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While seeking inspiration for his writing, a high school senior gets caught up in the unorthodox sabotage of a rival school's prom, set in motion by a Prep, a Drugee, a playboy, and a billionaire's son.
Behavioral motivation can be overdetermined -- in real life it often is. But for the purposes of the logline, where brevity is a requirement, you have to decide what goal is the most important, the one on which all the others depend. Would your character be happy and content if he only fulfilled orRead more
Behavioral motivation can be overdetermined — in real life it often is. But for the purposes of the logline, where brevity is a requirement, you have to decide what goal is the most important, the one on which all the others depend.
Would your character be happy and content if he only fulfilled or exceed his writing assignment — got the coveted “A”? I’m guessing the answer is no. If that is the case, then it’s merely the trigger motivation for the inciting incident.
So that leaves the act of sabotage, peer acceptance and getting the girl. Having peer acceptance is a really big deal at that age. So is getting the girl. Maybe he thinks he can have it all. But what if he can’t?
What if he discovers during the course of the story that he can win peer acceptance or he can win the girl — but he can’t win both? What if he can only win the girl by not going along with the sabotage because she’s a decent, principled person? Indeed, what if he must sabotage their sabotage forfeiting all hope of peer acceptance if he is to have any hope of winning her love?
In other words, trap him on the horns of a dilemma.
fwiw.
See less"When a high school student’s negative emotions manifest in the form of other students, he will have to vanquish each one before they spread their emotions and cause complete chaos."
Thanks. What hooks me on your logline is that I work in mental health; your concept has strong affinities with key aspects of Jungian psychology, the shadow, projection. Although you seem to have in mind a film short, I can imagine characters and scenes arising from the premise that would fill a feaRead more
Thanks. What hooks me on your logline is that I work in mental health; your concept has strong affinities with key aspects of Jungian psychology, the shadow, projection. Although you seem to have in mind a film short, I can imagine characters and scenes arising from the premise that would fill a feature film.
You’re right, emotions can be gender neutral; they can be projected equitably between the sexes. Color coding is a nice touch; it’ll help the audience keep score. Best wishes with your project.
See less"When a high school student’s negative emotions manifest in the form of other students, he will have to vanquish each one before they spread their emotions and cause complete chaos."
By the way, are any of these external projections female? Or are they all male?
By the way, are any of these external projections female? Or are they all male?
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