Sentence examples for heightened character from inspiring English sources

"When I did 'Stranger Than Fiction' " — his first dramatic role — "I loved settling into a real character, not a heightened character," Mr. Ferrell said by telephone.

I prefer a Batman set in a heightened reality since he's a heightened character.

What got me on board in the first place was kind of playing heightened characters.

Watching the English in their native habitat has the effect of an epiphany, but it also heightens the character's inner turmoil.

Laurie Stone of the Village Voice, however, commented that Howarth's performance steered Todd away from cartoon villainy, "heightening the character's wildness as a dodge from sentimentality and high-mindedness".

Kelly Savage's synthesizer produced a credible digital harpsichord sound; a vibraphone-marimba patch Ms. Savage adopted for Ms. Palmer's arias heightened their burlesque character.

Wise heightened the sense of character conflict by having the characters "step on one another's lines", allowing one character to begin talking before the other had finished.

But it is, in fact, heightened and defining of character".

Employing actors who doubled as the orchestra, so that we remained aware of them as fully engaged creators of the show, not just interpreters of character, he heightened the theatricality of Mr. Sondheim's musicals without diminishing their potency.

The heightened individuality of such characters has never translated well to other mediums.

And for me, "The Hour" has a slightly heightened form, and the characters came out of that.