Sentences with phrase «working as an ensemble»

By the end of fourth grade, most students are able to play instruments and begin working as an ensemble.

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Far from working as simple switches or relays in a large neural ensemble, each of these critically situated cells assists in translating familiar sights into lasting memories, proposes a team led by neurosurgeon Itzhak Fried of the University of California, Los Angeles.

However, there has been a bit of confusion generated though through the work of climateprediction.net — the multi-thousand member perturbed parameter ensembles that, notoriously, suggested that climate sensitivity could be as high as 11 ºC in a paper a couple of years back.

Look 2: stand out during a business meeting — this could work as a great alternative to the matchy suit ensemble.

When I was working in finance, I wore a lot of matching dress - and - coat ensembles (and by coat, I mean one in the same fabric as the dress so it can be worn indoors, not a heavy winter one).

A scroll through her diligent posts shows laidback looks, as well as office chic ensembles ready for work days as an attorney.

But it doesn't have to be as «stand out» as a leather jacket, the leather boot & a chic leather bag (usually Lady Celine for me) also work perfectly with suede, usually giving the look a slightly dressier vibe & making the perfect ensemble for an evening out or a casual party!

Catherine Kast, Style Editor: J.Crew's latest collab with CFDA runner - up Eva Fehren (out June 3) is full of ridiculously versatile pieces: They'd work just as well with a bold Solange-esque ensemble as they do with a girlie Mindy - inspired midi or a sleek sheath like Anna Kendrick's.

They're great for a night out with mates, as well as a more formal work outfit, casual long sleeve shirts can work as part of an ensemble, or make a statement on their own.

Katrina's gorgeous flounce skirt surprisingly worked with the outdoorsy vibe of the other pieces in her ensemble, but we reckon it'll fit in nicely with more feminine pairings as well.

White is as neutral as it gets and it works nicely in other seasons provided the ensemble is complemented with the right pieces.

Select a boldly hued separate in a work - appropriate shape (such as a tailored skirt or cuffed trousers) and swap it into your usual ensemble.

Light clothing will still work with the jacket, but you can also go for more muted, dark pieces, such as a striking, all black ensemble, to create a more eye catching look.

Then there's the flip side, where a select set of Halloween costumes would actually work perfectly for a premiere, award ceremony or film festival, just with a few minor adjustments (think Kelly Osbourne's glamorous Christian Siriano dress from her turn as Christina Hendricks or Iggy Azalea's black and white ensemble from her Cruella De Vil costume, minus the Dalmatian, of course).

The suede skirt is one of those amazing sartorial gems which could quite easily «make» a dressy party ensemble, equally rock a bohemian festival vibe to perfection or as per todays «look du jour», work a slightly more classic, yet effortless casual drinks attire.

Featuring a strong ensemble cast and solid camera work, the film starts out as one kind of story before metamorphosing into a bittersweet tale of retribution that never fails to engage.

As far as the huge ensemble of heroes goes, they are used in different scenarios, and it workAs far as the huge ensemble of heroes goes, they are used in different scenarios, and it workas the huge ensemble of heroes goes, they are used in different scenarios, and it works.

Posey's work over the next two years reads like a Sundance Film Festival program: in 1996, she could be seen as a Dairy Queen waitress in the ensemble - driven Waiting for Guffman, famed gallery owner Mary Boone in Basquiat, and Hope Davis» sister in The Daytrippers.

Ensemble films like this don't always work, but in the hands of a master director such as Meirelles, Peter Morgan's script comes to life in a vivid and evocative way.

Obviously alotting more work, and money, towards getting an ensemble cast — as opposed to garnering producers with emphasis on purpose and ingenuity — the filmmakers, here, create a product that is not the least bit unique; it's a generic label laden with followed genre - specific cliches, bawdy humor, and disjointed direction.

The Five Musketeers are easily one of the funniest ensembles to hit the big screen in the past five years, and the deal is sweetened by the presence of Rosamund Pike as Oliver's sister Sam, who is not only lovely, but works well with this rag tag team of friends in comedy and action.

The ensemble of Japanese actors do great work as well, especially Yôsuke Kubozuka as their guide and Tadanobu Asano whose character challenges Fr.

The supporting players are somewhat interchangeable, mostly because they're all designed to be monster fodder, but as an ensemble piece, it mostly works.

His work also refuses to be pigeonholed; for example, defying his reputation as a period film director, 1957's The Eleventh Hour is an ensemble - cast, social realist melodrama about a rescue at a caved - in mine that equals anything made by Hollywood during the same era.

Friedberg doesn't seem sufficiently plugged in to the controlled craziness that makes Nielsen's shtick work and, as a result, he wastes an impressive ensemble of actors, including Charles Durning, Barry Bostwick, Marcia Gay Harden and, in the babe role, Nicollette Sheridan.

The supporting ensemble are all excellent as well (including Alec Baldwin, whose «charm» and smugness finally works in his favour).

Lynch is best known these days for her Emmy and Golden Globe award - winning role as Glee's cheerleading squad leader Sue Sylvester, but she's also part of Christopher Guest's mock - doc ensemble, turning in great work in Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration.

I find most insulting of all about this gag - a-thon (not «gag» as in «hardy - har - har» slapstick... I mean more like the two - girls - one - cup kind) the fact that the MANY producers and directors could not make this thing work better with an ensemble like this.

And yet, there's an earthy beauty to Carey Mulligan's Laura McAllan, the most relatable character in the ensemble, despite the fact Laura herself accepts her domestic servitude with the same unquestioning devotion as the local sharecroppers do their work arrangements.

Fredrik Bond has been making «short» movies for the past decade as an award - winning commercials director (view some here) and luck would have it that he gets to work from a top tier 2007 Blacklist Screenplay and a solid ensemble with the likes of Shia LaBeouf (who reportedly dropped acid for some scenes), Aubrey Plaza, Rupert Grint, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger and Melissa Leo.

The movie follows one such group, populated mostly by nonprofessionals Arnold found on her scouting trips, and it works best as a rowdy ensemble piece — sort of a co-ed, mobile, present - day version of Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some, examining the frayed bonds created among newly formed adults with few responsibilities and a dynamic torn between loyalty and rivalry.

This is only the primary story in an ensemble storyline about two other couples as well: Sam's half - sister Mary Catherine (Zoe Kazan) and her boyfriend Charlie (Pablo Schreiber), and Sam's best friend Annie (Malin Akerman) and a new man she meets at her work.

It's an ensemble piece and works as three colliding storylines.

Fences functions as a faithful — sometimes doggedly faithful — record of a remarkable ensemble performance of one of the great works of American drama.

He heads an ensemble of crack actors, each with a gift for finding pathos in comedy, and the absurd in the tragic, starting with Shirley Knight as Ned's equally compassionate, equally «idiot» mother, and working through Elizabeth Banks as the sister desperately trying to sell out to make good at the magazine where she toils while missing the cues from the neighbor (Adam Scott) who is willing to literally drop anything to do her household chores; Zooey Deschanel as the pan-sexual sister with truth issues that involve both her girlfriend (Rashida Jones) and the artist (Hugh Dancy) for whom she both poses and poses a problem; and Emily Mortimer, as the earth mother who lost track of what makes her happy and why she wanted to be married to a smug and profoundly disinterested husband (Steve Coogan).

A lot of that is due to a relatively high wattage of stars in the picture, all doing terrific work: Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara are heartbreaking as a separated couple of criminal lovers, and as voices of conscience, Keith Carradine, Ben Foster and Nate Parker are excellent in one of the year's finest ensembles.

Kaling and Grandy have also worked hard to make this an ensemble show, with a democratic distribution of laugh lines through the entire cast, which includes comic Fortune Feimster as Ruby and veteran character actor Robert Costanzo.

The ensemble does most of the film's heavy lifting, since the unevenness of the script impacts Babbit's direction as well (it's surprising to see how lackluster her direction can be at times, considering her excellent work on television over the years).

Academy Award - winner Larson leads an ensemble cast as Dr. Linda Watt, a sheltered but brilliant young scientist who is sent on a work trip to India.

Oscar - winner Brie Larson leads a wonderful ensemble cast as Dr. Linda Watt (Brie Larson), a sheltered but brilliant young scientist who is sent on a work trip to India.

As the narrative arc treads old ground, there's no mistaking this film is all about the acting, and it's a fine ensemble working under the surprisingly assured direction of Russell — in this genre.

Admittedly, there are slight kinks to their work, but, with poised screen presences and magnetic portrayals of vengeance and power, these freshman thespians work excellently as an ensemble — exactly what the script demanded of them.

The ensemble work — as when Maud, Edith, Alice, battered wife and baby - maker Violet, and the stoical, near silent hunger striker Emily Davison (Natalie Press) plan their next moves — is thrilling.

Here, she talks about her work as Jo in Tyler Perry's screen adaptation of For Colored Girls, an ensemble drama co-starring Kerry Washington, Thandie Newton, Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine and Phylicia Rashad.

Collider sat down with Gao at the Los Angeles press day for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, where the young actor talked about the great opportunities he enjoyed working on the budding franchise as part of its dynamic acting ensemble.

But at least scripters Tony Gilroy and William Blake Heron give her a character to work with, which is more than be said for other talented actors filling out the ensemble, such as Julia Stiles (merely marking time as the baddies» resident computer expert) and especially Clive Owen, who is completely wasted as a barely - seen and - heard evil operative.

The film rates this high for me not just because of its technical skill (the ensemble acting is terrific, with Kelly Macdonald in particular doing great work in just a few scenes, and Roger Deakins's cinematography is as good as anything he's done with the Coens, and that's saying a lot) but because of its ambiguity: because the questions it raises about narrative and about society are as interesting as those raised by any other film (but one) of 2007.

Zaillian seems more interested in getting factual details right than building any real dramatic tension or momentum, and the film never quite reaches takeoff speed, despite the solid work of the acting ensemble (especially William H. Macy as the accountant of Jan's firm).

The plot forced Burgundy away from the news desk, and he is separated from his crew for quite a long time (much longer than the similar move in Anchorman, which amounted to only a few scenes), and Ferrell by himself without Paul Rudd, David Koechner, and Steve Carell to play off doesn't work nearly as well as the ensemble moments.

Every single actor plays their part and plays it extremely well, working together as an ensemble to serve the story instead of a particular character.