Sentences with phrase «working the background story»

The first 10 minutes or so was a little rough and obvious — working the background story in deliberately and without subtlety... as the protagonist is...

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People are generally happy to work there, they come from diverse backgrounds, and almost always have an interesting story to share.
It is a strange and engrossing work, written in a manner that many have compared to Tolstoy: stories within stories, huge chunks of raw material gleaned from the newspapers and agitprop pamphlets of the time, seemingly endless speeches by would - be rulers in the doomed Duma, and all against the background of a weak and ineffectual Tsar dominated by his wife and «our Friend,» Rasputin, with Lenin seething and scheming in Switzerland, waiting for his time to come round at last.
For stories to be told of him as a rabbi, the picture of his actual work as a teacher of the Law must have been distinctly impressed on their memory; later it was gradually thrust into the background by the figure of the Messiah.
I love your story and share a similar background that has led me to this work today.
Cuomo's office declined to comment on the record for this story, but members of the Cuomo camp insist, on background, that he worked hard in districts «where his endorsement could make a difference.»
* Correction, 26 August, 12:25 p.m.: The story has been updated to reflect that in the photo of Weiss at the lab bench, he is working on equipment for measurements of the cosmic microwave background.
:) My suspicion is that most science reporters will vary considerably the amount of background work they do based on the importance of the story and their deadline situation.
You may procrastinate but it obviously works wonders for you because your stories, outfits, background choice, flowers and all come together like a picture book.
She describes her background working for Entertainment Tonight, and how the move into online dating came when she became bored of telling the same «types of stories».
Schrader has no shortage of interesting stories about New Hollywood as one of the original movie brats, as well as a critical background that has informed his work.
This relationship and story strain emerges from the distant background to play a decisive role both in the plot and the work's ultimate thematic resonance, and the way it plays out is highly dramatic, upsetting and inevitable.
Another oddity is the lack of information on each class; despite background stories being given for each character, players aren't told how each class works or their key abilities before purchasing and leveling them up.
The vast technical background necessary for creating cinematic stories, illuminating interviews with the greatest living filmmakers, in - depth analyses of high quality movies... The material provided by Cahiers du Cinéma, Sight & Sound, Cinemagic, Cinefantastique and many others has inspired thousands of people to dedicate their lives to filmmaking, and thanks to the wonders of modern technology, these priceless cultural beams of historic value and prime educational significance continue to inspire, astonish and enlighten us, bringing up a new generation of artists who might persevere and thrive to one day fill the shoes of the likes of Orson Welles, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Jean - Pierre Melville, Agnes Varda, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher and dozens of others whose work continually delight and move us in every way possible.
Oh, and a satirical background breaking news story, involving the media getting, in Alex's words, «worked up over nothing», and driving down Brooklyn property prices with their terrorist scaremongering....
As the old man Slimane (Habib Boufares), divorced and living in a dump of hotel owned by his new lover, works his way through the bureaucracy with the help of the doting daughter of his long - time girlfriend (she treats him like and adoptive grandfather), we see an entire world is seen in the background, the stories of the children and grandchildren of Arab immigrants making a life in this French port town and finding their identity in the mix of cultures.
Looking back on this story, Kerrigan embodies privilege, even though she herself was from a working class background.
Online matchmaking now works away in the background while you complete single player content — be that Survival, Story or Training mode.
All the bright lights and big stars seem meant to serve as background to the story of Trumbo's blacklist years, to give a sense of when and where he worked.
«Six Feet Under» alums Patricia Clarkson (Shutter Island, Whatever Works) and Richard Jenkins (Hall Pass, Happythankyoumoreplease) also give the two main characters, Dylan's father and Jamie's mother respectively, some nuance, with their own background stories that explains the intimacy issues that would develop in their children.
McCarthy, best known for writing and directing The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win, specializes in accidental - family stories with grouchy character - actor leads and quirky hooks; what keeps his work from descending into treacle is his generous handling of the cast, a holdover from his own background as an actor.
«Starting with the background of the blighted Hell's Kitchen neighborhood and the building's initial commercial failure in the mid-1970s, the story recounts how - in a moment of bold inspiration or maybe desperation - the buildings were're - purposed» as subsidized housing for people who worked in the performing arts, becoming one of the first intentional, government supported, affordable housing for artist residences.
StoryCorps, an organization whose mission is to record and archive the stories of Americans from all backgrounds, will work with high school students across the country to preserve voices and stories of grandparents and other elders — in any language.
Worth the Money In my work as an education researcher, I've listened to the stories of hundreds of students from all sorts of backgrounds and circumstances.
Valor believes that having an inclusive community that seeks out and values multiple perspectives, stories, and backgrounds will help students develop critical thinking skills and better prepare them to learn, live, and work in diverse communities in the future.
Six - wheeled Austin Seven — Paul Shinton on the background to this conversation / Norwich Union RAC Rally — We report on an event that drew / Flat racing and hill climbing — Tom Threfall on the VSCC events at Curborough and Wiscombe Park / History of McKenzie cars — Part two of the article by Ian McKenzie / The story of a London Garage — Fred Hislop recalls his memories of working at Delaney and Sons / Ramble in an Edwardian Rover — The Editor drives a 1912 model on this month's «excursion» / The Anderson specials — Brian Demaus tells the story of the pre-war Humber - based specials / Restoration of the Charabus — Mike Sutcliffe's saga of the rebuild of this dual purpose vehicle / Sandwell Parade and Manchester - Blackpool run — We report on two popular events — one in the Midlands the other in the North.
An eclectic selection of machines dans son jus met in the Welsh Borders on Drive - It Day in perfect Spring weather / The story of Farman, part two — Reg Winstone continues his look at the Farman motor car, as well as delving into the background of the Farman Brothers / Travel with Style: Concours d'Elégance — Peter Stevens reports from Cartier's second Indian concours, with some rare as well as humble cars on show / Durham Motor Works — Tim Harding recounts the motoring exploits of the owners of the Durham Motor Works in Ealing, South London / Cheap Cylinder Heads: Curiosity or Cure?
Jeremy Tucker, the VP of Marketing at Nissan North America, gives us the background story of how they worked with Lucas studios to launch the Nissan Rogue along with «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.&rstory of how they worked with Lucas studios to launch the Nissan Rogue along with «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.&rStory
Author Linda Hirshman (Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution) keeps the life stories brief — O'Connor's Western upbringing and the can - do work ethic it instilled contrasts with Ginsburg's Brooklyn Jewish intellectual background, but both found their calling in the law and had to fight for the chance to practice.
During her time as a social worker, she worked with children from deprived backgrounds and discovered the sorts of stories that grasped their imaginations.
I'm the author of a book that I've serialized on a blog integrated with blogging about the story and background, and even as I go down this path as an indie, think it would be fantastic to work with an agent.
«We wanted to experiment with providing background information as a user reads a story to help bring context to a complicated topic, and we designed Knowledge Map to work in a way that would not interrupt the reading experience,» Sarah Sampsel, director of digital strategy at The Post, said in a prepared statement.
The prologue served as a kind of omniscient perspective to provide a bit of background which helped to explain — not only each story — but the work as a whole.
However, at the stage of research you have to read background materials to help you understand what is going on in the primary text (that book, story, or other work you are expected to write an academic essay about).
«It is so encouraging to see the community come together to support school librarians, whose work is often hidden in the background of so many success stories.
«Everyone I work with has stories about how they've been around animals their entire lives,» says Susanne, who has a background in law and finance.
The fighting in the story still looks great as do the main characters, but the background characters like SWAT team members or cops don't seem to have much work put into them.
- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing
Online matchmaking now works away in the background while you complete single player content — be that Survival, Story or Training mode.
That's another reason why Second Son works so well because Delsin not only looks the part but he has the personality as well which goes extremely well with the story, especially with his Native American background and more importantly, you don't need to know what has happened in the previous two games.
Some of these events provide a background on the story, which is minimal but works well when presented in the context of these challenges.
A plain white background (like a gallery wall) with a single image of your work and a simple story is just fine.
The exhibition will feature works from Bing's «Tobacco Project» and «Background Stories» series.
I like that everybody comprehends my work with his own feelings, depending on his past, his experiences and his background, constructing his own stories.
On the other hand, both parts of Black in the Abstract make it perfectly clear that, on the whole, the quality of the work being produced by black artists whose practices include abstraction — as the inclusion of Hammons, McMillian and Donnett indicate, not everyone here is an «abstract painter» — does not suffer in comparison with that of their colleagues of other backgrounds, including major figures like Amy Sillman and Charline von Heyl, both of whom have work in Arning's Painting: A Love Story.
Works from the «Background Story» illustrate the clever reuse of unexpected materials employed to recreate significant historical images.
«Things Are Not What They First Appear» occupies two spaces within the museum showcasing major works from the artist's «Background Story» (2004 - 14) and «Tobacco Project» (1999 - 2011) series along with «The Character of Characters» (2012) animated video.
The text both tells the story of the show's making and fills in background information about the curator's work.
This background as gesture is one device that Mutu often repeats in works such as Riding Death in My Sleep (2002) and Your Story My Curse (2006), lending the images a storybook feel — more a fantasy space than a tangible environment.
I brought my symbols and marks, materials, glitter, colours and vocabulary to a white canvas background to tell the story, vent, whatever, and it worked.
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