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After the death of her father, a timorous young woman struggles to put forth the effort to attend the college of her dreams due to her fathers wish for her to join the military while being threatened by the expiration date of her scholarship.
"After the death of her father, a timorous young woman struggles to put forth the effort to attend the college of her dreams due to her fathers wish for her to join the military while being threatened by the expiration date of her scholarship." (44 words) I agree with the assessments of Nir ShelterRead more
“After the death of her father, a timorous young woman struggles to put forth the effort to attend the college of her dreams due to her fathers wish for her to join the military while being threatened by the expiration date of her scholarship.” (44 words)
I agree with the assessments of Nir Shelter and mikepedley85 in that right now you’re only focusing on the internal aspects of the character. Many films feature characters with inner conflict, but what a logline should convey to the reader is the external(or at least visual – meaning you could certainly make a film take place inside a character’s head as long as it represented visually, like “Inside Out”(2015)) conflict.
Like Nir Shelter, I find??? I really want it to be about the consequences of her decision which is to go to college and the guilt she feels??. to be a problematic approach. But the problem I see with the logline is that doesn’t describe a clear goal, it also doesn’t offer an endpoint for the story.
In addition to what I’ve said before, the logline makes me say: “So what?”
“…struggles to put forth the effort…” Does not convey a visual action. Films, and by extension loglines, are about visual events and actions taking place. Not only that, why does her father’s wish matter? It’s her life. She’s the one who has to live it, she has to make decisions for herself. The film “Ladybird” (2017) deals with a similar matter. The main character has a certain dream school but her mother-the one paying for it-can’t afford it so she wants her daughter to go to a less expensive school. This differs because the main character is restricted by the financial situation, which gives her parents more input than if she were paying for her own schooling. In other words, this setups a situation for conflict.
I disagree with Nir Shelter that turning this into a novel would fix the issue. I think the real issue is that there isn’t an effective, compelling conflict created by the situation your logline describes.
I suggest thinking over your concept and coming up with a clear goal that creates conflict. Some things to think about for a revision:
Hook – what about this story will make someone want to read the script?
Inciting incident – How does this event affect the protagonist, and force them to commit to a goal?
Goal – What?must the protagonist accomplish? Use words that describe visual scenarios. (Example: Luke Skywalker must help the Rebellion destroy the Death Star)
Protagonist – what drives this character? How exactly does the inciting incident affect them and why?
Antagonist – Why does this character oppose the main character? What is their goal? (An exercise I use is to write a logline from the perspective my story’s antagonist).? I’ve included some video links which talk about character in film.
I recommend watching “Ladybird”, “Edge of Seventeen” and other coming-of-age films and examining them to see how they set up conflict, what that conflict is, and why it matters to the characters, and how the filmmakers make it matter to the audience.
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it really does. Thank you and I will work on this.
it really does. Thank you and I will work on this.
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Layal,In regards to the latest version of your logline, there is a 'first principle' about loglines deriving from the fact that movies are first and foremost a visual medium.? Therefore, every element of a logline should refer to a specific person, place, object or activity that can be visualized onRead more
Layal,
In regards to the latest version of your logline, there is a ‘first principle’ about loglines deriving from the fact that movies are first and foremost a visual medium.? Therefore, every element of a logline should refer to a specific person, place, object or activity that can be visualized on a movie screen.
For example, if the script is about a? character’s struggle to win Olympic gold then the visual (and audio) that informs the audience that she has succeeded is standing on the highest step as the Olympic gold medal is placed around her neck and the national anthem is played.
So what’s the visual for “prove herself”?? ? What will that moment look like on a movie screen?? What will it sound like?
Unfortunately, not only does? “proving herself” seem vague and undefined in terms of a specific visual moment or prop, I suggest it also seems to be more of a subjective goal than an objective goal.? Of course, a script is all the better for having a secondary subjective story line,? but loglines are only about the “A” story, the pursuit of objective goals, not subjective ones.
(And who forces her to take the miserable job?? You need to be specific.)
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