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After his son is shot in a drive-by, a gangster must use his crippled werewolf abilities to kill the vengeful vampire who has been attacking his gang.
If your swinging for the fences with this premise, ?writing an origin story for a franchise, then I suggest the protagonist be the victim's younger brother rather than his father. ?That way, the saga will have greater appeal to the sweet spot in the demographics necessary to built and sustain a franRead more
If your swinging for the fences with this premise, ?writing an origin story for a franchise, then I suggest the protagonist be the victim’s younger brother rather than his father. ?That way, the saga will have greater appeal to the sweet spot in the demographics necessary to built and sustain a franchise, the teen and young adult audience.
And consequently the protagonist’s character arc would be to develop his nascent (rather than crippled) powers. ?He’s got to build and learn how to flex his inner muscles. ?Yeah, like a certain young Jedi in a galaxy far, far away — the standard, Hero’s Journey. ?Tried and true — and lucrative — when it works.
Finally, have you thought about switching gender roles, making the protagonist a she, the antagonist a he? ?With the successful resurrection of the Wonder Woman character, I would guess Hollyweird ?is looking for other franchise-friendly female action characters.
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A defining characteristic of the horror genre is that the protagonist must "battle a menacing entity". ?And that often constitutes the story hook, ?what?differentiates it from the ?"menacing entities" in all the other horror movies. So what is the story hook? ?What makes this "menacing entity" diffeRead more
A defining characteristic of the horror genre is that the protagonist must “battle a menacing entity”. ?And that often constitutes the story hook, ?what?differentiates it from the ?”menacing entities” in all the other horror movies.
So what is the story hook? ?What makes this “menacing entity” different from all the rest? ?The nature of the jeopardy needs to be made specific.
See lessWhen a mission goes wrong a star ship crew are stranded in the distant future where artificial intelligence is consuming the galaxy. Lost in this chaotic realm the world weary captain and his inexperienced crew must form allegiances and negotiate deals with other species which will at times severely test their ethics and values.
Agree with Foxtrot25. ?The logline needs to be framed in terms of their ultimate objective goal. ?To what end is their wheeling and dealing and negotiate alliances? ?Well, in the short term to merely survive, of course. ?But their long term objective goal, hence, the overarching goal of the series,Read more
Agree with Foxtrot25. ?The logline needs to be framed in terms of their ultimate objective goal. ?To what end is their wheeling and dealing and negotiate alliances? ?Well, in the short term to merely survive, of course. ?But their long term objective goal, hence, the overarching goal of the series, is to get back home, isn’t it?
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