Sentence examples for contemporary settings from inspiring English sources

Fictional accounts were often set in remote historical settings, the use of contemporary settings in fiction being a relatively recent phenomenon.

The odd thing was that none of these movies was set in the murky Victorian era: they all had contemporary settings, the 1910s and 1920s.

By setting the game 45 years into the future, new studio Sledgehammer (made up of staff best known for their Dead Space science fiction horror series) is able to provide set pieces that would have been impossible in historical or contemporary settings.

But can contemporary settings ever work?

His movies are Gospel morality tales, retold in contemporary settings.

A loose retelling of the biblical story in contemporary settings.

Back in the sixties, most shows and movies had contemporary settings, and they commissioned music accordingly.

Using contemporary settings, figures, and themes, he adapted the traditional chuanqi, or "marvel tale," to serious moral and social purposes.

Only now their lonely travels take them to bright, contemporary settings rather than fleabag hotels and last-stop saloons.

Her first and second novels both had contemporary settings and were far more literary in style and intention.

Even when Hindi cinema moved into contemporary settings, the films largely remained morality plays with actors in archetypal roles.