After an 18 year old teenager who was born and raised on a safe space colony on Mars visits the post-apocalyptic Earth for the first time, he needs to find out,where he really belongs ? with his family up on the Mars, or down here on the Earth.
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After an 18 year old teenager who was born and raised on a safe space colony on Mars visits the post-apocalyptic Earth for the first time, he needs to find out,where he really belongs ? with his family up on the Mars, or down here on the Earth.
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As Richiev has stated, you need to include what it is that makes him want to stay on earth. Not only is that the incident that starts the whole adventure but it also establishes what sort of film we’re looking at, helps to provide stakes, can hint at antagonistic forces working against him, and makes us understand his goal. That’s how important this one detail is.
Dkpough1’s feedback is spot on too. As far as the goal goes, making a decision is an internal struggle. Imagine watching someone make a decision – it could take seconds, minutes, or days but you’d still just be watching someone thinking. For a visual medium this is a really boring thing to see so make his goal something tangible and visual. This goal can be used to represent the internal goal – in Stand By Me for example, the journey to find the body represents the characters coming of age.
Without the inciting incident and corresponding goal it’s difficult to understand what the stakes are so focus on those two bits first and, if you get them right, chances are everything else will fall into place.
Hope this helps.
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On the logline:?”After an 18 year old teenager who was born and raised on a safe space colony on Mars visits the post-apocalyptic Earth for the first time, he needs to find out,where he really belongs ? with his family up on the Mars, or down here on the Earth.” (48 words)
The goal is weak because it describes an internal decision. The logline also focuses too much on background, and the inciting incident should be a singular event which?forces the protagonist to pursue a goal he?must achieve. Said goal should describe something that evokes a visual image in the reader’s mind for the climax.
To break down all of the elements:
Inciting incident: Right now, the inciting incident is that he visits earth. Like I mentioned above, this is not going to work. What happens once he reaches the surface? Does he meet a love interest? What pulling factor makes him consider staying?
Protagonist: The protagonist actually sounds fairly interesting, whether or not the concept has been done before. No need to list an age, especially ’18’ as well as ‘teenager’, because an 18-year-old is a teenager. Preferably, describe a character trait, even better, a character flaw which will hinder him during the plot.
Goal: Currently, to make a decision. As I mentioned before, this isn’t a goal worthy of a film or television series. A decision takes an instant to decide, and it’s not something a viewer can see onscreen.
Antagonist: No external antagonist described. Is there one?
Here’s an example I’m making up, using some of the elements from your logline:?After he discovers a tribe at war, a Martian colonist on his first visit? to post-apocalyptic Earth must use his technology to help the tribe survive the night. (28 words)
Not a perfect example, and likely not the story you’ve come up with, but I made it up with the intent to include all of the elements to give you an example to study.
I hope this helps.
You are missing what makes him want to stay on earth. That would be the inciting incident.
If Mars is so wonderful and Earth is a post-apocalyptic?wasteland, then why would he even want to stay.
What would set the story in motion would be the “Why”
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“When he falls in love with an earth girl, a teen born and raised in a peaceful colony on Mars must…”
I suck at loglines, but I can shorten sentences, etc.? I would shorten to:
An 18 year old (or just “teenager”) who was born and raised on a safe space colony on Mars visits post-apocalyptic Earth for the first time, searching for where he belongs… With his family on Mars, or down on Earth?