Sentence examples for backdrop setting from inspiring English sources

These are principally single figures, holding their own on the page, without backdrop, setting or context.

The film's art direction would have featured a heavily industrial backdrop, setting the action against an "oil slick, smokestack, steel-steam-soot, fire-sparks and electrical arcs realm", similar to the direction ultimately taken in the depiction of Victorian England in The Elephant Man and the planet Giedi Prime in Dune.

By the end of the 19th century nativity scenes became popular beyond Catholic settings, and many versions of various sizes and in various materials such as terracotta, paper, wood, wax and ivory were marketed, often with a backdrop setting in the stable.

Eat on the terrace, where the "Blade Runner" backdrop sets the mood.

The city backdrop sets the tone for Ms. Rebeck's probe of the perilous nature of relationships, especially those framed by the cutthroat, mercurial world of the entertainment industry.

There's loads of swarthy vibrato in Dumay's solo lines, as if a gypsy singer would only declaim her song in capital letters – but that sounds at odds with the rather placid backdrop set up by Kent Nagano.

Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling author known for works like "Gorky Park," detective thrillers that use Russia for a backdrop, set a huge challenge for himself with his newest novel and first book on Japan, "December 6".

But the set provides a vivid visual backdrop and sets the mood for Mr. Gloger's contemporary take on the characters.

On Wednesday, Oliphant's newest backdrop will set the scene for Anna Sui's New York fashion week runway — which, as fashion dictates, will have to remain a mystery until the show.

But it has been threaded together with admirable facility, and the piece — staged against a black backdrop that sets off Nicholas Georgiadis's sumptuous red and gold costumes — works surprisingly well.

All share a common backdrop that sets the trend in markets.