Sentences with phrase «on voiceover narration»

The film is also plagued by an overreliance on voiceover narration, a design that is clunky and unusual for Allen.

The film leans a bit hard on voiceover narration and is far uglier and more depressive than the trilogy's bookends but perhaps serves as a necessary corrective to the other two films, suggesting as it does that there's no escaping one's own inner nature.

Not exact matches

First Cousin Once Removed benefits from the clarity provided by Honig's published poetry, which surfaces in voiceover narration and words on the screen, rendering the undulations of his life in sweeping abstractions.

Writer / director Welles does not appear on camera, but his voiceover narration superbly sets the stage for the movie's action, which fades in valentine fashion on Amberson Mansion, the most ostentatious dwelling in all of turn - of - century Indianapolis.

This is a rapturously beautiful and important restoration, complemented by a complex soundtrack that delicately and coherently balances the noises of the film's island setting with the on - screen dialogue with two voiceover narrations with John Barnes's score, which is, itself, an intricate tapestry of the musical heritages of many cultures.

Despite the fairytale voiceover narration, this rendition verges on PG - 13 for several sexy scenes.

Riffing on the narration - plus - archival - footage technique in «The Price of Gold,» director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) weaves talking - head voiceovers into flashback scenes.

Davidson says, by way of charming voiceover narration, that she didn't want to be a whiny bitch like the rest of her generation, but she replaces that option with becoming an ungrateful, surly, mortally - broken (by her mother's suicide — fair enough) girl - woman intent on taking camels with her on a trek across some of the most unforgiving terrain on the planet.

In voiceover narration, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), our teenaged pipsqueak of a protagonist, introduces us to Berk, an island located on «the Meridian of Misery.»

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.

The first, dread - and tension - inducing scene practically functions as a master - class in tone - setting and world - building on a modest budget, achieved through a relatively straightforward combination of visual composition, natural lighting, and production design and not exposition (e.g., dialogue, voiceover narration).

I can't participate in any kind of lengthy discussion about Lovely Bones, there are just so many more things I would rather be doing... but on your point Kurt about voiceover narration hammering things home... how about its reference to the title of the movie... My God.

Reeves breaks that silence with on - the - nose narration that, at times, invites unfavorable comparisons to Harrison Ford «s stilted voiceover in the first cut of «Blade Runner.»

Filmmaker Richard Levine, working from his own screenplay, delivers an opening stretch that admittedly doesn't hold much potential, as the writer / director places an excessive emphasis on narration from both Tucci and Timlin's respective characters - with the seemingly ceaseless voiceover making it initially impossible to work up any interest in the characters and their exploits (ie neither Ted nor Angela are developed beyond their most obvious attributes).

We get a date stamped on the screen and we see how the characters meet, while voiceover narration is used to say how they're feeling.

Finally, someone let him direct his own script, and the result was Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a riotous riff on the hard - boiled works of Raymond Chandler (chapter titles are all from Philip Marlowe novels: Lady in the Lake, The Simple Art of Murder, The Little Sister, etc), that nimbly satirizes the movie business, detective - movie plotting (there are always two cases that implausibly tie up together), the action hero as idiot and the conventions of the film noir voiceover («Oh shit, back up, back up, I forgot to mention — Jesus, this is terrible narration, it's like my dad telling a joke and saying, oh, I should have told you the cowboy's horse is blue...»).

In her voiceover narration, esteemed actor Robyn Nevin reads Taoist quotations with seamless poise, letting us in on a quiet yet turbulent period of Australia's not so recent past.

Very little is revealed about Rick and that which is comes courtesy of voiceover narration from one tertiary character or another as they reflect on their experiences with him.

Additionally, White imbues his film with an added layer of surrealness with occasional cutaways to fantasy sequences; and while the use of voiceover narration is arguably on - the - nose, it does nudge the film closer into earnest territory and further away from conceited, navel - gazing white middle - class folly.

Jung's rise up the ranks and his various indulgences in all a big - time drug dealer's life has to offer give Blow an inevitable resemblance to other dark dramas that touch on drug use; with its voiceover narration and the presence of Ray Liotta (who plays Jung's working class father Fred), GoodFellas is a clear influence on Demme and screenwriters David McKenna and Nick Cassavetes (adapting the book by Bruce Porter).

A big help is Mike's efficient voiceover narration, which delivers crucial exposition on the game of poker quickly and clearly.

Congratulations on winning the 2013 ACX / That's Voiceover Audiobook Narration contest, and best wishes for your continued health, prosperity, and SUCCESS!

Titles such as these are no longer limited to words on a digital page, as the interactivity of the title means actual screenshot footage, voiceover narration from the actors in the movie, and the ability to bring the story to life through bonus features, a crucial step in the process of developing a reading fluency by drawing on prior knowledge and a high - interest subject to the young reader.

He has a professional home studio for producing narrations, commercials, IVR / On Hold Messaging and other Voiceover projects.

Users will then have to tap on the microphone icon to turn on the mic and then they can start recording their screens while providing a voiceover narration.