The Sniper
In the time of a great civil war, a young man is positioned in a tower alone where he must fight for survival with very few supplies, and a sniper rifle.
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At the risk of being a buzzkill … isn’t this the plot to the movie-within-a-movie at the centre of Inglourious Basterds?
Overall I think the logline is good. I agree that it would to establish what civil war you are referring to. It would help a reader establish if it is a period piece or modern day.
Good points Torie & Timmy. much appreciated.
Those ideas would work well in the logline to establish the atmosphere of the situation.
But for me, it was more of the IDEA, that a young boy fresh out of school volunteered for the army and got positoned alone on a tower/rooftop during a war with a few supplies. So I didn’t really think it would matter what/when the battle was. In the logline atleast.
Both work well. I’ll probably change/add some words to it, to make more clearer. 🙂
“During the battle of Dublin, a lone republican soldier must defend his post from advancing enemy troops before his supplies run dry with only a sniper at hand. ”
Hope this helps. 😀
I like it.
In a good way, it reminds me of the 90s fad, when every premise seemed like it started with “…Die Hard n a [blank]…”
I think mentioning the particular civil war (Irish) would help. Int his case, the era affects the mechanics, and the mechanics affects character choices. I also think you can tighten the language. There seems to be a few phrases than can be switched for single words.
I didn’t really want to get into the specifics in the logline, since it’s not really the plot of the story. But I’ll tell you since you’re interested. The story takes place during the Irish Civil War at the battle of Dublin, and yes, he is a soldier(I probably could’ve said that in the logline), on the Irish Republican Army side. Also, he’s positioned there alone because their army is very small.
I wasn’t sure how to summarize that in the logline without it sounding like a character or location description.
You’ve set up an interesting situation. If you could share some additional information, that would be helpful. Is this young man a soldier? If so, for which side? If not, why is he there? How did he get positioned in the tower alone?