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A promising musician delves into dreams of a seductively beautiful violinist while trying to maintain reality with his wife and son.
The logline meets the criterion for brevity. And "delves into the dreams..." tells us what the musician does -- well, sort of. What exactly does it mean to delve into another person's dreams? Whatever it means, it seems rather vague, subjective, and intangible. There seems to be the ingredients forRead more
The logline meets the criterion for brevity. And “delves into the dreams…” tells us what the musician does — well, sort of. What exactly does it mean to delve into another person’s dreams? Whatever it means, it seems rather vague, subjective, and intangible.
There seems to be the ingredients for the “B” story line of a movie — the love story, the romantic relationship. But a logline is primarily about, the “A” story line. And the “A” story line is about:
1] A protagonist (usually) with a flaw
2] Who struggles to achieve a specific (as opposed to vague) objective (as opposed to subjective), tangible (as opposed to intangible) goal.
3] A clearly defined antagonist or obstacle.
3] A sense of the stakes: what the protagonist stands to gain if he succeeds, loses if he fails.
Hope this helps. Good luck with your story.
See lessA Boston girl wanting to find her own accepts a teaching job in Idaho. After an intense need for her Principal to keep up with the mental and physical well being of a young student the teacher lets loose her curiosity and finds herself in a middle of a family break down. She must find a way to stay sane in the mix of extreme delusions and self realization that is threatening to tear one family apart.
Answers to what questions? Many questions may be raised in a story, but a logline is about ONE central question or problem that is raised around the end of the Act 1. A question that won't be answered, a problem that won't be resolved, until Act 3. What is the question raised in your story by the enRead more
Answers to what questions? Many questions may be raised in a story, but a logline is about ONE central question or problem that is raised around the end of the Act 1. A question that won’t be answered, a problem that won’t be resolved, until Act 3.
What is the question raised in your story by the end of Act 1 that won’t be answered until well into Act 3?
See lessIn dystopian future governed by a biotechnology corporation, a young woman?s investigation into her father?s sudden disappearance leads her to believe he is a test-subject in a secret government location called ?The Factory?. When she finds herself with a group of prisoners on a vehicle heading towards an unknown location, she realizes she is on her way to The Factory and must find her father and escape before they are changed forever.
Why not have her get arrested for her guerilla activity and punished with the very torture and genetic modification she has been fighting to sabotage? She could be the ultimate human guinea pig in the trial program to prove it's good enough to go into production with the entire prison population ofRead more
Why not have her get arrested for her guerilla activity and punished with the very torture and genetic modification she has been fighting to sabotage?
She could be the ultimate human guinea pig in the trial program to prove it’s good enough to go into production with the entire prison population of rebels and dissidents. If they can crack and transform her, the person whom psychological profiling has determined is an uber-rebel, the most defiant and strong-willed of the rebel typology, they can crack and subdue anyone.
[IOW: A kick-ass female protagonist in the mold of Trinity (the Matrix) , Lisbeth Salander (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games)]
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