Movie title: ‘GREEN ANGELS’
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The ambition of a young woman to be wealthy and own a portfolio of properties is stymied by the sudden death of her husband. But she continues to prioritise her need for success and wealth over the welfare of her teenage stepson. Feeling unloved he contemplates suicide. She is failing to reach her goal. From the tangles, bonds and mixed loyalties they find that success is a shared journey.
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Your logline really needs to address an action or obstacle with sufficient drama to sustain an entire movie and test your protagonist.
Thanks for your incisive review.
I have rewritten the logline in response to your helpful advice:
“Fixated on becoming wealthy, the sudden death of her husband doesn’t stop this woman placing her ambition way above the welfare of her teenage stepson. He contemplates suicide. She gets into financial strife. From the tangles, bonds and mixed loyalties can they rescue each other from failure? ”
The obstacle is the dire financial failure she gets herself into. Action centres on the conflict between her and stepson.
I have completed the screenplay to 89 pages. I am about to take it to a script consultant.
You still need to do more work on the logline. Save your money and study the great examples and breakdowns available on this website. When you get your logline right you will have a firmer grasp of your story.
It is difficult to progress the quality of my logline when your reply is a vacuous criticism without specifics.
You might start by pointing to some ‘great examples’ to be found on this website. But even if there are some great loglines here, without a completed feature screenplay, they are merely puffed advertisements representing a story idea that remains to be developed.
Great. I give you my time for free and you thank me by calling my comments ‘vacuous’. Keep up this attitude and you will be a great success.
Your time for free holds no generosity if you criticise but not offer constructive help. Think about your motivation for being here, it is not serving you, although it may feed your ego.