Sentences with phrase «storytelling device for»

As much as I love 4th wall breaking as a storytelling device for hand waving technical limitations on games (MGS2, Bioshock, apparently Panzer Dragoon Saga, etc.) most games should be approached in this manner, even without encouragement from the story.

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.

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.

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.

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).

At the film's recent press day, McKay, Lewis, Bale, Carell, Gosling, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, producer Jeremy Kleiner, and screenwriter Charles Randolph talked about turning the book into a movie and adapting it to the screen, why McKay was the right person to direct, what drew them to the project, how the actors met their real - life counterparts in preparation for their roles, the decision to combine a cinema verite documentary approach with other stylized elements, breaking the fourth wall, and using celebrities and pop culture figures as an entertaining storytelling device to explain complex financial concepts to the audience.

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.

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»

Time and time again, the film shakes and quakes for some dramatic effect that does not work as a storytelling device.

And Michael Pena threatens to steal the show as Scott's buddy with a penchant for storytelling, and the device director Peyton Reed uses to visualize that storytelling is wickedly funny.

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

GLENDALE, Calif. — Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW) announced today that storytelling apps from The Walt Disney Company's most beloved franchises are now available for the first time for Android ™ devices on Google Play ™.

«The eBook market for children has been slow to grow, but eBooks aren't the only way that children can read on - screen... we are particularly interested in the opportunities to use digital devices to blur the edges between storytelling and games...

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.»

«In doing this, the creators have little control over the comic itself, and the storytelling aspects are tied to whatever the app can perform or whatever the creator wants to pay to have authored for a particular device / platform.

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».

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

Macaulay employs four different fonts — one for each story — that are used as a storytelling device, along with the nonlinear plots.

With at least two titles dedicated to food, and several others that make food a central element or a storytelling device, her love for food would seem obvious.

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.

Narration in general feels like a step back for a team that relied so heavily (and so expertly) on subtlety and environmental storytelling, although it's not easy to determine whether it's the device itself or the poor implementation that is really not working here.

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.

A storytelling device resume writers have been using for decades is the C - A-Rs approach, or Challenge — Actions — Results, also known by other acronyms such as S - T - A-Rs (Situation — Tasks — Actions — Results).

Storytelling is a powerful personal branding device for job search.