setpiece

He was -- he was a master of the so-called setpiece battle.

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 2002

Yes, reshoots are very often budgeted into a film, especially one that is action and setpiece-heavy.

Details Emerge on George Lucas Red Tails Reshoots | /Film 2010

Whitehaven will also see a wider commemoration once the sharpness of the immediate anniversary has passed, with candles shining in windows in the town – whose centre is considered the UK's most perfect Georgian setpiece – on Thursday night.

West Cumbria commemorates Derrick Bird shooting rampage 2011

When he stands up to present his autumn statement, he will be forced to admit that the economy has performed much less well than he expected on his last setpiece occasion, the budget in March.

Autumn statement will not be an Osborne U-turn - quite 2011

Before the world financial crisis, these setpiece and usually self-congratulatory summits were still held among the G8 countries – the traditional lineup of the US, Germany, Japan, France, Britain, Canada and Italy, plus Russia, added to the list in 1997 to cement the fact that the post-communist empire had come in from the cold.

How the Eurocrisis laid bare world's new economic order 2011

And now here's Roman Holiday, a live setpiece for her new single.

Grammy awards 2012 – live coverage 2012

I don't necessarily need an entire comedic setpiece, but give me something.

Golden Globes 2012 – as it happened 2012

In the mid-1930s it was not unreasonable for a small cadre of education activists in Iowa City to think that a hierarchical pedagogical setpiece like the "workshop" was just what the nation's literary community required, as the literary scene in America was then defined, both in poetry and in prose, by its titans.

Seth Abramson: The New Face of the Creative Writing Master of Fine Arts Seth Abramson 2010

As such, this state of the union speech should be measured against two benchmarks: the traditional setpiece, highly choreographed, presidential, made for TV; and the speeches coming out of the Republican slugfest that just moved to Florida.

State of the union: President Obama addresses inequality | Gary Younge 2012

The static, accusatorial, setpiece interview may have run its course.

Has Newsnight lost its way? 2011