Sentences with phrase «storytelling than the story»

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«There's a lot more to the story of Angry Birds than has been seen yet, and infinite possibilities for storytelling.»

Bioshock 2 may have sacrificed storytelling for cleaner gameplay, but the story is still well written and better than your average VG narrative.

The Hobbit is by its very nature a weaker story than The Loord of the Rings, and trying to make it closer to the latter by filling in gaps in the lore is good for fans but not so good for storytelling.

It's hard to imagine a more subtle version of such an extreme story, but the film starts to feel a bit like a carefully calculated lesson more than an organic piece of storytelling.

It's a version of the story that could very well be remembered more fondly than the original and a film that once again proves Coppola's worth when it comes to poignant storytelling.

The movie is a model of clear, precise storytelling, of state - of - the - art technique used to advance a story rather than show off.

I confess I'm not one entranced by its spell — I find the film remote, a meditation upon stories and storytelling rather than a story told — but I appreciate the craft and the atmosphere, not to mention the amazing quality of the restoration.

Monster Hunter Stories is an upcoming turn - based RPG with a much larger emphasis on storytelling than previous games in the series.

«In a world in which stories like mine have often been pushed into the darkness, no one has been better at shining a light on storytelling and important social issues than HBO.»

With 300: RISE OF THE EMPIRE being (in my opinion) a lesser story than the original, it does raise a few warning flags about that quality of Miller's storytelling.

Telling a story from a different cultural perspective than we're used to seeing could easily seem like a calculated cash grab if handled poorly, but it's a testament to the quality of the storytelling that this simply feels like a great movie and not a film that's only meant for one specific culture.

There is, believe it or not, somewhat of a precedent for telling stories in a less than naturalistic manner... as in, the entire history of storytelling by human beings until a few hundred years ago.

Slate talked to more than 50 actors, directors, playwrights, and critics to tell the story of Angels» turbulent ascension into the pantheon of great American storytelling — and to discuss the legacy of a play that feels, in an era in which gay Americans have the right to marry but still in many ways live under siege, as crucial as ever.»

Chilean - born Ruiz is a director whose love of storytelling and narrative play is often more engaging than the films themselves but with Mysteries of Lisbon, an epic based on a classic Portuguese novel (one yet untranslated into English), his engagement with the characters and their defining stories guides his direction, and his graceful camerawork and unerring eye for images both classical (like paintings in a cinematic frame) and fluid (his camera moves with purpose and grace) are in the service of the trajectories of the characters.

March, 2014 Integrating digital storytelling requires more than just knowledge of the web tools to use for creating and sharing digital stories, the process if much more important.

Ultimately, good storytelling, heart, and sheer luck have far more to do with whether a story is a hit with readers than whether it conforms to today's writing dogma.

Most of the text we consume today comes to us through a screen, and since anyone with an internet connection can share their stories, digital technology has made storytelling more accessible and more global than ever before.

But consider: writers who love to tell stories, who entertain, who work at their craft, who are productive, who keep striving to get better, who don't see plot as a four - letter word (irony intended)-- these writers now have a better chance to realize a return on their work than at any time in the history of storytelling.

Budgeting Tip: Depending on our natural storytelling strengths and on the story itself (and on the strengths of our readers), we might be able to use beta readers or critique partners for this step rather than paying for a professional developmental edit.

The author is the novelist telling the story, the better the storytelling the better the novel reflecting the tale — some tales are taller than others.

«Rather than simply transferring comic narrative from the page to the screen, we intend to craft stories expressly devised to test the storytelling limits of this unprecedented technology.

June is Audio Month, and author Becky Masterman joins the celebration with her thoughts on why listening to a story can be even better than reading one.Everyone knows that the earliest form of storytelling took place around the fire at night — what is called the «oral tradition.»

The highest ground of storytelling becomes available when those two things are in coexistence in your playbook: the principles of the game itself — with an understanding that you aren't seeking to invent those principles, but rather, than you understand your job is to leverage them — and a game plan for the story you are setting out to create that has been fueled by that understanding.

I'm thrilled to see good stories and storytelling returning to the genre in more avenues than just Baen.

As freelancers trying to tell stories, in a storytelling market that is more competitive than it's ever been before — because we now have more people with talent and skill telling more stories than ever before — there is a certain freedom that comes with not being «big» to the extent that big has come to be defined in our present age.

And sure, while we can point to single, isolated examples while speaking of this topic — such as the unfinished nature of The Phantom Pain, for instance — the one thing that bothers me more than most is the sudden and massive shift we saw in the franchise's story and storytelling after Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

Yet another might be the form of that story and how it artfully pulled together a number of strands of traditional Final Fantasy storytelling: a rag - tag team tries to save the world; a tragedy befalls them; there is an evil - behind - the - evil in front of us that is more horrible than we can possibly imagine.

Its dumb story and awful writing won't win you over, but what Vanquish lacks in memorable storytelling it more than makes up for in terms of its pure mechanics.

Taking more from the story tropes of D&D than its gameplay, it tends to focus more on storytelling than player decision - making.

The single player campaign is definitely exciting to play but all this action can be distracting, especially because the story itself is more focused on raw entertainment than genuine storytelling.

For more than a hundred years, film has been the American audience's most culturally significant way of connecting with stories, more so than literature or even television; as opposed to video games which are very young in the world of art and storytelling.

Although its visuals and catchy chip - tune music shake hands with the past, Cave Story's action and storytelling are nothing less than timeless.

This, Aitken feels, allows us to «explore narratives and storytelling in ways that are unique, and to understand the complexity of what's around us in ways that are very different than the straight story that we've often grown up with.»

My partners Shawn Callahan and Mark Schenk from Anecdote have written a book that draws on their more than 10 years of business storytelling expertise to help leaders find stories to tell in the workplace.