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SteveDossPenpusher
Posted: June 20, 20182018-06-20T19:19:30+10:00 2018-06-20T19:19:30+10:00In: Horror

A cheating husband leaves a meeting from his mistress with a nasty hickey, and him trying to cover it up before his wife gets home becomes a real pain in the neck.

A cheating husband leaves a meeting from his mistress with a nasty hickey, and him trying to cover it up before his wife gets home becomes a real pain in the neck.
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    1. Mike Pedley Singularity
      2018-06-20T19:52:20+10:00Added an answer on June 20, 2018 at 7:52 pm

      I get that this is probably going to be a vampire film but the “real pain in the neck” doesn’t add anything to the logline. A logline isn’t designed to encourage audiences to see the film the way that a tagline is (“Cheating is a real pain in the neck”) – it’s supposed to give a clear summary of the film in?one sentence that makes someone want to read your screenplay – inciting incident, goal, stakes.

      Inciting incident – the hickey – that’s there but if his mistress is actually a vampire then maybe that needs to be included here so the reader knows what sort of film they’re looking at. Something that’s potentially a large part of the film shouldn’t be subtle or require guesswork in the logline.

      Is his goal to keep his affair a secret? If so how does the vampire thing fit in? If his goal is not to turn into a vampire then how does his wife fit in. What happens if his wife finds out? What are the stakes?

      I think the vampire element needs to be clarified as that’s the bit that is unclear and makes this logline a bit confusing. Once that thread is ironed out I think you’ve got an interesting logline.

      Hope this helps.

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    2. CraigDGriffiths Uberwriter
      2018-06-21T06:29:28+10:00Added an answer on June 21, 2018 at 6:29 am

      The ?real pain in the neck? is ambiguous. Try to think in filmic terms. How would you film that.

      It currently reads like a comedy.

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    3. Richiev Singularity
      2018-06-21T08:02:02+10:00Added an answer on June 21, 2018 at 8:02 am

      “When his mistress gives him a hickey, a cheating husband has two hours to hide it before his wife gets home.”

      (This does seem like kind of a thin premise for a film, is it really that hard to put on a turtleneck sweater?)

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    4. Mike Pedley Singularity
      2018-06-21T15:53:32+10:00Added an answer on June 21, 2018 at 3:53 pm

      What makes this a horror film?

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    5. SteveDoss Penpusher
      2018-06-21T18:37:11+10:00Added an answer on June 21, 2018 at 6:37 pm

      I just fixed it.? Now it reads: ?A cheating husband does something gruesome to himself before his wife gets home to cover up the evidence of the affair he just had.

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    6. TullyArcher Samurai
      2018-06-28T02:41:24+10:00Added an answer on June 28, 2018 at 2:41 am

      This sounds like a comedy short, not a horror feature, because it takes five minutes to cover it with makeup and you put a pun in there.

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