Tag: “It is said that a mind is a terrible thing to waste— For some, it is also a very terrifying thing to lose?” Logline: Wrongfully incarcerated, an innocent gay male must rely on his feminine nature to survive as he struggles to maintain his sanity against the uncertainty of unpredictable cellmates and the jailhouse mentality that threatens to break him.

>>?It was noted that loglines can actually be longer, so I thought it was okay.

Karel alluded to? a collection of loglines for films I have been building and analyzing for several years now . The? collection now exceeds 800 loglines.? Here is what I have found:

Over 1/2 of the loglines are 25 words or less in length.? (58.3% to be specific).? ? More than another 1/4 (27.9%) are between 26 and 30 in length.? So cumulatively, over 86% are 30 words or less in length.

Another 10% are between 30-35 words, and 3% are between 36-40 words in length.

None of the loglines exceed 40 words.

So, here are my personal guidelines for logline length:

Ideal length (and most common) -- 25 words or less?
Acceptable length (but not common) -- 26-30? words
Tolerable length (rare) - 31-35 words
Borderline length (very rare) -36-40 words

Any logline over 40 words is too long.? It must -- and can -- be pared down to under 40 words.??

(With loglnes less is almost always more.)

fwiw

>>?It was noted that loglines can actually be longer, so I thought it was okay.

Karel alluded to? a collection of loglines for films I have been building and analyzing for several years now . The? collection now exceeds 800 loglines.? Here is what I have found:

Over 1/2 of the loglines are 25 words or less in length.? (58.3% to be specific).? ? More than another 1/4 (27.9%) are between 26 and 30 in length.? So cumulatively, over 86% are 30 words or less in length.

Another 10% are between 30-35 words, and 3% are between 36-40 words in length.

None of the loglines exceed 40 words.

So, here are my personal guidelines for logline length:

Ideal length (and most common) -- 25 words or less?
Acceptable length (but not common) -- 26-30? words
Tolerable length (rare) - 31-35 words
Borderline length (very rare) -36-40 words

Any logline over 40 words is too long.? It must -- and can -- be pared down to under 40 words.??

(With loglnes less is almost always more.)

fwiw

"A sensitive Black gay man struggles to survive while serving jail time with unpredictable cellmates and the jailhouse mentality that threatens to break him."? (24 words)? (Psychological?Drama)

I can see something like this working, but I've been writing so long with the specifics of the 3 C's - Character, Conflict, & Concept - my loglines always come out longer than 25 words.? ?Thanks again for the reminder that?less means more.? ?:o)

I will say that I recently watched the latest podcast with Mr. Karel & Nir.? It was noted that loglines can actually be longer, so I thought it was okay.