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As variable well said.? And "The Shawshank Redemption" is a good example of an effective logline that lays out the general through line of the plot --?but not the details, not the plot twists.? And it doesn't give away the ending -- whether the protagonist succeeds or fails.
As variable well said.? And "The Shawshank Redemption" is a good example of an effective logline that lays out the general through line of the plot --?but not the details, not the plot twists.? And it doesn't give away the ending -- whether the protagonist succeeds or fails.
>>How much of the plot can a logline expose?
It's recommended to include:
Role, Goal and Inciting Incident
I don't think it gives away the whole plot
Two of the veterans here loglined Shawshank Redemption as:
"When a reserved accountant is wrongly given a life sentence for his wife's murder, he must fight a corrupt prison system to stay alive while plotting his escape"
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"A man not meant for prison must endure a corrupt warden and violent inmates as he works for years on a secret tunnel, making sure his friend will find him but not the authorities"
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based on A and B stories respectively
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The point being, their superb loglines make you wanna see the film without revealing how it ends.