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KNIGHTS of ASDERIN: THE DEMON KING’S RETURN – Upon falling into the world of his favorite game, a player running from his responsibilities joins a guild of adventurers on their quest, but when he accidentally releases the demon king from his ethereal prison, it is up to him and his new allies to defeat him.
"Upon falling into the world of his favorite game, a player running from his responsibilities joins a guild of adventurers on their quest, but when he accidentally releases the demon king from his ethereal prison, it is up to him and his new allies to defeat him." I think the problem this logline suRead more
“Upon falling into the world of his favorite game, a player running from his responsibilities joins a guild of adventurers on their quest, but when he accidentally releases the demon king from his ethereal prison, it is up to him and his new allies to defeat him.”
I think the problem this logline suffers from is that it tries to focus on two inciting incidents. To me the more interesting, the one that is the hook is the fact that he’s fallen into a video game. But since that concept has been used before, what does your story offer different? What’s the hook? The logline also uses vague descriptions. (for example, is it a video game or board game? Card game?) How would you describe the protagonist?
Why does he need to defeat the demon king? What’s his stake in this?
Example:?After he is sucked into his favorite video game, a gamer must help a guild of adventurers defeat a demon king who was released so he can return to the real world. (32)
My example also suffers from not giving the protagonist a compelling reason to fulfill this goal, it also lacks a compelling hook, but I tried to streamline your ideas. Here’s another attempt to tie things together better:
When a gamer’s arrival into the world of his favorite video game causes the release of a demon king, he must help a guild of adventurers defeat the king before he destroys everything, including the game itself. (37)
This version runs too long, but I added what I think could be an interesting angle, an interesting stake for the protagonist: if the demon king completes his goal, it will literally(somehow) destroy the game, his favorite game, meaning he can’t play it any longer. And I tied the arrival into the game with the release of the king.
I hope this helps.
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"A woman seeks justice for her friend who commits suicide after being raped; when the billionaire goes scot-free, she seeks to drive him suicidally insane." When I read the logline I get no visual image, I can't imagine what the action of the movie is going to be. It doesn't have to be extremely desRead more
“A woman seeks justice for her friend who commits suicide after being raped; when the billionaire goes scot-free, she seeks to drive him suicidally insane.”
When I read the logline I get no visual image, I can’t imagine what the action of the movie is going to be. It doesn’t have to be extremely descriptive, but there needs to be a visual description that allows anyone who reads the logline to be able to develop some sort of mental image of your idea.
See lessWhen her male colleagues wager on her best friend’s chastity, a woman remains silent; when the bet ends in rape, she seeks redemption through vengeance.
"When a women commits suicide after being raped, her best friend wants the billionaire locked up; when he gets off scot-free, she wants him dead." How early in the story does he get out of going to prison? ?What is the goal that initially arises from the inciting incident, what is it that she wantsRead more
“When a women commits suicide after being raped, her best friend wants the billionaire locked up; when he gets off scot-free, she wants him dead.”
How early in the story does he get out of going to prison? ?What is the goal that initially arises from the inciting incident, what is it that she wants right after her friend commits suicide? If he evades the legal system early in the story, then you need to only describe her goal to kill him, if it’s late in the story, then describe the goal as being her attempt to get him convicted.
This version of the logline touches upon an issue of rapists not being punished for their crime. It has the potential to be very topical and that could be a hook. The logline still has issues, though.
In loglines, the protagonist doesn’t just ‘want’. What does she actively do in order to get him locked up? What does she actively do to make sure he dies? One other note, I think it’s easier when you describe everyone in a logline in relation to to the protagonist. So, rather than describe the woman who commits suicide as just a woman, describe her as the protagonist’s best friend.
What job does the protagonist have? What skills does she have that means she achieve her goal?
Here’s my example:?When her best friend commits suicide after being raped, a woman must gather evidence to make sure the billionaire playboy who raped her is brought to justice. (27)?
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