set piece
Example Sentences
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A step inside confronts you with two architectural set pieces in the form of stairs that push in different directions.
Mr. Reiner never engaged in the kind of flashy cutting, unusual camera movements or dazzling set pieces that characterized, say, the work of Martin Scorsese, whom he mocked as “Marty DiBergi” in “Spinal Tap.”
The “Hamlet” production is a fantastic set piece, with man-made sets and Shakespeare’s theatre-in-the-round filmed as accurately and affectionately as the nature that consumes so much of the film’s first two acts.
From Salon
Many firms and economists would say this year they have done exactly that, not least in Rachel Reeves' set piece speech and media interviews.
From BBC
It contains much subtle humor, but the concluding set piece, with longhorns roaming the streets of Los Angeles and comedically terrifying its denizens, remains the movie’s high point.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
