But when Straley says that Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is "cinematic", he's talking in terms of scope, scale and spectacle, loosely measurable dimensions that separate a lesser production from one with all the money in the world thrown at it.
But "Let Me Down Easy" is also frustrating in the scope of its reach, too loosely conceived to dig deeply into any single idea.
The small word, the straight sentence, the (very) short story and what John Barth wittily called "the three-eighth-inch novel" -- they all conveyed a cool restraint, in scope and plot and tone, that loosely united writers like Raymond Carver, Frederick Barthelme, Bobbie Ann Mason, Amy Hempel, Mary Robison and other stars of That 80's Literary Show.
The episode's writer, David X . Cohen developed the idea after visiting the American Museum of Natural History, and decided to loosely parallel themes from the Scopes Monkey Trial.
"There Will Be Blood" added scope with its historical story, which is based loosely on Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!" and an archetypal robber baron who might have been based on the real Edward L. Doheny.
In loosely coupled organisations, people have more scope to exercise discretion and may be relatively autonomous decisionmakers.
I like to keep things varied in the visual art as much as possible too and steer away from any template-y idea that some labels do, which is also in line with the way I try to curate the releases: loosely and broadly, hopefully, but within the same broad scope of the label's aesthetic.
The topic guides were loosely structured around Normalization Process Theory (NPT), but with ample scope for interviewees to respond openly about factors that they themselves saw as important to making the developing intervention effective and useful.
But one group of loosely-affiliated Traveller families has gained particular notoriety for the scope of their illegal schemes and voracious appetite for doing business.
Lucy Barnes's loosely constructed stretch-denim skirt is one of the rare items of clothing that provides scope for imagination.
