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When an accident lands sixty year old Kay in a nursing home to recover and suddenly others view her as “OLD” does she sit back and take it? Hell No! bucking societal beliefs, her families opinions and the nursing home rules Kay refuses to let granny panties and housecoats define her as she sets out to prove… aging is not the same as being dead.
There is a rich vein of comedy to mine for?the character and the situation and there is a large and relatively untapped demographic audience who might respond to it.However, as written it constitutes more of a blurb than a logline. ?What is the difference? ?A blurb is pitch to a movie watchers, to iRead more
There is a rich vein of comedy to mine for?the character and the situation and there is a large and relatively untapped demographic audience who might respond to it.
However, as written it constitutes more of a blurb than a logline. ?What is the difference? ?A blurb is pitch to a movie watchers, to induce them to see the film. ?A logline is a pitch to movie producers, to induce them to finance and film the story. ?Different audiences, different goals, different requirements.
The requirements for an industry standard logline are outlined under ?the “Training” option at the top of this web page. ? I suggest the blurb be reformulated into a bona fide logline accordingly. ? As currently stated, this logline lays out an inciting incident that creates a situation. ?But it doesn’t lay out a plot. ?That is, it lacks a statement of a cause-and-effect objective goal that arises from the situation.
So, as a result of being placed in a nursing home to recover, what becomes the character’s goal? ?What must she do about the situation she finds herself in?
See lessUsing a mysterious equation to predict how and when he’ll die, a wealthy businessman must kill a corrupt government official to prevent his untimely demise, but when things go awry he starts to question if he is preventing or creating his fate.
I suggest you might want to clarify the theme you want to explore and hopefully that will bring the logline into focus. ?As it currently stands, I am unable to get a handle on either. (Which is complicated by the fact that I had a day job requiring extensive knowledge and intensive use of statisticsRead more
I suggest you might want to clarify the theme you want to explore and hopefully that will bring the logline into focus. ?As it currently stands, I am unable to get a handle on either. (Which is complicated by the fact that I had a day job requiring extensive knowledge and intensive use of statistics, so I find it hard to suspend disbelief.)
This seems to be a clone of the sub-genre of stories about futures foretold through story props like astrology charts, tarot cards, crystal balls, etc. ?The prop may be different but premise seems to be the same. ?Other than the prop, what does this story bring to the sub-genre that hasn’t been done before?
See lessAfter being pressured by the cops to turn informant a teen is sent on a run by her drug dealer boss, who is holding her younger sister, knowing this run will get her killed.
How about something like: A teenage drug courier must undertake a suicidal drug run to save the life of her sister being held hostage by her drug boss. (24 words) That she's been talking to the police is a complication for her and a motivation for the drug boss. ?But it seems to me that the kernel oRead more
How about something like:
A teenage drug courier must undertake a suicidal drug run to save the life of her sister being held hostage by her drug boss.
(24 words)
That she’s been talking to the police is a complication for her and a motivation for the drug boss. ?But it seems to me that the kernel of the concept is that she’s trying to redeem herself, rectify her bad choices, reboot her life. ?And maybe she will survive. ?And maybe she’ll die. ?But at least she’s going to save her sister’s life if she can’t save her own.
fwiw.
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