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250 Years into the future, the US and others have shied more and more from democracy. A Young Man working for NASA is chosen to be part of a team mission to explore a new planet found far away that could potentially be a new home for humans, away from corrupt governments and war. The discoveries he and his team make will change them forever.
As Richiev said. ? The logline sets up a situation for a plot, but it doesn't seems to have a plot.The plot of the story is not the discovery, but what they must do in response to the discovery. ?The discovery is an event that ''changes them forever" ?-- well, ?that's what an inciting incident?is suRead more
As Richiev said. ? The logline sets up a situation for a plot, but it doesn’t seems to have a plot.
The plot of the story is not the discovery, but what they must do in response to the discovery. ?The discovery is an event that ”changes them forever” ?– well, ?that’s what an inciting incident?is supposed to do!?
So whatever the discovery is, it is the game changer, and the logline shouldn’t hide it.
What is discovered and as a result what becomes the dramatic goal in response to the discovery? ?What jeopardy does the discovery create? ?And what are the stakes?
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Well, I think it is compelling for the reasons I've already stated. ? But it's?of no use to beat the drums on the same talking points.However, there is one challenge I see with the subject matter and that is to whom to market the movie. ?What is the demographic, the target audience for the story? ?NRead more
Well, I think it is compelling for the reasons I’ve already stated. ? But it’s?of no use to beat the drums on the same talking points.
However, there is one challenge I see with the subject matter and that is to whom to market the movie. ?What is the demographic, the target audience for the story? ?Not kids, not teens nor young adults either — and they constitute the bulk of movie viewers, the primary source of revenue for the business.
In the US market, the people who would most identify with this movie are, I’m guessing, the over 50 crowd. ?And there are tens of millions of them. They are retiring at the rate of 10,000 a day. ?A demographic trend that will play out for another dozen years. ? ?Despite their numbers, movie makers seem to have largely written them off because they don’t watch movies as much as they did in their youth and prime. ?They are a hard sell.
But not an impossible one. ?Case in point: “Amour”, the French 2012 film about an 80-year old couple struggling with the inevitable ravages of time. ?The film was a critical success and did okay at the box-office. ?Because it dealt with an issue and characters retirees can immediately and intensely identify with.
Done right and promoted right, I think there is a market for this movie.
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See lessUpdated: When an Eskimo grandmother is abandoned by her migrating family during a famine, she struggles to survive through a bitter winter until?the ?spring ?thaw.
>>>Does granny make it through the winter only to still have her family not want her? That?s not very fulfilling. What other big goal does she have to survive for? At her age, with her infirmities, fighting to survive through the winter -- fighting for her life isn't enough?? ?In her circumRead more
>>>Does granny make it through the winter only to still have her family not want her? That?s not very fulfilling.
What other big goal does she have to survive for?
At her age, with her infirmities, fighting to survive through the winter — fighting for her life isn’t enough?? ?In her circumstances, what greater goal , greater stakes can she have? ?Can any human have?
She can hope her family will return and take her back. But that’s only a hope, not an objective goal. ?It’s beyond her control to make them come back for her.
(I can see an allegorical subtext to this story, how in our more advanced and “humane” societies, we abandon our elders, offload the burden of taking care of them to senior citizen warehouses where they wither away and die ignobly.
It’s not “very fulfilling” that we’re all going eventually die. ?At least she’s doing it with nobility and courage.
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