Sentences with phrase «which emotional narratives»

In an age in which emotional narratives often trump facts, the polar bear became the icon of global warming hysteria.

Not exact matches

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

And the French playwright Dorimon penned a version in which Juan treats his own father so callously that the old man dies from emotional shock, which may be how the element of parricide entered the standard narrative.

The bad thing about hookup culture, or really the anti-culture beneath it, is that it might suck a decade or two of your life into a smithereens of physical and emotional novelties upon which no intelligible or humanly compelling narrative can be imposed.

Despite the nightmarish subject matter of a disappearing child, the execution here doesn't get too disturbing or emotional (compared with the TV miniseries «I Know My First Name Is Steven,» which had stuck with me for a long time not only because of its being based on a true story but also because its narrative actually depicted the horrors the vanished child was going through while his parents helplessly searched for him - this story doesn't follow Oliver after he's gone.)

Stanley Kubrick shuns common narrative crutches such as voice - over narration or back - glancing exposition in favor of a strict antiseptic license that necessarily utilizes classical music from the likes of Johann Strauss to serve as an inner - connecting emotional aural fabric upon which the filmmaker balances mesmerizing outer - space sequences that have been copied ad nauseam ever since.

Some of the film's most emotional moments are unintentionally funny, but these are far outweighed by the sense of mystery (and dread) which hangs over the entire narrative.

The strong characterizations are aided by the overall narrative featured in Tales of Hearts — which, true to its name, tells a bit more of a personal, emotional tale than you'd expect from the series.

Attempting to strike a balance between all four, Taylor - Johnson focuses on the development of the emotional relationship between the protagonists rather than an exploration into the world of sadomasochism, which steers the source material's narrative.

A big aspect of the film relies too much on a random coincidence which is always a pet peeve of mine, leading to a subplot that could have been removed without any narrative consequence, but at the same time it's this part of The Drop that gives it a tender heart which allows for a deeper emotional meaning.

But Baby Driver also follows many of the beats of the classic Hollywood musical — a form that Wright knows and loves — particularly in the courtship between Baby and Debora, which cannily uses music to narrative, thematic, and emotional ends.

Keenly observed and laced with humor, Gross has constructed a narrative whose emotional power derives from the accumulation of details, some of which at first appear to be insignificant, even trivial.

At one point at least, which sees Viktor wildly breaking down a standard jazz tune to lead into a classical melody from home, the musical cue also serves essential narrative purposes, mapping out the emotional turmoil of someone where words alone don't suffice.

He won't get as much credit as he deserves for adapting such a complex novel, but Ford handles the interweaving narratives effortlessly; it's never jarring, and yet despite taking place in two different worlds, the way in which the film has been constructed makes complete sense and only strengthens its emotional impact.

Klinger's cine - literacy is well known to those familiar with his writing and programming, but what's special about Porto, especially as a debut narrative feature, is the relative internalization of its influences, which feel secondary to its larger grappling with a timeless emotional enigma: namely, infatuation, and the question of how such a mighty force can also be so fleeting.

Instead of allowing the drama to unfold naturally, which this rich emotional story so grounded in reality seems to warrant, the film insistently relies on breaking the narrative drama onscreen, with voice - over narration accompanied by undeniably sublime visuals.

But to do otherwise would detract both from the delicacy and patience with which Claudel unfurls his narrative, and the visceral emotional response felt by the viewer upon each successive revelation.

This is the problem with the MCU in miniature: The emotional and narrative stakes are placated by an infinite loop of new «Phases,» new heroes, and potential franchises to branch out, which will beget more crossover events like Infinity War in the years to come.

To help the students personally connect to writing, Mount Desert uses the Reading and Writing Project (RWP) from Lucy Calkins of Teachers College at Columbia University, which focuses on writing narrative from a personal and emotional perspective and places a strong emphasis on reading topics matched to the students» reading and comprehension ability.

Through extensive study in the areas of next generation learning, social and emotional learning, wellness, urban planning, Hip - Hop culture, Chicago history, the opportunity gaps that exist among marginalized students, economic mobility, arts education, and the at - risk communities on Chicago's South Side, Art in Motion has a solid research foundation upon which to build an innovative middle and high school that has the potential to change the narrative for many Southside youth.

The narrative, mainly in diary form, feels accurate and realistic, drenched in a sense of confusion and nihilism, and the art, influenced by Craig Thompson's Blankets (2003), reflects the spare, gloomy emotional landscape in which Skim exists.

Simplicity, clarity, and emotional resonance are hallmarks of Rose's first - person narrative, which offers an unflinching view of her world from her perspective....

For me, narrative experiences interwoven with engaging and exhilarating gameplay are the types of games that I adore, which is why I am keen to get my hands on A Way Out, a cooperative Shawshank-esque jailbreak experience written, directed, and created by the talented team behind the wonderfully emotional Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

Most of the reviews highlight the game's narrative as one of its strongest points, which come peppered with more emotional oomph that the past games had ever offered.

When you delve into the stories behind your paintings and share with your audience a narrative which includes your motivations and emotional reactions to the world you're sharing with them a meaningful experience.

To name but a few, there's Lorna (1979 — 1984), the first interactive LaserDisc, in which the viewer manipulates the fate of an agoraphobic woman through a remote control; Deep Contact (1984), the first hypercard touch screen, which beckons you to stroke its display and set a narrative in motion; and Synthia Stock Ticker (2000 — 2002), an «emotional engine» that syncs with current stocks and alters its female protagonist's behavior according to market fluctuations.

Georgina Starr (b. 1968, Leeds, lives in London) is known for creating works with complex emotional narratives, in which she explores female identity, history, fiction and biography to create multi-layered theatrical events.

By eliminating any trace of narrative from his compositions, which are simple in appearance, he clears the path to a more direct emotional response to the image.

This group — ranging from classic Untitled Film Stills of the late 1970s to untitled «prosthetic» works of the 1990s — privileges specific instances in which Sherman adopts or stages — through the collision of multiple photographic, cinematic, and narrative conventions — heightened states of emotional distress and psychological anxiety.

The In situ props, which all share the symbolic value of both escape and uprising, interact with wanderers on various levels: may these be physical, visual, narrative or emotional.

Whereas, Duane Michals, on the other hand, trained his philosophical interests toward more liminal in - between spaces of what he called «indecisive moments,» which generate ambiguous emotional narratives that he heightened through photo sequences accompanied by his poetically personalized texts.

One of the YBA generation whose work has recently been shown more in Europe than at home, Starr is a born storyteller who established an early reputation for creating works with complicated and emotional narratives exploring female identity, history fiction and biography which extend into multilayered theatrical events.

Lindsay Seers» work encompasses film, photography, performance and set — building often brought together in architectural installations which resonate with the layered narratives and unfolding histories forming emotional landscapes.

The brilliant works in this exhibition seem to be components of a distinctive and powerful narrative, in which currents of emotional connection flow, so to speak, into one another.

The tension between narrative content and formalism in these works may be seen in the larger context of the art world of the late 1960s, in which cool, hard - edged minimalism was pervasive and painting with any emotional reference was suspect.

== -LCB- So the difficult thing about embracing and properly considering all said factoids, is how to do this without prompting the emotional responses that immediately occur when people's cultural values are either challenged or promoted, which leads to endemic domain polarization and the emergence of cultural consensus based upon the winning narrative. -RCB-

So the difficult thing about embracing and properly considering all said factoids, is how to do this without prompting the emotional responses that immediately occur when people's cultural values are either challenged or promoted, which leads to endemic domain polarization and the emergence of cultural consensus based upon the winning narrative.

Emotional bias is one of the important mechanisms which helps to drive narrative takeovers; I am close to completing a short piece on this that I'll send for your consideration.

At baseline and follow - up, children were administered narrative story - stems to complete, which measured perceptions of parent - child relationships, parenting behavior, socio - emotional development, and behavioral adaptation.

Dyadic developmental therapy principally involves creating a «playful, accepting, curious, and empathic» environment in which the therapist attunes to the child's «subjective experiences» and reflects this back to the child by means of eye contact, facial expressions, gestures and movements, voice tone, timing and touch, «co-regulates» emotional affect and «co-constructs» an alternative autobiographical narrative with the child.

DDP principally involves creating a PLACE (playful, loving, accepting, curious, and empathic) environment in which the therapist and the parent attune to the child's emotions and reflects this back to the child by means of eye contact, facial expressions, gestures and movements, voice tone, timing and touch, «co-regulates» emotional affect and «co-constructs» an alternative autobiographical narrative with the child.