Categories: Comedy
Agreed with the above the logic flaw renders the logline confusing. What if you were to change it so that someone else triggers the viral spread and the only two left un effected are the MC and a different character to the hippy, one that brings a useful skill to the party and helps the MC save the town. What if it was the local geeky kid, the one that all the kids at school would make fun of and no one took seriously? Now it is up to him to save them all.
I don't see why a protagonist can't be the source of the inciting incident as long ?the "Doh!" moment is caused by his own ?character flaw. ?Instead of describing the protagonist in this logline as "single-minded", ?I would also describe him as "reckless". ? There is definitely a causal relationship between his character and the dramatic problem.
However, when the character flaw is so obviously the cause of dramatic problem, as in this instance, it can become a problem making the protagonist a sympathetic or likable character. ?In this case, I may be more inclined to root for the uninfected person, not only to solve the dramatic problem but also pop the balloon of the protagonist's ego in the process, cut him down to size for the "dramatic sin" of hubris in the form of recklessness and single-mindedness. ?
To wit, ?the uninfected person ?becomes the pivotal character -- because the protagonist needs him to clean up the mess he created. ?He becomes life-saving hero of the story.
Hmm. ?Maybe the plot and logline should be re-engineered to make the uninfected person the protagonist.
fwiw
I don't see why a protagonist can't be the source of the inciting incident as long ?the "Doh!" moment is caused by his own ?character flaw. ?Instead of describing the protagonist in this logline as "single-minded", ?I would also describe him as "reckless". ? There is definitely a causal relationship between his character and the dramatic problem.
However, when the character flaw is so obviously the cause of dramatic problem, as in this instance, it can become a problem making the protagonist a sympathetic or likable character. ?In this case, I may be more inclined to root for the uninfected person, not only to solve the dramatic problem but also pop the balloon of the protagonist's ego in the process, cut him down to size for the "dramatic sin" of hubris in the form of recklessness and single-mindedness. ?
To wit, ?the uninfected person ?becomes the pivotal character -- because the protagonist needs him to clean up the mess he created. ?He becomes life-saving hero of the story.
Hmm. ?Maybe the plot and logline should be re-engineered to make the uninfected person the protagonist.
fwiw
