OlDustyDogg

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10 loglines
14 reviews

On the verge of madness, a grieving man attacks his stubborn stepchild, chasing him onto private property, but when the psychotic landowner captures them he must learn to accept and work together with the boy to escape before they are both killed.

March 28, 2020
A disruptive and mute 8-year-old must battle his abusive stepfather who is persuaded to kill him by the ghost of his recently deceased son.

March 20, 2020
The scorned stepchild of a serial killer is pushed to the limit when his stepfather turns on the family and neighbors for what he perceives as their roles in the death of his biological son.

March 15, 2020
‘Off The Grid’ After moving off the grid, bickering newlyweds accidentally kill the creepy neighbors kid and now must work together to escape the families vengeful wrath.

March 13, 2020
RHSC (red-headed step child)

March 12, 2020
A man exploits his friends cocaine habit to finish a script by a deadline.

August 5, 2018
An aging writer struggles to prove his worth by crafting the perfect logline but quickly spirals out of control when a brain tumor compels him to endlessly edit a single idea.

August 5, 2018
After being invited to a father daughter picnic by a Dean of a prestigious University, a sleazy community college professor extorts a struggling older student to impersonate a Dr. so he can reconnect with his estranged daughter by convincing her that he has cancer.

August 5, 2018
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After his future self moves in and starts dating his girlfriend, a once complacent vacuum salesman struggles against fate to prevent the hell he’s living from setting in stone

August 3, 2018
A lonely stoner scientist develops a method for reversing zombification thanks to a girl he used to smoke weed with then sets out to find and cure his girlfriend but ends up having feelings for his old friend on the way.

August 3, 2018

on After a shy teen falls in love with an unknown girl he dreams of every night, he sleeps all day to be with her, but ultimately he has to overcome his shyness in order to find a real girlfriend.

Or what? What are the stakes if he doesn't get a real GF? Why does he need/want a real GF, what happens if he doesn't get a GF? Does he learn the dream is just his ideal? That he can't…
on When he learns the one that got away is getting, a man sets about winning her back, with the help of the fiance’s ex, only to fall for her as well.

What sets this apart from all the other plots that can be described by a similar or identical logline? What's this guy like? Why so hung up on the girl? And if he falls for the other girl doesn't that…
on In a future where winners are conceived using genetic engineering, a born loser buys the identity of a winner on the black market so he can fulfill his lifelong dream of space travel.

I was able to guess this one. I forgot the space travel plot though. There was enough in the logline to make it easily identifiable. You make it seem effortless. Lots of practice I guess.
on In a future where the wealthy live above the smog in floating cities, a group of scavengers — led by a buoyant teen — make the seemingly impossible ascent from the barren earth below in search of essential supplies for their people.

So poor people are looking for supplies by climbing or floating to where the rich are? What supplies? Why do they need the supplies? Why can't they scavenge on the surface? What is the urgency? Is there a specific item…
on When the town bully humiliates him, a mild-mannered cowboy sets out to reclaim his dignity, only to accidentally kill the man, and set off his violent outlaw family.

The one you posted is the best out of the three. Its a good concept IMO but I'm no expert. Seems like it could be a comedy. Maybe he 'accidentally' kills the outlaws out for vengeance as well. What is…
on When in a village destroyed by war something in the shadows begins to haunt and torment him, a dreamy child must fight to survive and find some happiness along the way.

If it's for an animated short I can see where you are going. What is the child doing to find happiness? Is he looking for a place without war? Maybe something like this... A dreamy child seeks refuge after his…
on BLOODLUST The dormant past life as an 8th Century Norse Berserker is sparked in a modern day peace loving Hindu man after he witnesses his loved ones murdered in a robbery. Now he must fight to control the growing bloodlust before it destroys him.

Interesting. I like the contrasts of past lifes. Im wondering if the berzerker must have atoned for his violence in order to be reincarnated as a Hindu. I also wonder How is the bloodlust destroying him. Does he want to…
on A public defender doubles as a private dominatrix to support her family, but when a lonely, corrupt judge finds out she must sexually and emotionally satisfy a man with the power to ruin her life.

Fantastic premise. So much potential but if she is a dominatrix why would she be averse to dominating the judge?
on A jealous mediocre court composer blocks the career and plots the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Logline wizardry. Well thought out. I need to do this exercise more.
on After a group of homeless friends moves into a train station to escape a shelter bully, its leader takes a stand to protect them and give them the best New Year.

Protect them from who or what? Why is it important to have the 'best' new year?? What does the bully do to make them move from their current? location?? Does the bully pursue and try to have some of the…

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