Meanings of tonal shift in English

Some detect at least a tonal shift from Barnier in recent weeks.

Boom simply isn't experienced enough to bring off this tonal shift.

Nikki said, "So you've never heard of Zarek Braun?" The tonal shift was striking.

That tonal shift doesn't work as well, even though McKenzie's character serves as a thread between the two parts.

It's a character growth that Brown handles with as much skill as Shults handles the tonal shift throughout the film.

One can rationalize this approach, but the film never undergoes a dramatic tonal shift to reflect the impact of unbearable news.

Constant face touching, changing the subject, a tonal shift in voice, high-pitched and defensive, overt attempts at humor dripping with sarcasm.

It expertly tackled the challenging tonal shifts without missing a beat.

Its tonal shifts are often abrupt, jumping between comedy and horror, and occasionally loses its footing.

There are several tonal shifts as it oscillates between satire, dark comedy and thriller, but Bong manages the changes expertly.

Wrote Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells, I for one love the abrupt, subtle tonal shifts between straight drama and whaddaya-gonna-do, throw-up-your-hands, low-key comedy.

First-time writer-director Weithorn's astute and sensitive script swings effortlessly from humor to pathos, tonal shifts that his actors navigate with subtlety and grace.

For students of screenwriting and songwriting alike, it's a master class in narrative precision and tonal shifts, all of which gives it staying power.

The tonal shifts from comedic scenes to heavy emotional ones barely exist, which is a shame because the latter is where the heart is.