A renegade priest confesses to a detective the origin story of his uncanny ability to put “The Fear of God” into any man. (23)

Billy14,

A logline is a description of a plot, and a plot is a sequence of events and actions taken towards a single goal.

So, if you want some help with this logline, here are a few questions you'll need to answer before anyone here will be able to give you concrete advice about your logline:

What is your MC's flaw?

What is your MC's inciting incident?

What is your MC's main action?

What is your MC's goal?

Yes, IMDB descriptions are technically blurbs, not loglines.

Blurbs are designed to get movie viewers to watch the movie. ?Loglines are designed to get movie producers to make the films. ?Two ?different markets; two different requirements.

I get the sense you want to hold back on stating what the priest's uncanny ability is.??Let me put it this way: ?if the priest's "uncanny ability" is something that is not revealed until the 3rd Act, then it shouldn't be in the logline because it constitutes a spoiler, a Big Reveal. ?And loglines should not contain spoilers that give away the Big Reveals or Surprise Twist of the 3rd Act.

But if the priest's "uncanny ability" is established earlier, if it motivates the action, from the 2nd Act onward, then it needs to be revealed in the logline ?-- not hinted at ?-- but spelled out. ? Because ?his "uncanny ability" is what drives the plot. It's the hook. ?Hooks need to be dangled in front of the logline reader, like you would a fish hook. ?You don't get fish to bite by withholding the fish hook; likewise, you don't reel in movie producers and directors by withholding the story hook.

fwiw

Yes, IMDB descriptions are technically blurbs, not loglines.

Blurbs are designed to get movie viewers to watch the movie. ?Loglines are designed to get movie producers to make the films. ?Two ?different markets; two different requirements.

I get the sense you want to hold back on stating what the priest's uncanny ability is.??Let me put it this way: ?if the priest's "uncanny ability" is something that is not revealed until the 3rd Act, then it shouldn't be in the logline because it constitutes a spoiler, a Big Reveal. ?And loglines should not contain spoilers that give away the Big Reveals or Surprise Twist of the 3rd Act.

But if the priest's "uncanny ability" is established earlier, if it motivates the action, from the 2nd Act onward, then it needs to be revealed in the logline ?-- not hinted at ?-- but spelled out. ? Because ?his "uncanny ability" is what drives the plot. It's the hook. ?Hooks need to be dangled in front of the logline reader, like you would a fish hook. ?You don't get fish to bite by withholding the fish hook; likewise, you don't reel in movie producers and directors by withholding the story hook.

fwiw