Sentences with phrase «traditional plot»

In theory it might seem like overkill, but the filmmaker's reluctance to delve into melodrama (or even traditional plot) keep things from becoming too thick.

It's only as Shepard begins emphasizing more traditional plot elements that Dom Hemingway begins to lose its grip on the viewer, as the film's second half has been suffused with developments of a disappointingly hackneyed nature (eg Dom attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Dom tries to find a legitimate job, etc, etc).

In 2004, in a process that hewed much more closely to the traditional plot line, the approximately 125 postdocs at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington formed the nation's first postdoc union, becoming a unit of University Health Professionals, otherwise known as Local 3837 of the American Federation of Teachers, which had already organized a number of groups on the campus.

This does not follow any traditional plot lines.

After the Chinese invasion, the Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959, but Kundun shuns a traditional plot.

With less emphasis on a traditional plot, go into this film with the willingness to soak up the mood, feeling and gorgeous visuals.

Shooting on 16 mm for a mere $ 3,000, writer - producer - director Linklater and his crew of friends threw out any idea of a traditional plot, choosing instead to create a tapestry of over a hundred characters, each as compelling as the last.

The Empire Strikes Back doesn't have a traditional plot, which is why it earned the most tepid reviews of the original three movies upon its initial release in 1980.

Narrative in any traditional plot sense is...

It doesn't really matter that it doesn't have your traditional plot structure as Linklater wrote such memorable characters.

For an 11th - grade narrative unit, I asked students to analyze classic narrative essays such as George Orwell's «Shooting an Elephant» and Amy Tan's «Mother Tongue» using the traditional plot diagram and paying attention to literary narrative devices.

Below is my alternative to a traditional plot chart, or story mountain, that I use to teach literary elements and text structures.

Those looking for a linear, traditional plot may find this one challenging or even frustrating in its unusual structure, but many will agree that its exploration of weighty issues in a nuanced style, makes the book well worth the read.