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When 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.
Is this conceived to be a long form story (like a VOD series, a franchise) or a single feature film?
Is this conceived to be a long form story (like a VOD series, a franchise) or a single feature film?
See lessWhen a Goth Detective is tasked with solving a murder at a very optimistic circus, he must solve the case to be able to escape the happiness.
The industry standard formulation for a logline (see ?"Formula" at the top of the web page) is that an inciting incident triggers a protagonist to pursue an objective goal.So what's ?is ?the ultimate objective goal in this situation? ? Isn't it to solve the crime? ?I can see the comedy potential ofRead more
The industry standard formulation for a logline (see ?”Formula” at the top of the web page) is that an inciting incident triggers a protagonist to pursue an objective goal.
So what’s ?is ?the ultimate objective goal in this situation? ? Isn’t it to solve the crime? ?I can see the comedy potential of the clash of temperaments — but that clash is a complication to his objective goal. ?It isn’t the inciting incident that precipitates his objective goal. ?The inciting incident is the murder. ?The objective goal that arises from that is he must solve the crime. ?The clashing temperaments is a complication.
See lessWhen they plot to kill each other the following day, a white supremacist and a black racist rather wake up in each other’s body and must team up and solve the problem or get killed by their gang members.
>>>Avoid ?get killed by their gang members? and replace it with ?get discovered? or something to that less direct effect...Beg to disagree. ?"Get discovered" -- and then what? ?It's an inconclusive statement because it doesn't speciy the consequences, ?the jeopardy entailed in being discoveRead more
>>>Avoid ?get killed by their gang members? and replace it with ?get discovered? or something to that less direct effect…
Beg to disagree. ?”Get discovered” — and then what? ?It’s an inconclusive statement because it doesn’t speciy the consequences, ?the jeopardy entailed in being discovered. What are the stakes ?of getting discovered?
The highest possible stakes are losing their lives, being killed. ?Even if it’s a comedy, ?the protagonists should always be struggling for the highest possible stakes.
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