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?A cop and his K-9 companion unintentionally hijack a billion dollar drug shipment from a ruthless cartel that will stop at nothing to get it back.
"?A cop and his K-9 companion unintentionally hijack a billion dollar drug shipment from a ruthless cartel that will stop at nothing to get it back." Well, we know the antagonists' goal. What about the protagonist? As a result of finding this shipment, what do they set out to do? Also, what cartel wRead more
“?A cop and his K-9 companion unintentionally hijack a billion dollar drug shipment from a ruthless cartel that will stop at nothing to get it back.”
Well, we know the antagonists’ goal. What about the protagonist? As a result of finding this shipment, what do they set out to do? Also, what cartel would be so bold as to put a billion dollars of their drug money all together at once?
Here’s an example:?When he finds a billion dollar drug ship, a cop must transport it to a federal vault before the ruthless cartel can take it back. (25)
The hijacking is the inciting incident, and should be framed as such. Now, what is the actual goal? I just made one up for an example, but what is your actual story about?
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I understand that you want to make it as accurate as possible, but like DPG says, or at least something like it: reel life=/= real life. Story is conflict. If in the part of your life you're basing this on doesn't have dramatic conflict, change the story to make conflict. Add in someone/something toRead more
I understand that you want to make it as accurate as possible, but like DPG says, or at least something like it: reel life=/= real life. Story is conflict. If in the part of your life you’re basing this on doesn’t have dramatic conflict, change the story to make conflict. Add in someone/something to give it conflict. The producer probably won’t care much about how true it is. They want to make money, using your idea. Which means it has to be accessible to the audience. Which means conflict, a tightly plotted story, and the climax, the victory or failure. To be blunt, if filmmakers are willing to change the details of the life of someone like Abraham Lincoln, Alice Paul, MLK, in other words, someone who is famous and made a huge impact, they won’t care about the details of your life. So unless you write an autobiography or choose to release your work for free, or you become the top dog, you have to answer to people looking for a story that will make money. Doesn’t matter if it’s a book, comic, TV show, movie. Someone’s going to examine the story of your life and cut out what they deem unnecessary. You can argue, “That’s important!” But they won’t care, whether it’s a studio exec, a producer, a publisher. ?The thing they care about is how much money it will make.
See lessSo, keeping in mind that the conflict is the story, what is that conflict? Who are the two sides?
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I agree with the above comments. Especially that for a logline, "The world is on the verge of making technological advances that will dramatically effect everything and everyone worldwide." Is too vague. ?And honestly probably unneeded. If you state a specific technological advance the specific effeRead more
I agree with the above comments. Especially that for a logline, “The world is on the verge of making technological advances that will dramatically effect everything and everyone worldwide.” Is too vague. ?And honestly probably unneeded. If you state a specific technological advance the specific effect that the character is trying to fix, then it will be good for a logline.
See lessFor example, if a company has made an app that breaches privacy.
The true story of when a tech company releases an app that is able to access all of the cameras in its vicinity, an autistic savant must….
This version dangles the hook right in front: a true story. Then, it has a specific antagonist: the company, and if you wanted to be more specific you could use a high-ranking person within that company. And it also has a specific problem the company is causing.
So, ?in your story, what is the specific problem? What is the?specific threat it poses to society? The?specific action which ?leads to the protagonist trying to find a solution?
Also, what country is this set in? You mention dictators.