Sentences with phrase «what effect the director»

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«What we've seen is that the economic climate has had a huge effect on people being willing to take vacations,» says Karen Sumberg, vice president and director of projects and communications at the Center for Work Life Policy.

Park District Director John Wilson said he does not know what effect the ordinance will have because the village only recently released a copy of it.

Rosemary Bechler (RB): Few of us understood the full import of what Ken Macdonald QC, former Director of Public Prosecutions, was saying at the Convention of Modern Liberty in 2009 when he referred to the then just published paper by Sir David Omand on the effect of modern data mining and processing techniques on intelligence work.

To help NYCOM members and their constituents fully understand the effect of state mandates on local government, NYCOM Executive Director Peter Baynes announced stopthetaxshift.org, a website highlighting what conference leadership says are the 50 most egregious executive orders from the state.

«It is critical that we make sure that City Council members hear directly from educators what effect layoffs would have, and that they understand why layoffs are completely unnecessary,» said Director of Legislation and Political Action Vincent Gaglione.

According to Dad, who happens to be a registered Republican and is the CRREO director & associate VP for Regional Engagement at SUNY New Paltz, this is an example of what's known as the «intense minority effect.»

Scott Segal, executive director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which represents utility interests in Washington, said Bloomberg's findings about the effect of the new EPA rule on coal plants are «very consistent» with what his group concluded in its own review of the regulation.

«We don't really know yet what effect plant oestrogens are having on humans,» cautions John McLachlan, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina.

«There's no doubt,» says Elizabeth Economy, director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, «that what China is doing on the domestic front has an enormous effect on the globe.»

«The impact of the country's first female nominee is perceived differently across the electorate including how Clinton's gender will impact her chances of being elected and what the long - term effects will be on gender discrimination,» said Trevor Tompson, director of The AP - NORC Center.

While Arrhenius appears to have been wrong about the temperature effect on the Antarctic, scientists today have found strong evidence for what they now call Arctic amplification in the North Pole, said Mark Serreze, the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Jonathan Dorfan, a physicist and former director of what is now the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California, becomes the university's first president on 1 November when the enabling law takes effect.

«A review of the literature exploring the effects of climate change on biodiversity has revealed a gap in what may be the main challenge to the world's fauna and flora,» said the senior author Dr. James Watson, Climate Change Program Director and a Principle Research Fellow at the University of Queensland.

«Known as the Sachs - Wolfe effect, it has been a key tool used by cosmologists to derive much of what we know about the properties of the universe as a whole,» said George Fuller, a professor of physics at UC San Diego and the current director of CASS, the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences.

«Here is a study which shows the real true negative effects of what yo - yo dieting can do on our hearts, and this is very, very relevant and important for us to see and understand,» said Dr. Steinbaum, who is director of Women and Heart Disease at Lenox Hill Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute in New York City, in a video.

Big - budget special effects, swiftly paced action, and a distinct feminist subtext from writer / director James Cameron turned what should have been a by - the - numbers sci - fi sequel into both a blockbuster and a seven - time Oscar nominee.

While the previous films in the series have been just that — parts of a sequence designed to get us here, each with their own beginning and end — the first and second parts of Deathly Hallows are two halves of the same film, and to approach them as separate entities means missing just what director David Yates, writer Steve Kloves, and a host of storytellers and performers have done: They've made a five - hour fantasy epic that balances effects - driven battles with some very real character moments, and one that isn't afraid to have its heroes pay a high price for their convictions.

Director Michael Dougherty does for Christmas what he did for Halloween in «Trick r Treat» in this comic shocker that Entertainment Weekly called «a great - looking movie, filled with freaky creature designs and a just - right mixture of practical effects and CGI.»

It's a high - concept premise that's initially employed to impressively engrossing effect by filmmakers Caroline Labrèche and Steeve Léonard, as the directors deliver a strong opening stretch detailing Liam's near - silent attempts to piece together what's happened to him and why nearby people keep dropping dead — with Klattenhoff's stirring performance as the befuddled central character certainly perpetuating the intriguing atmosphere.

What the movie needs is a director, and what it gets instead is Pitof, a French visual - effects maestro so much fonder of technological wizardry than of human flesh that he manages to turn even his slinky, sinuous star attraction into a digitized synthespian frolicking about endless CGI cityscaWhat the movie needs is a director, and what it gets instead is Pitof, a French visual - effects maestro so much fonder of technological wizardry than of human flesh that he manages to turn even his slinky, sinuous star attraction into a digitized synthespian frolicking about endless CGI cityscawhat it gets instead is Pitof, a French visual - effects maestro so much fonder of technological wizardry than of human flesh that he manages to turn even his slinky, sinuous star attraction into a digitized synthespian frolicking about endless CGI cityscapes.

It's fourteen years old now, so some of the effects seem just a little dusty, but they're still quite remarkable considering what was available to director Robert Zemeckis back then.

Furthermore, what effects do these actions have on the citizens caught in the middle of something so ugly and dangerous (a subplot that very few directors have the skill to weave into the grander scheme of things, let alone winding up allowing for some of the strongest takeaways from the film).

II) angelina jolie (alexander) angelina jolie (bone collector) angelina jolie (tomb raider) angelina jolie (sky captain) tommy lee jones (men in black 2) milla jovovich (he got game) milla jovovich (the messenger) ashley judd (high crimes) ashley judd (de-lovely) glen keane (tarzan animator) diane keaton (something's got ta give) christine keener (being john malkovich) david kelly (waking ned devine) nicole kidman (bewitched) nicole kidman (the hours) nicole kidman (the human stain) nicole kidman (moulin rouge) nicole kidman (stepford wives) ben kingsley (sexy beast) kevin kline (road to el dorado) kevin kline (de-lovely) ashton kutcher (butterfly effect) diane lane (under the tuscan sun) anthony lapaglia (the guys) heath ledger (the patriot) heath ledger (a knight's tale) spike lee (bamboozled) tea leoni (jurassic park 3) ray liotta (identity) jennifer lopez (the cell) jennifer lopez (maid in manhattan) justin long (jeepers creepers) jennifer love hewitt (the tuxedo) jon lovitz (rat race) baz luhrmann (moulin rouge) catherine maccormack (dancing at lughnasa) william h. macy (pleasantville) william h. macy (mystery men) madonna (the next best thing) tobey maguire (pleasantville) tobey maguire (seabiscuit) tobey maguire (spider - man) tobey maguire (spider - man 2) john malkovich (being john malkovich) david mamet (the winslow boy) julianna margulies (what's cooking) julianna margulies (ghost ship / evelyn) garry marshall (director, the runaway bride) steve martin (novocaine) matthew mcconaughey (u-571) ian mckellen (lord of the rings) kel mitchell (mystery men) ming - na (final fantasy) julianne moore (far from heaven) mandy moore (how to deal) viggo mortensen (Hidalgo) carrie - anne moss (the matrix reloaded) frankie muniz (agent cody banks) sam neill (jurassic park 3) thandie newton (besieged, MI: 2) jack nicholson (about schmidt) jack nicholson (something's got ta give) nick nolte (the good thief) nick nolte (the hulk) edward norton (keeping the faith) edward norton (red dragon) frances o'connor (a.i. artificial intelligence) chris o'donnell (vertical limit) haley joel osment (a.i. artificial intelligence) peter o'toole (troy) gwyneth paltrow (bounce)

The disc is packed with extras, including some deleted scenes that add very little, a blooper reel and a featurette detailing how Wonder Woman fits in with Batman and Superman as a DC flagship character that are all fairly throwaway, but there are a few neat production featurettes that detail how director Patty Jenkins approached making what could have been a potential disaster given the negativity towards the DCEU's previous movies, and also interesting effects details about the lighting, costumes and the chosen colour palette that may not sound like much but actually prove to be quite enlightening about the whole filming process.

Though the strong work of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney — the only two actors who appear on camera — is essential to what the film accomplishes, the great lure of «Gravity» is the way director Alfonso Cuarón, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and visual effects supervisor Tim Webber have collaborated to make us feel we're stranded in outer space ourselves, no questions asked.

He rose to director from art director and production designer and special effects and that's what a brings to this: a design for a movie in place of a story.

What effects does the director use to build suspense?

I have no idea what political metaphors for Chinese - American relations are buried in the gravyish CGI fog of The Great Wall (Universal, 12), a Hollywood - China co-production that meshes historical warfare, monster - movie fantasy and Matt Damonic heroism to eccentric but turgid effect, marking a career low for director Zhang Yimou.

Actors who regularly work at scale or discount for directors they believe in — actors like Matt Dillon, Jane Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Gerard Depardieu, Genevieve Bujold, William Hurt, Peter Coyote — are in effect subsidizing what's left of the auteur film.

Dreamlike is very hard to do and only the greatest directors in history have ever been able to pull it off; when it's done badly, the effect is to make you wonder if you really just saw what you saw.

On Blu - ray and DVD with two commentary tracks (one from director Paul Feig and co-writer Katie Dippold, the other featuring editor Brent White, producer Jessie Henderson, production designer Jeff Sage, visual effects supervisor Pete Travers, and special effects supervisor Mark Hawker), the featurettes «Meet the Team,» «Visual Effects: 30 Years Later,» and «Slime Time,» and «Jokes a Plenty: Free For All,» and a collection of alternate improvisational takes (what was called «Line - o-rama» in Judd Apatow disc releases).

What's even more impressive is that it was special makeup effects designer Rob Bottin that convinced Carpenter to make the creature more visible to the audience when the director wanted to keep it concealed.

Terry Ackland - Snow, art director: «We did a rough design sketch of what was required, and then it got handed over to the special effects supervisor, John Evans, who made all the gadgets.

I wish I could tell you what the latter are, but that would spoil the surprise; suffice it to say that there's a reason why Douglas Trumbull is primarily known as a special effects guy rather than a director.

Director Jon Watts was busy scoring the movie with composer Giacchino, but our sampling of the 2,300 effect shots were so brief it's hard to describe exactly what we saw: Peter's pre-Civil War suit is the non-Stark Industries one seen in the trailer.

in my not so humble opinion the X assist excels at the most every single aspect of what makes a horror movie good whether it's a well - developed sense of dread, incredible shock moments that make you jump at your seat, well presented themes that make you think about the movie long after it's over, well developed characters that you care about, special effects and make up that contribute not detract from the movie, etc. one of the good examples of the latter point is how William Friedkin who in my opinion is one of the 10 greatest directors of all time used a refrigerated room for some of the scenes.

1986 in review, Oliver Stone on Platoon, Jean - Jacques Beineix» Betty Blue, Armond White on directors and their muses, special midsection on what it means to be «in development,» Stuart Gordon and Re-Animator's special effects, colorization debates, Cary Grant

File this movie under dismal comic book adaptations along with Batman & Robin, but that's what you get if get a special effects expert (first - time director Dippé used to work for ILM - George Lucas» SFX outfit) to direct it...

One of the important messages of Thank You for Your Service, first - time director Jason Hall's perceptive drama about the physical and psychological effects of war, is that returning veterans need to be able to talk about what happened in combat and how they have been personally affected by it.

While you could compare The Lazarus Effect to at least a dozen raising the dead and you'll be sorry films, director David Gelb's 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi has me intrigued as to what this talented young filmmaker has to offer the horror genre, and exactly how he plans to weave all of these different inspirations together in his film.

Director Robert Schwentke settles for sub-par special effects — the monsters look rubbery and fake — and haphazard plotting: knowing what he knows, why would Hayes shoot and kill Nick?

Every first - period teacher who has looked across a classroom of drooping eyelids and nodding heads is familiar with the effect of a high school day that starts at 7:30 A.M. Jodi Mindell, associate director of the Sleep Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, told the Associated Press, «Sleep not only serves as a restorative function for adolescents» bodies and brains, but it also is a key time when they process what they've learned during the day.»

James Betts, managing director of Kudlian Software, agrees: «The schools that we work with value hardware that allows students to share work but it needn't be complex kit; a simple device that allows teachers to stream the screen of pupils» tablets to a projector or large screen, enables pupils to quickly and easily share what they are working on, often having a dramatic effect.»

What's more important to consider is the effect of a closure on future students, which the Research Alliance did,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

«What we're also concerned is not just the real effect it is having on the number of students,» said Miller, associate director for research and policy.

The New York Times reports that even after Nissan extended warranties on the effected models by 5 years / 50, 000 miles (for a total warranty coverage for 80K miles / 8 years) owners still reported that «the radiator issues have affected the vehicles transmissions, causing premature failure... Lance Wiggins, Technical Director of the Automatic Transmission Rebuilders Association points out» what's happening is the radiator cooler tanks are rupturing, forcing coolant into the five - speed automatic through the transmission cooler lines.»

After sixteen years at BioWare, Mass Effect's creative director, Casey Hudson, is departing the studio to get some perspective and work out what it is that he wants to do going forwards.

This past weekend, Kingdom Hearts 3 director Tetsuya Nomura, spoke with Gamespot about the worlds included in the game and how the use of Downloadable Content could effect what worlds are included.

In an interview with the Daily Dot, Mass Effect Andromeda «s creative director Mac Walters and a lead writer Cathleen Rootsaert discussed the inspiration behind the game and what players can expect when they venture into deep space.

In the past the Senior Development Director — Chris Wynn, of the upcoming Mass Effect game has stated on twitter that «it's looking awesome», and the Creative Director — Mac Walters, has gone and asked fans via twitter what they would like to see in the upcoming Mass Effect.