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Geeart1
"(Based on my own true story) An autistic artist recognizes that as he gets older he increasingly exhibits genius level intellegence despite his decreasing ability to verbally express himself. As he begins to solve the world?s most distructive problems in his mind, ultimately will the solutions everRead more
“(Based on my own true story) An autistic artist recognizes that as he gets older he increasingly exhibits genius level intellegence despite his decreasing ability to verbally express himself. As he begins to solve the world?s most distructive problems in his mind, ultimately will the solutions ever be accepted in time to save humans from themselves?”
You have too much backstory. The backstory can be distilled down to a description. I don’t know the exact word but something like “nonverbal autistic savant” or something as opposed to “An autistic artist recognizes that as he gets older he increasingly exhibits genius level intellegence despite his decreasing ability to verbally express himself.” The real plot is the last sentence. Since it’s based on a true story I would say there’s less need of the traditional format. But these questions are the basics of a logline:
See lessWho is the protagonist? : Autistic artist
What is the inciting incident? : Not explicitly stated, but logically it would be the discovery of the problem he’s trying to solve.
Goal? : To solve the problem and save mankind(?)
Action: To solve the problem.
And, what is the hook? To me it’s 1) a true story and 2) the autistic angle.
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Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t.
"But is it always central to the hook for the purpose of a logline?" I'm not sure. The hook and the goal are often different. Perhaps the hook often helps form the goal, or something the characters use to achieve that goal. The hook of many fantasy stories is often the magic itself. What if the GreeRead more
“But is it always central to the hook for the purpose of a logline?”
See lessI’m not sure. The hook and the goal are often different. Perhaps the hook often helps form the goal, or something the characters use to achieve that goal.
The hook of many fantasy stories is often the magic itself. What if the Greek gods were alive and people among us were their children? What if there was a detective in Chicago who was a real wizard? Things like that.
Other examples include things like, in the movie Hancock, the hook is pretty much “Drunken Superman” and his other characteristics which differentiate him from Clark Kent.
But yes, sometimes the hook is just as simple as a twist on a familiar plot.
Groundhog Day? Yeah, the hook is the situation.
After an obnoxious weatherman begrudgingly covers groundhog-day in Punxsutawney, he continuously wakes up to that same day, and must find a way out of the time-loop.
It has been years since I've seen it and I don't remember it very well. Perhaps what I said isn't completely correct. Anyway, this film seems to be an anomaly as well. Maybe it would be better phrased as the goal is the driving force of the story, at least most of the time. I don't know of any excepRead more
It has been years since I’ve seen it and I don’t remember it very well. Perhaps what I said isn’t completely correct. Anyway, this film seems to be an anomaly as well.
See lessMaybe it would be better phrased as the goal is the driving force of the story, at least most of the time. I don’t know of any exceptions.
However, looking at this film, the same can be said. If he didn’t want to stop repeating the same day, there would be no story. He would just keep reliving it, over and over.