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A rigid and rational psychiatrist finds herself questioning her beliefs when a potentially dangerous man is brought into a mental institution claiming he was abducted by extraterrestrials. Under the guidance of her unconventional supervisor, the young, inexperienced psychiatrist must decide if the patient will be involuntarily hospitalized or if he is telling the truth.
>>>but maybe I need to make that sound more interesting? I would have to yes. You're (later) rewritten logline, by focusing on the patient, seems to make him the protagonist. Now I'm confused. Who is the protagonist, the patient or the psychiatrist? Also, getting involuntarily committed seeRead more
>>>but maybe I need to make that sound more interesting?
I would have to yes.
You’re (later) rewritten logline, by focusing on the patient, seems to make him the protagonist. Now I’m confused. Who is the protagonist, the patient or the psychiatrist?
Also, getting involuntarily committed seems to be small potato stakes, and rather benign, in comparison to the infinitely bigger stakes and threat if the patient happens to be right.
What’s your genre, a psychodrama about psychiatrist is in jeopardy of succumbing to her patient’s paranoid delusion, a folie ? deux? Or a sci-fi movie about an encounter with extraterrestials?
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Your clarification helps make sense of your story. Take my initial response to indicate that some might confabulate the patient's claim about extraterrestials as evidence of being "potentially dangerous". I wrote that it reads more like a setup than a logline because: 1] it's too long; 2]The presentRead more
Your clarification helps make sense of your story. Take my initial response to indicate that some might confabulate the patient’s claim about extraterrestials as evidence of being “potentially dangerous”.
I wrote that it reads more like a setup than a logline because: 1] it’s too long; 2]The presentation of the patient who claims been abducted by extraterrestials is only the inciting incident. The plot of the story, the central component of the logline, whatever it is, is not about the shrink deciding what to do, but what she does AFTER she decides; to wit, her objective goal. (Her objective goal isn’t to waver for 90 minutes deciding what to do — is it?)
So, what is her objective goal?
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This is more of a setup than a logline. And I suggest you research mental health law. Only if a person presents behavior that constitutes an immediate danger to himself or someone else or the community is there sufficient legal justification for involuntary commitment. Believing in extraterrestialsRead more
This is more of a setup than a logline.
And I suggest you research mental health law. Only if a person presents behavior that constitutes an immediate danger to himself or someone else or the community is there sufficient legal justification for involuntary commitment. Believing in extraterrestials does not constitute, ipso facto, a sufficient legal reason, ‘potentially dangerous’ behavior to warrant an involuntary commitment.
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