A burnt-out detective has to face his past when offered the job of finding two missing kids in a small-town full of lies.
Categories: Thriller
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A logline is about what a protagonist must do facing forward in time.? What his objective goal is looking towards the future.? A logline is not about unresolved issues from his past.
Certainly in the process of moving forward, a protagonist may have to face issues from his past.? And such issues can enrichen the script proper.? But a logline is about the intended objective goal going forward (cause), not about issues that come up unintentionally from the past (effect).
A logline is about intentionality, about intended actions,? not unintended consequences.? The burnt-out detective does not intentionally, deliberately, willfully seek to face issues from his past.? That is not what he originally wants to do, that is not his original objective goal.? ?What he wants to do, what constitutes his conscious intention is to find the missing kids.? ?Having to deal with his past comes as an unwelcome, unsought after surprise.
A logline is about what a protagonist must do facing forward in time.? What his objective goal is looking towards the future.? A logline is not about unresolved issues from his past.
Certainly in the process of moving forward, a protagonist may have to face issues from his past.? And such issues can enrichen the script proper.? But a logline is about the intended objective goal going forward (cause), not about issues that come up unintentionally from the past (effect).
A logline is about intentionality, about intended actions,? not unintended consequences.? The burnt-out detective does not intentionally, deliberately, willfully seek to face issues from his past.? That is not what he originally wants to do, that is not his original objective goal.? ?What he wants to do, what constitutes his conscious intention is to find the missing kids.? ?Having to deal with his past comes as an unwelcome, unsought after surprise.