Sentences with phrase «powerful narrative with»

It was one of the first PC games to combine a powerful narrative with complex mission objectives, and this legacy is carried on today in the more complex first person shooters, which tend to have a good amount of backstory and objectives that are more than «kill the enemies» or «the bad guys are out to destroy the world.»

Writer / director Vivian Qu creates a sparse but powerful narrative with Angels Wear White, a film that focuses on an almost entirely female cast to explore the rape of two young girls in a small Chinese seaside town.

Not exact matches

As powerful as these church commemorations are, other historical narratives compete with them in today's Russia.

For Americans, America's Founding is a singularly powerful unfolding of the Whig narrative, and with it the Whig narrative jumps into hyperdrive.

The birth narratives reveal that there were no rich and powerful people with Jesus at His birth.

So the narrative leaves us with the impression that the persistently protesting Moses is finally overridden, as he subsides before the powerful Word and God's assurance of competent, even eloquent assistance from Aaron.

The extremely powerful significance with which the event of the Exodus is charged in the narrative accurately and appropriately reflects Israel's rather than Egypt's estimate.

With indicators such as mortgage lending and retail sales showing signs of recovery, even one quarter's growth gives Labour a powerful narrative for this autumn.

Labour has had a successful party conference, Ed Miliband made a powerful speech with a strong commanding narrative of Labour's objectives for government, but the only let - down was in the crucial area of economic policy.

In Coogler's film, the women of Wakanda are elevated from lazily constructed positions of subservience to become powerful characters with narrative - shaping responsibilities.

The game's narrative is very simple with minimal dialogue, and the simplicity of the story is arguably what helped to make the game such a powerful experience.

HBO Films will premiere The Tale, Jennifer Fox's powerful narrative memoir about her own reckoning with childhood sexual abuse, on May 26th, and Fox joined castmembers Laura Dern, Isabelle Nélisse, Jason Ritter, Ellen Burstyn and Common for a moving panel after Sunday night's AwardsLine screening of the film at LA's Landmark Theatre.

It's becoming commonplace to hear actors, writers and directors claiming that TV is now the place to be for powerful drama with narrative scope and rounded characters.

Largely low - key and with a subtle Japanese input befitting the themes of the story, the composer sensibly knows when to hold back and resist imposing on the dialogue - heavy narrative, making the score's more fulsome moments all - the - more powerful as a result.

Bounce combines the powerful narrative elements of feature animation films with the intricate gameplay mechanics of VR to create the ultimate puzzle adventure.

While speaking with EW, Wallfisch noted that «Every now and again, you come across a movie where the storytelling is so powerful, the subtext so visceral, the synergy between director, narrative and actors so palpable, that as a composer you can feel the music being energized by something so much bigger than what's just on the screen.»

It is understated and powerful, with every scene benefitting the narrative.

Jonathan King, Participant's EVP, Narrative Film, commented, «Lluis Quilez, the latest in the wave of talented young directors out of Barcelona, did a wonderful job crafting a chilling ghost story with a powerful message, and we are thrilled to have Vertical on board to deliver it to audiences.»

Heineman crafts the film with a confidence and intense focus that results in a tight, dark, and powerful narrative that's almost too dramatic to be true.

The philosophical vignettes might not have the narrative weight to be anything other than beguiling curios tossed out and then forgotten about but there are enough of them, delivered sharply enough by delightful movie stars at the top of their game, to make Age of Ultron one of the most thoughtfully driven monster vehicles you are likely to see in a summer rammed with powerful, glossy, mechanised beasts.

In fact, Gillespie utilizes music cues much like Paul Thomas Anderson (specifically in BOOGIE NIGHTS) and Martin Scorsese (in GOODFELLAS and CASINO), fusing the song's powerful grip with the narrative momentum.

I really learned to sit with my discomfort during such discussions, and to reflect on the ways that practicing teachers are empowered or disempowered by the narratives we create in powerful institutions like this one.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

«Leadership stories (or «narrative research») is a powerful tool for connecting the privileged discourse of universities with the smart hands of experience — of connecting theory to practice,» adds Danzig.

With powerful prose and poetry, his narrative as student and then later, NYC teacher leader, loving father (and husband), and advocate for children paints a portrait of what public education can and must be for American society.

O'Farrell writes with complexity, insight, and laugh - out - loud humor in a narrative that hurtles forward with powerful velocity and emotion.

Sarah's cutting, honest first - person narrative is studded with powerful images, and her restrained tone is a captivating vehicle for her roiling thoughts and feelings.

In this powerful view of African American history, award - winning author and illustrator Nelson combines 44 arresting, full - page paintings with the fictionalized, informal narrative of an African American elder.

The Pulitzer Prize - winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.

After I have done an initial overall marketing / editorial assessment and developmental edit of a manuscript or proposal, a writer may choose to work with me further in a very close one - on - one mentoring relationship in which I would guide him or her in rewriting and re-envisioning the original material — chapter by chapter — in a new manuscript, to make the narrative voice more resonant; the descriptive prose more powerful and, in general, to increase the book's overall quality, marketing viability, sales potential.

Their story is a powerful one, about duty and family, and the ease with which they communicate and the believability of their relationship showcases the draw of Syndicate's narrative.

Developer Remedy Entertainment did a fine job creating an interesting, unique narrative, as well as making the player feel powerful with Jack Joyce's sweet time - manipulation powers.

For Storm Casters Ultra, we've upgraded every aspect of the game, with dozens of new and amazing cards, a new narrative, new prestige modes that quadruple the amount of gameplay, unique and powerful Ultra Cards, and more stability and performance fixes than you can shake a stick at.

RiME does have some minor frame - rate issues and it lacks challenging or even original gameplay but it largely makes up for this with a powerful narrative, stunning visuals and a near - perfect soundtrack.

Irene wishes to clear her sister's name and meets with several members of the fortress» Council while trying to find the real thief, who used to the treatise summoned a powerful primeval demon.Magic Academy 2 is a hidden object game with a narrative that requires the player to solve various mini-games to find the clues needed to find the missing treatise and banish the demon.

Graphically, Last Day of June is absolutely, drop dead gorgeous... it's a true work of art, a masterpiece that perfectly channels a message of love, loss and grief all whilst creating a powerful and moving narrative that will stay with you.

In fact, KeyBanc Capital Markets financial analyst Evan Wingren says the real problem with the whole Star Wars Battlefront 2 monetization fiasco — the one that apparently worried Disney enough into making EA turn off microtransactions — is actually the big scary powerful gaming press, some dudes on Reddit, and their «popular press narrative.»

That powerful narrative of success, the rags to riches story, with developers living of noodles until they get a mega-hit.

Librood is a stylish and surreal little narrative adventure in which a girl with a very powerful imagination manifests objects and becomes more secluded with every book she reads.

In his second exhibition with the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Meschac Gaba executes a powerful narrative on cultural identities and the contemporary issues faced by refugees and immigrants.

Declan Clarke's powerful films intertwine personal subjectivity and action with grand narratives and explorations of the historical edifices of power.

Each painting was originally displayed with the artist's accompanying text, which builds on the powerful visual narrative of the images.

In her reimagined renderings, the artist replaces the European subjects with powerful and glamorous African American women, inviting questions about conventional beauty, racial identity, and the traditional art historical narrative.

At Hammonds House Museum in Atlanta, Weems's photographic series From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried, along with selected works and her 2016 film People of A Darker Hue, demonstrates the artist's strength as a storyteller, and as a powerful voice against racism, white nationalism, and the white - washed narrative of our country.

Kowch's paintings are distinctly her own — powerful, moody, narrative and heavy with symbolism.

Working closely with photographers, United Photo Industries» mission is to promote and showcase powerful visual narratives through curated exhibitions and projects in New York City and around the world.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

Its narrative shadows two women who wrestle with the fascination and threat of techno - totalitarian supremacy personified by the all - powerful Blue Lady.

Rendered with the artist's precise touch, in acrylics and gouaches, her works coalesce to form powerful narratives around ancestry and cultural identity.

Competing narratives are nothing new, but it increasingly feels like an existential struggle centered on climate change is underway, with powerful forces tugging in both directions.