Sentence examples for direct narration from inspiring English sources

Mannyng's merit as a storyteller lies in his apt management of material and in his lucid, direct narration.

In the half-century since he wrote, Brecht's staging innovations (scene titles, direct narration, interspersed songs and carnival scenes) have been integrated into the language of contemporary theatre.

The result is an unevenly paced muddle, with adoring voice-over testimonials about Mr. Swift's influence, old film footage, some direct narration from Mr. Swift (the best and most informative part of the show), impressive skill and high enthusiasm from the dancers.

There's commentary on what the visuals are communicating, and the frequent use of direct-address narration feels too much like a fiction writer's device, however much it wants to be a hook.

"It's a precise, direct and realistic narration of a bullet's path.

Directed by Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill; narration written by Mr. Scholey and John Truby; narrated by Samuel L. Jackson; directors of photography, Owen Newman and Sophie Darlington; edited by Martin Elsbury; music by Nicholas Hooper; produced by Mr. Scholey and Alix Tidmarsh; released by Disneynature.

But this time the femme fatale tells her own story, the narration coming direct from Joan in the form of a self-taped statement setting the record straight.

By then his cartoon strip had become simply the most direct, unobtrusive means of narration for the stories of Gorazde in Bosnia from 1992-95.

Directed by Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson; narrated by Queen Latifah; narration written by Linda Woolverton, Mose Richards and Kristin Gore; director of photography, Mr. Ravetch; edited by Beth Spiegel; music by Joby Talbot; produced by Adam Leipzig and Keenan Smart; released by Paramount Classics.

In short, the ballad method of narration is directed toward achieving a bold, sensational, dramatic effect with purposeful starkness and abruptness.

Mr. Madsen's ruminative, even-toned narration is directed not at present-day critics but at viewers who may happen upon this visual artifact at some remote date in the future, as much as 100,000 years from now.