles: augmented reality bonus content that uses digital devices like smartphones and tablets to add a new dimension to print editions, and a reimagined storytelling mode for digital - only releases the company is calling «Infinite Comics.»

Madefire Motion Books is a free comic app that delivers the most innovative reading experience for iOS devices as it pioneers the next chapter in storytelling; it has been 5 - star rated since launch, and was awarded an App Store's «Best of 2012».

«As books continue to reach consumers in various electronic forms, we strive to deliver the most advanced and innovative device options that embrace new forms of creative storytelling and content,» said Younghee Lee, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, IT & Mobile Division at Samsung Electronics.

You can think of it as storytelling device as opposed to just being some music that plays in the background.

«Of course, formatting original content for the phone is different — you can craft the storytelling to the device.

We are a legion of visionary artists, storytellers and engineers on a mission to advance the timeless art of storytelling in an era of interactive media, connected devices and virtual and augmented realities.

When that happens there's a real danger of disconnecting from the art as a storytelling device and devolving into a kind of cliche - driven visual idioglossia.

But as a storytelling device it's really rather special, its companion app doing all the heavy lifting of a gamesmaster and thereby turning Mansions of Madness into a spectacular adventure that works not only with a group of friends, but also as a solo experience.

between EUR 10.000 and EUR 150.000 for developing a concept or a project (activities to the point that the concept leads to a playable prototype or trial version) for a Video Game of highly innovative and creative narrative storytelling games designed for commercial exploitation for PCs, consoles, mobile devices, tablets, smart phones and other technologies.

It's not a great start, reeking of desperation to eek some extra money out of a finished trilogy through a lazy storytelling device that essentially brings everybody back to square one.

The graphic system that Marina Willer devised for the exhibition is inspired by the dynamic storytelling devices associated with Manga comics: the iconic storyboards, composed of panels that vary radically in angle, size and scale; and cinematic framing, achieved through a rapid alternation between long shots and close - ups, montages and scene changes.

The piece is an ongoing series of sculptural works that function as storytelling devices.

Scholars of the discipline expanded from dissecting the practice of teaching legal writing and began to focus on law as rhetoric.11 Progressively, the teaching of legal argument had led to curiosity about rhetorical devices and narrative techniques.12 The importance of plain or accessible language became a key component of effective communication.13 The intersection of legal writing and storytelling emerged as an important area of the scholarly discourse.14 The discipline's character developed and created new and emerging sub-characters within the story.

The power of storytelling: The science behind the effectiveness of storytelling as a persuasion device is just now coming into view.