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When a white man uses tribal magic to kill people with their own shadows an Aboriginal youth is sent to stop him from destroying reality.
Try it the other way around. Start with the protagonist, spell out his goal and his conflict: "A young Aborigine must stop a white man using tribal magic to murder people with their own shadows." Stopping a killer is enough of a necessity that you don't need to mention the end of reality in the loglRead more
Try it the other way around. Start with the protagonist, spell out his goal and his conflict:
“A young Aborigine must stop a white man using tribal magic to murder people with their own shadows.”
Stopping a killer is enough of a necessity that you don’t need to mention the end of reality in the logline. In a synopsis, sure, because you can spend a couple sentences explaining what that means. But you don’t want people asking questions in response to a logline because they don’t understand it — you want them asking questions because they’re interested to know more.
See lessWhen a games tester encounters the virtual avatar of a dead friend in the real world, he must uncover a conspiracy that threatens our dimension.
So, he's encountering the avatar in the real world? Or is his friend dead in the real world while the avatar's still kicking around the game system? And no one "must uncover a conspiracy" -- if it isn't uncovered, no one knows about it, and therefore can't do anything about it. If he has to get to tRead more
So, he’s encountering the avatar in the real world? Or is his friend dead in the real world while the avatar’s still kicking around the game system? And no one “must uncover a conspiracy” — if it isn’t uncovered, no one knows about it, and therefore can’t do anything about it. If he has to get to the bottom of it, or expose it, that’s something?uncovering it would be the inciting incident.
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Loglines are useful for stories of all lengths. I found them useful for a 2 minute short film with no dialogue and a 110 page film as the basic functions of a logline are applicable regardless. Also agreed with DPG we do need a format category for new submissions in the new website.
Loglines are useful for stories of all lengths.
I found them useful for a 2 minute short film with no dialogue and a 110 page film as the basic functions of a logline are applicable regardless.
Also agreed with DPG we do need a format category for new submissions in the new website.
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