The threat of global warming to their habitat is spelled out simply in the narration, delivered by Meryl Streep.
Nonetheless, the film's homespun quality (Ms. Canty, whose childlike voice provides intermittent narration, simply describes herself in the publicity notes as "the mom of four kids") works in its favor, as does its maker's agitated sincerity.
I still remember watching Derek Jarman's 1993 "Blue," a movie that's simply 79 minutes of narration over a screen colored an unwavering deep blue.
The reader understands that this may be an aspect of Elena's self-deprecating narration – she may simply feel dominated by Lila.
The genius of Richardson's narration is not simply the innovative use of epistolary fiction – the novel is told through a complex web of letters – but also the subtlety with which he unfolds the dark tragedy of Clarissa's fatal attraction to Lovelace.
"A good prop can help a film's believability," in narration he begins simply, "while a bad one can pull you out of the experience".
Granted, I'm definitely not saying TSP is where games should be going or the end-all of game narration, it's simply a reference point for us to understand that games can be compelling in a way we never thought before.
Only Begbie's narration is truly amoral.
If writers hope to illuminate the profoundly foreign interior lives of animals, it may be that the realist novel, with its familiar protocols of character, narration, and dialogue, is simply not the ideal literary form in which to do so.
With two-part visual and verbal narration that isn't simply synchronous, comics presents a distinctive narrative idiom in which a wealth of information may be expressed in a highly condensed fashion".
