The tradition continued in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the work of André Grétry, François Boieldieu, and Daniel Auber, who treated more serious and romantic subjects and made a more evocative use of the orchestra.
That play also featured a woman named Hester and made evocative use of the letter A, but couched in the terms of the stigma borne by women on welfare.
Deserving winner of the grand jury prize at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in August, A Syrian Love Story benefits from evocative use of music, including tracks from Le Trio Joubran, whose plucky contributions lend depth, tension and resonance to the unfolding drama.
For this week's contest, we've assembled a group of titles linked by their evocative use of flowers.
At one end of the spectrum is the work of Ken Burns, who established his reputation in 1990 with "The Civil War," a documentary that relied mostly on the evocative use of stills.
Directed by Lewis Allen (of the delirious Technicolor noir "Desert Fury"), "Appointment With Danger" makes evocative use of location shooting in and around Gary, Ind., where an undercover postal agent (Alan Ladd) infiltrates a gang plotting a mail robbery.
The book's colorist, Braden Lamb, makes evocative use of rich, muted colors — indigos, olives, oranges, teals.
The emotionally evocative use of music and sound effects is another Nekrosius trademark.
One of the most striking aspects of "Shutter Island" is Martin Scorsese's ear-catching, evocative use of music.
The production features witty accents of scenery (Allen Moyer) and costumes (Michael Krass), and it includes particularly evocative use of television screens.
