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When the Germans discover nuclear fission, a troubled American physicist must race against the clock to detonate an atom bomb, but when his loyalty is questioned, he must fight a rigged tribunal to have his security clearance reinstated.
>>When tasked with ending World War II. The logline should include an explicit statement of the urgency (with implied stakes). The explicit urgency was a race against time to develop an atom bomb before the Nazis. The implied stakes: whoever won the race would win the war. Also, the plot is baRead more
>>When tasked with ending World War II.
The logline should include an explicit statement of the urgency (with implied stakes). The explicit urgency was a race against time to develop an atom bomb before the Nazis. The implied stakes: whoever won the race would win the war.
Also, the plot is based on real historical events during World War II, specifically the Manhattan Project. So this is an exception to the general rule that a logline should not name the protagonist. In this instance, it is OK, even necessary to name the historical character (J. Robert Oppenheimer) involved in the historical event.
And equally as important, his role: Oppenheimer wasn’t just a “visionary physicist”; he was tapped to perform in the central role of the plot as the director of the Manhattan Project.
See lessWhen sent a package containing her boyfriend’s belongings, a conflicted lover must uncover the cause of his disappearance; but when she learns he willingly vanished to pursue space travel, she must embrace selflessness and accept his decision.
>>>she must embrace selflessness and accept his decision. Reveals the denouement, something a logline should never do. Further, the reveal entails a subjective need. But a logline is a statement of an initial and *intentionally* sought *objective* goal, what the protagonist wants to achieveRead more
>>>she must embrace selflessness and accept his decision.
Reveals the denouement, something a logline should never do.
Further, the reveal entails a subjective need. But a logline is a statement of an initial and *intentionally* sought *objective* goal, what the protagonist wants to achieve or acquire. It is not about subjective needs, an eventual and unintentional “lesson learned”.
Although the resolution of a subjective need is an element in the character arc, again, loglines are about the plot line, not the character arc.
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