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When a young tribesman is old enough to become a ?man?, he is tasked to kill his first animal, or be outcast in his tribe. After internal debate, he decides not to take the life of an animal and accepts being outcasted in the tribe.
>>>After internal debate, he doesn?t kill the animal and accepts being outcasted in the tribe.Is that how the story ends? ?If so, that part shouldn't be in the logline. ?A logline should raise a dramatic question, but it should never, ever give away the answer to that question, how the storRead more
>>>After internal debate, he doesn?t kill the animal and accepts being outcasted in the tribe.
Is that how the story ends? ?If so, that part shouldn’t be in the logline. ?A logline should raise a dramatic question, but it should never, ever give away the answer to that question, how the story ends.
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I like the idea that the super powers are a two-edged sword, both a blessing and a curse. ?This is a standard, ?"feature" of ?extraordinary powers and boons given to mortals in all mythologies in all cultures. ?One that, alas, too many contemporary writers fail to perceive and/or appreciate the archRead more
I like the idea that the super powers are a two-edged sword, both a blessing and a curse. ?This is a standard, ?”feature” of ?extraordinary powers and boons given to mortals in all mythologies in all cultures. ?One that, alas, too many contemporary writers fail to perceive and/or appreciate the archetypal importance of.
Having a good hook, an intriguing concept is necessary for a series–but not sufficient to make a sale. ?The concept for a series needs to be demonstrated with a strong, compelling pilot script that promises to grab and hold an audience’s attention.
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Vince Gilligan, an established ?screenwriter with a solid reputation and plenty of contacts in the industry, didn’t just pitch the concept for “Breaking Bad”. ?He had a “prospectus”, a pilot script, to hand out as a proof of concept.
Likewise, ?this logline needs to spell out the plot of the pilot episode. So:
Who is the protagonist, the lead character of this proposed series?
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What is the initial problem, and the initial, if not ongoing, antagonist?
What becomes the lead character’s objective goal in the pilot as a result of the inciting incident in the context of the (potentially) fatal flaw?
After uncovering a conspiracy plotted by the king a Templar is forced to intervene in the king’s plot before it leads to civil war.
The latest draft is an improvement but it still lacks detail. What will the knight actually do in order to achieve his goal? His actions are going to be most of act 2 i.e most of the film and therefore they need to be specified in the logline. Will he fight other knights? Or investigate suspicious aRead more
The latest draft is an improvement but it still lacks detail.
What will the knight actually do in order to achieve his goal?
His actions are going to be most of act 2 i.e most of the film and therefore they need to be specified in the logline. Will he fight other knights? Or investigate suspicious activity in the royal court? Or seek out spies? etc? What ever he does it needs to be specified.
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