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Imprisoned in an apartment with a complete stranger, an idealist twenty-something has to find a way to save herself and the world population from the secret organization holding her captive.
" When his secret organization?s plan to recolonize Earth is unfolding, an estranged father attempts to include his humanitarian/idealist daughter in the plan."A logline framed around an antagonist should still include the same elements. It should have an inciting incident, whether it's different frRead more
” When his secret organization?s plan to recolonize Earth is unfolding, an estranged father attempts to include his humanitarian/idealist daughter in the plan.”
A logline framed around an antagonist should still include the same elements. It should have an inciting incident, whether it’s different from the protagonist’s, or in some cases it could be the same event. But for the antagonist it could be something which happens offscreen. So what single, specific event causes him to kidnap his daughter?
Also, describe the father using his occupation or skills, or a personality trait.
Example:?When his secret organization releases a biochemical which will eliminate a majority of the human population, an agent abducts his estranged humanitarian daughter so she can live?in the new society. (31)
?If you’ve seen The Dark Knight, here’s a video?from a great channel analyzing what makes a good antagonist. I’ve found Lessons From the Screenplay to be a great, insightful resource for better understanding storytelling.?
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"When a witness and two cops are killed, a tenacious Homicide Detective must defeat his contract-killer nemesis to capture the unknown mastermind." What is it the witness witnessed? Why were they important enough to have two guards and to be sought out and murdered? And if this mastermind is the oneRead more
“When a witness and two cops are killed, a tenacious Homicide Detective must defeat his contract-killer nemesis to capture the unknown mastermind.”
What is it the witness witnessed? Why were they important enough to have two guards and to be sought out and murdered? And if this mastermind is the one who the witness witnessed doing something worth killing them over so they can’t testify, how is this mastermind unknown? How does defeating a contract killer lead to the mastermind?
See lessImprisoned in an apartment with a complete stranger, an idealist twenty-something has to find a way to save herself and the world population from the secret organization holding her captive.
"And the difference with other conspiracy movies is that she can?t really stop it. I imagined the story where the girl eventually has to choose to leave the apartment and die or start over and create?the new society with the rest of the group." Interesting that you would have her lose. I think thereRead more
“And the difference with other conspiracy movies is that she can?t really stop it. I imagined the story where the girl eventually has to choose to leave the apartment and die or start over and create?the new society with the rest of the group.”
Interesting that you would have her lose. I think there aren’t enough movies which allow the protagonist to lose. However, you do need to create dramatic tension and at least give her a chance to stop this attack. Because in the logline it raises the dramatic question of: Can she stop this attack? rather than: Can she escape?
If the answer the to the dramatic question is a big, resounding ‘No’, that’s fine. But the story still needs to give a glimmer of hope, whether or not it’s a false hope for the audience and the character to the latch onto, and then it hits them harder when she fails.
But the problem with that being the difference, the hook, is that it comes at the end, it would be a spoiler and a logline shouldn’t include a spoiler. Making her father the antagonist is great way to explain why he targets her, making their conflict a lot more personal.
I hope this helps.
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