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After being a turned into a djinn by an evil wizard, a young trickster must hunt the man down after being trapped for a thousand years and get him to reverse the curse before his new master uses his three wishes to take control of the world.
Okay, thanks for the clarification. I like the irony. Except being a powerful genie now, wouldn't it be easy for the genie to find the wizard? And how would "hunting down the man" who bottled him up solve the problem? What if the wizard simply refuses to liberate him (being an a-hole himself)? In esRead more
Okay, thanks for the clarification. I like the irony.
Except being a powerful genie now, wouldn’t it be easy for the genie to find the wizard? And how would “hunting down the man” who bottled him up solve the problem? What if the wizard simply refuses to liberate him (being an a-hole himself)? In essence, the genie seems to be at the mercy and whim of the wizard.
The usual m.o. in this species of mythical/magical stories is that the character has the option of breaking the curse (and/or confinement) by performing some great and atoning task or series of tasks. As in the labors of Hercules, how the the Hero-Hulk of Greek mythology atoned for murdering his wife and 6 sons.
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See lessAs Nazi forces ready a counterattack after the first wave of the Warsaw Uprising, a scrappy Polish courier must cross the occupied city with three boy-scouts turned soldiers to recruit their battalion for a dangerous mission — liberate a concentration camp before the SS can kill its inmates.
>>what difference it makes specifying which concentration camp they liberate? While it may not be absolutely necessary for the logline, if it actually happened, your going to have to name a camp in the script. So I'm curious. If a group of boy scouts actually tried to liberate a concentrate camp, thRead more
>>what difference it makes specifying which concentration camp they liberate?
While it may not be absolutely necessary for the logline, if it actually happened, your going to have to name a camp in the script. So I’m curious.
If a group of boy scouts actually tried to liberate a concentrate camp, that’s the material for a compelling story. Dare I say a high concept story, one that sells itself with little need for elaboration or explanation. So:
Based on true events, in the final days of World War 2, a young Jew rallies a Polish boy scout troop to liberate a concentration camp.
or perhaps…
Based on true events, in the final days of World War 2, a young Jew rallies a Polish boy scout troop to liberate the concentration camp to which his family has been sent.
I suggest prefixing the logline with “based on true events” to signal you’re not just making it up whole cloth. Once again, as with so many other Holocaust stories, truth is stranger than fiction.
Although, of course, as with many other Holocaust films, creative liberties may be taken. But not too many: if the scouts weren’t rallied and led by a Jew from the ghetto, I wouldn’t gild the lily. It’s good enough of a story that some young Poles had the courage and conviction to do the right thing. (In contrast to the many Poles — not all, but too many — who did nothing or aided and abetted the persecution of the Jews).
fwiw.
See lessAs Nazi forces ready a counterattack after the first wave of the Warsaw Uprising, a scrappy Polish courier must cross the occupied city with three boy-scouts turned soldiers to recruit their battalion for a dangerous mission — liberate a concentration camp before the SS can kill its inmates.
>>what difference it makes specifying which concentration camp they liberate? While it may not be absolutely necessary for the logline, if it actually happened, your going to have to name a camp in the script. So I'm curious. If a group of boy scouts actually tried to liberate a concentrate camp, thRead more
>>what difference it makes specifying which concentration camp they liberate?
While it may not be absolutely necessary for the logline, if it actually happened, your going to have to name a camp in the script. So I’m curious.
If a group of boy scouts actually tried to liberate a concentrate camp, that’s the material for a compelling story. Dare I say a high concept story, one that sells itself with little need for elaboration or explanation. So:
Based on true events, in the final days of World War 2, a young Jew rallies a Polish boy scout troop to liberate a concentration camp.
or perhaps…
Based on true events, in the final days of World War 2, a young Jew rallies a Polish boy scout troop to liberate the concentration camp to which his family has been sent.
I suggest prefixing the logline with “based on true events” to signal you’re not just making it up whole cloth. Once again, as with so many other Holocaust stories, truth is stranger than fiction.
Although, of course, as with many other Holocaust films, creative liberties may be taken. But not too many: if the scouts weren’t rallied and led by a Jew from the ghetto, I wouldn’t gild the lily. It’s good enough of a story that some young Poles had the courage and conviction to do the right thing. (In contrast to the many Poles — not all, but too many — who did nothing or aided and abetted the persecution of the Jews).
fwiw.
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