Sentences with phrase «over character development»

Placing story over character development feels like a somewhat odd tradeoff, especially when you consider the timeless characters introduced in other SMT games and spin - offs.

With this handy research guide, no longer will you need to search for ways to murder your characters, or stare at a blank screen while you mull over the character development of your antagonist.

La Neuvaine, written and directed by Bernard Émond, moves at an incredibly slow pace, as the filmmaker initially emphasizes style and mood over character development.

A large part of the problem I have with Rogue One stems from Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy's conservative screenplay, one in which narrative coherence is favored over character development.

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If they didn't writers would not spend days seeking just the right word to describe a character, advertising companies would not earn millions to create a thirty second commercial, and businesses / churches would not agonize over the development of vision statements and creeds.

Black's own The Theology of Dallas Willard: Discovering Protoevangelical Faith provides a systematic analysis of Willard's rather unsystematic theology, which emphasized character development over intellectual assent to a detailed vision of doctrinal perfection.

A modern reader would find it natural for there to be character development over time, as in the David and Jacob cycles, to which Linafelt devotes four pages (pp.42 - 45).

But the review did not allay local concerns over the impact of the development on the community's character and whether it would lead to regular commercial air travel at Republic.

Fortunately, Rampage typically avoids taking itself too seriously, and Peyton and his crew likewise favor forward momentum over in - depth plot or character development.

The film's condensation of the years that took Wiseau to get over his heartbreak regarding the unexpected laughter that resulted in screening his «drama», and finally embrace the comedic aspects of the film, takes a bit away from important character development that could have given the third act a bit more substance.

The Barry Levinson - Tom Fontana series stresses plot complexity and character development, not car chases or shoot - outs, and over its six - year run, was bolstered by numerous — and seamless — cast changes.

Most of the performances are over the top and the inconsistencies in character development make the story hard to follow and the characters difficult to connect to, sadly this film boasts itself as a fable, indicating a moral lesson, but there are no such lessons to be had at the end of this film, if you can make it there.

Over the course of its five - year run, Taxi was one of the best - loved sitcoms in North America because its comedy was derived from the creation and development of characters who were fleshed out and felt real — even [or maybe especially] the burnt out, but warm - hearted «Reverend Jim» Ignatowski [Christopher Lloyd] and the Gravases, Latka [Andy Kaufman] and Simka [Carole Kane].

As with other Bruckheimer endeavors, a bunch of lame - ass 20 - something male actors fill up the supporting cast in an effort for the female audience members to argue over who's the cutest to keep their minds occupied from the ridiculous plot and poor character development.

What began as a children's novel in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has grown in complexity of story structure and character development over the years and series.

Beyond multiple playable characters, over 100 levels and secrets; Toolkitz Games has emphasised replay value in Magical Star Pillars» gameplay mechanics including unlockable extras such as concept art and behind - the - scenes development videos.

Writers Peter Craig (THE TOWN) and Ted Tally (Oscar winner for THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) do a nice job of character development, and the camaraderie of the 12 men of ODA 595 seems authentic — despite some schmaltzy moments over their 23 days of Task Force Dagger.

The writing is always very good at worst — and brilliant at best — there are new developments for every regular [and major recurring] character; the most mundane events take on unexpected significance, while major events, no matter how seemingly over the top they might be, are so well grounded in the reality of the show's premise that they feel completely natural.

However, the character has been significantly rewritten here — in fact, superhero fans have been waiting for over ten years for Deadpool to hit screens as the project hit various development and writing issues from the mid-noughties.

Clocking in at just a smidgeon over two hours, it doesn't feel long at all, with good use of character development, not only for the human characters, but also for the dogs, who all have varying personalities that make them easy to distinguish once you get to know them.

About 50 pictures in the scrapbook (spread over 15 pages) cover topics from visual and character development, story boards, to the voice actors.

Del Toro seems to view plot and character development as simply a clothesline on which to hang a series of brain - searing images, and while that's not necessarily a bad thing (plenty of great directors have been stylists above all else), it means he keeps getting undermined by his scripts» odd tendency to never give him free rein to indulge in style over substance.

Also ported over are features on the history and development of «Tarzan,» among them segments on the Deep Canvas Process, Production Progression Demonstration, three publicity trailers, From Burroughs to Disney, an Early Presentation Reel, a short feature on the Research Trip to Uganda, six segments on creating The Characters of Tarzan, a three - minute bit on The Making of the Music, Building the Story and Storyboard to Film featurettes, 10 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes, and a couple tidbits on the international / intercontinental aspects of «Tarzan.»

Dialogue and character development is all well and good, and most of the writing in this episode is high quality, exploring tensions between the Guardians by creating a conflict over the proper use of power.

While the villains are an excellent parallel for commercial imperialist pub chains that have taken over the bars the group remembers so fondly (Starbuckin» it, as Paddy Considine puts it), and there are some wonderful visual metaphors for character development when you spot them, the final confrontation just sort of... stops.

What Donkey Kong seemed to have over Nintendo's other characters were development teams that saw the ape, for some reason, as an opportunity to push for the highest - end graphics possible.

The plot and character development of Sabine de Barra, which may have initially appealed to Winslet, owing to a feminine victory over patriarchal social structures, is wholly abandoned and the narrative evolves into a love affair between a noble man and a subordinate woman, an affair that is implausible, farcical and simply too convenient.

«The Peter Pan Still Frame Gallery» contains over 60 images of abandoned concepts, character development, and visual development.

The project languished in development for over a decade, saw Ryan Reynolds portray a highly criticized adaptation of the character in a different movie, then finally received a green light after leaked test footage received an immensely positive reaction.

After well over an hour of character development through conversation (with the occasional elbow to the face, almost always directed at the lone woman), Tarantino's taste for violence surfaces in a tense showdown that kills off a character.

There really isn't too much character development of Ethan Hawke or his family, other than fighting with his wife over the hell he puts them through every time he wants to write a book, but I don't think that's what the movie was supposed to do.

Characters in musicals are frequently in over their heads (which happens to be the title of one of Kegan's books on adult development).

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

His training background includes character development and voice acting, and he's delivered confident and genuinely human sounding voiceovers for over a decade by combining his understanding of audio technology and ability to assess and understand scripts quickly.

Students should read over the play and analyse key characters for their motivation, key scenes, development etc..

Character development does not necessarily include the more rigorous skill analyzing a character's change over time (which would be «dynamic development.Character development does not necessarily include the more rigorous skill analyzing a character's change over time (which would be «dynamic development.character's change over time (which would be «dynamic development.»).

Over the last two decades, there has been a growing appreciation that school climate, the quality and character of school life, fosters — or undermines — children's development, learning and achievement.

«By implementing school - and teacher - driven character education professional development at high levels over an extended period of time, high - poverty schools can succeed.

The depth of character development and intricacies in all of the relationships in the series means Reber's fans will be obsessing over Ryan and Taryn for the foreseeable future.

The character development was excellent and the breathless wonder of Cuba and its survivors won me over.

Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

These authors have labored countless hours over their characters, have lost precious sleep going over the finer points of their stories» plot development, have missed important family events in order to agonize over their stories...

The scenic qualities of this area have long been recognised and the idea of granting it protection as a national park were put forward as early as the 1920s, the principal reasons being that it was an extensive area of beautiful and relatively wild country but these early plans never came to fruition and urban development and changing agricultural practices continued to impinge on the area's character with much of the traditional grass «downland» being turned over to arable farming.

In Stasis, character development is mainly witnessed (or should I say, heard) through the voice - over.

- for Sonic's 25th anniversary last year, Iizuka received a task to deliver some sort of product - the target was «dormant fans» who used to play the SEGA Genesis, but haven't really played any games since - Iizuka met Christian Whitehead, which lead to the creation of Sonic Mania - there was talk of another port, but Iizuka thought fans would desire something new from the old games - this is the first time Iizuka partnered with a team of devs spread across various countries - Iizuka said this team had a greater passion to create - this was in comparison to companies that set decisions on a pre-determined schedule (in meetings, etc)- the team had so many features they still wanted to add after the beta version was complete - since there were only a few spots with text that needed to be localized, they could bring the game to more places quicker - the game has Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish support - the Studiopolis stage is included due to receiving the most requests from the Sonic Mania development team - Iizuka actually considered reducing the amount of stages at one point in order to meet the development schedule - Sonic Mania doesn't really have much in the way of cut content like scrapped stages - since Sonic Mania was only distributed digitally, the team was able to continue working very close leading up to launch - this let them put in practically all ideas, and there are currently no plans for DLC - Iizuka recommended Flying Battery Zone for inclusion becaues he likes the music - he also likes when the player goes inside and outside the ship - Iizuka likes Mirage Saloon because the stage structure will be different depending on the player character chosen - Puyo Puyo gameplay was added because there was a Puyo Puyo game released in the west for the SEGA Genesis - this game was originally called «Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine», and the team thought it would make a fun boss battle - Iizuka didn't have plans to feature Blue Sphere in the special stages - the Blue Sphere special stages were brought over to Mania as a test, but ended up staying for the final game - the team felt the need to continuously connect stages from various eras, which is doe with the Phantom Ruby story - for Sonic Mania, it was decided that the technological limit would be set at SEGA CD, - this is higher than the Genesis but lower than Saturn - in creating a SEGA CD - grade special stage, they would intentionally make SEGA CD - grade polygons

This particular game features a lot of character development, as well as over 35 different ways to play this game.

Tales of Maj» Eyal is a rogue - like with addictively intricate character development, honed over a decade of development.

«It's cool to have been involved in the creation of Ren and Akira, two characters who triumph over prejudice by simply being themselves,» says Lulu Magdangal, who served as the story development consultant on Valet Hustle.

Metal Gear Survive's multiplayer is highly intertwined with singleplayer as character development, loot and resources carry over from one mode to another.

«We've got high quality graphics, 70 robots with 4 active skills each, and over 200 types of weapons, an RPG system, characters development, skills learning and improving»», co-founders Igor Arterchuk and Oleksandr Potapenko explain, telling the creation story of Mecha Titans.