Sentences with phrase «with character portraits»

Not only does it have a blue speech box with character portraits inside to convey dialogue, but the entire musical score is reminiscent of Secret of Mana or early Final Fantasy games.

The cutscenes are now replaced with character portraits that turn into talking heads.

The artwork in the game itself continues that visual image, with the character portraits having a look as if they were sketched into life; the pencil etchings that they are made of shift and move as they talk.

But more damning is the fact that the dialog sequences are largely text boxes with character portraits, all while in Japanese only audio.

Not exact matches

Gooch's portrait of this major American writer, with its entertaining wealth of «Flannery» anecdotes from people who knew her in various capacities» family, neighbors, literary associates, spiritual advisors, admirers» depicts the kind of character for whom the phrase «an interesting person in her own right» was coined.

There is indeed a certain immersion value even within the film's style, subtle though it may be, and when it comes to substance, no matter how thinly or formulaically it goes handled, it carries a potential that is reflected in the film carrying wit and dramatic elements as a portrait on man's interactions with his environment and his peers, anchored by memorable characters who are themselves anchored by memorable performances.

Dramatizing his lead character's fantasies through opera, animation, and musical numbers, the director, according to Indiewire, «renders a troubled subjectivity with striking creativity,» providing «an unhinged portrait of emotional turmoil with bold stabs at expressionistic representation at every turn.»

Writer - director Lang explored the character with Richard in two shorts, and there's a lived - in feel to the portrait that emerges in the visually adventurous «Baden Baden,» which weaves darkly luminous fantasy imagery into Ana's mostly aimless hours.

Neverwinter Nights: Heroes of Neverwinter: Customize your Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition experience with this collection of ten new character portraits.

The game will feature high - definition character and monster illustrations, customizable party creation (with 90 different character portraits, 5 different races and 8 different classes), and sub-class flexibility via special items.

Although it stumbles a bit at the end with a self - aware redemption that isn't entirely earned or particularly in character, Diamond Tongues is still a brilliant and realistic portrait of the young artist as a bitter borderline failure.

Like with every other aspect of Stardew Valley, Barone hasn't carelessly slapped together a series of environments and character portraits.

This is a character that has comedic, dramatic, and terrifying sides to him, each blending together to create an incredibly realistic portrait of a man with a past just trying to get through every day.

The dialect in which the characters speak (peppered with frequent profanity; this R - rated film has no nudity, no sexual depiction, no physical violence and is rated R solely on account of its language, and possibly its themes) presents an arguably contemporary portrait of what would conventionally be called a bad alliance / marriage.

The game's various hand - drawn and painted worlds are trippy masterpieces torn from some lost issue of Heavy Metal magazine and character portraits, while not animated, are bursting with personality.

An experimental non-narrative directed by Dziga Vertov, a contemporary of Sergei Eisenstein (Battleship Potemkin), Man With a Movie Camera is an impressionistic portrait of urban life, giving us no characters but, rather, the sense of the complex comings and goings of everyday people through a city.

Furthermore, there's also another sixteen classic villagers with character icons, but no villager portraits in the files.

Beginning with shots of the violent evisceration of a truck — guts, fluids, and all — the film becomes a moving portrait of idiosyncratic characters and the force of community in the midst of a profusion of carefully dissected and categorized automobile detritus.

Like he did with «Love is Strange,» Sachs makes this character sketch into a portrait of the city.

Kind of a kinder, gentler, but still rather surprising take on Billy Wilder's classic Ace In The Hole, with its media circus and mysterious trickster, but focusing on character rather than «portrait of america.»

The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006) is one of Loach's rare forays into historical drama: along with Jimmy's Hall (2014), it's a human portrait of Irish radical politics, with a starring role for Cillian «briefly not being a psycho» Murphy as yet another classic Loachian character, the loyal, principled (and doomed) Irish Republican Damien O'Donovan.

With this updated dual screen experience, players now have the option to tap on the character portrait of any character currently on the field and immediately switch over to that character while playing.

However, this isn't the classic version of Final Fantasy IV or the DS remake; this version has new graphics with updated effects and character portraits in text boxes.

Yang's direction shifts seamlessly with the narrative, from the mural - like Hard Rock Cafe sequence, which introduces most of the characters and relationships (imperiously presided over by a framed portrait of Prince), to the increasingly stark and stylized staging of the movie's second half.

In fact, the story presentation itself is done in the most lazy and boring manner possible, with dialog being spout off by the same character portraits for each speaker — no emoting — and this going back and forth until they come up with a reason to fight.

A portrait of the eve of 2008's financial crisis that plays out with funereal inevitability, Margin Call loves speechifying, but the film is far more assured when lingering in the silence of its morally compromised characters.

Academy Award - winning documentarian Alex Gibney («Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,» «Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer») has quickly evolved as a filmmaker synonymous with rise and fall character portraits.

The first, by James Whale from 1936 is a nuanced portrait of a racially complex society, with dignified performances from its minority characters (including the electrifying Paul Robeson) which is turned into a much simplified musical starring Howard Keel and directed by George Sydney.

And the script goes hand in hand with the portrait of her character.

Cox, looking eerily like former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, continues to show why he's one of the top character actors working in films today with his cutting portrait of Dr. Finch.

Brian Dennehy brings a moving world - weariness to the aged, infirm Sorin, while Mare Winningham's Polina, yet another character in love with someone she can not have, crafts a poignant portrait of quiet desperation.

How Heineman figured out his two vigilante protagonists on either side of the border, and his willingness to plunge with his tiny crew into dangerous situations yielded a remarkable portrait of two complex and charismatic characters (one American, one Mexican) worthy of a Hollywood action movie, and a shadowy underground world we do not usually get to see.

If the great and influential Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti was anything like the character portrayed by Geoffrey Rush in «Final Portrait,» they could have come up with another title for the film.

In Django Unchained (2012), Quentin Tarantino takes on one of his favorite genres: the spaghetti western, with all its extreme violence, operatic drama, eccentric characters, and brutal portrait of frontier existence.

Kazik Radwanski's threadbare character study is a stunningly empathetic portrait, with an engaging lead performance from Erwin Van Cottheim.

Hunt brings reverence to her depiction of the real - life Bresnahan, resulting in a character portrait probably recognizable to anyone who took high school P.E. «Coach Brez» is that «you girls stop your horseplay» authority figure who tries to conceal a big heart with a stern demeanor.

Woody is often sharp with character study and Jasmine is something else, but his portrait of San Francisco working class folk is less convincing and carried only by the strength of a typically excellent cast (it also co-stars Louis C. K., Andrew Dice Clay, Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg) and an honesty and commitment that the socially poised rich of the film lack.

The film, like «Fink,» is a sort of portrait of the artists as young men, and anyone who has, or had, creative ambitions will identify with Davis, who is talented enough to acquit himself (Isaac's performances are excellent: he's arguably better than the character is meant to be), but probably not enough to move up to the next level (like Garrett Hedlund, now that we think about it...).

Whereas some similar games have uninspired art, the characters and enemies here come alive with detailed portraits that pop off the screen.

Ali imbues his character's arc with a melancholy undertow that inevitably refocuses this portrait of remorseless criminality into a story about unfulfilled promise and rupturing familial bonds.

Woman Thou Art Loosed: Des Pallieres Disorientates with Fractured Character Portrait Between constantly shifting time periods...

As it did with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Vanity Fair has given us a peek at the characters of Star Wars: The Last Jedi with a series of covers featuring character portraits from celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Not only are they cliché for the genre but they clash with the hand - drawn art that is used for things like character portraits.

There is not a whole lot to detail about the story here because it will be hard to avoid spoilers in this case, but the game is heavily focused on the visual novel aspect where you get character portraits in first person view and initiate a long conversation with them.

Thelma Adams: Niki Caro's The Zookeeper's Wife is a big, generous portrait of a heroic woman who risked everything to hide Jews from the Nazi's in Poland with Jessica Chastain giving the character depth, decency and delicacy.

For example, evaluate historical characters popularized in literature or media, such as Pocahontas in the Disney films compared with a portrait of Pocahontas created during her life as well as written descriptions of her appearance and actions.

The lesson covers feelings and how they can be expressed through art, children explore their characters (with the help of their friends) and then create a micrography portrait about themselves.

The author showed an understanding of perspective, drawing a rich and vivid portrait of the world that his well drawn character, Sir Alfie Clay, inhabited with all his interesting quirks.

Start with something simple, such as science - art murals or story character portraits.

With deeply compelling characters, a vivid sense of place, and a clear grasp of how history and public opinion can shape a life, Barbara Kingsolver has created an unforgettable portrait of the artist — and of art itself.