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When the Imperial head chef is beheaded for serving uninventive dishes, the sous chef must obtain a magic cookbook in order to execute a dish pleasing to the Emperor before he and his staff are beheaded.
andrewclau: Thanks for clarifying your target audience and genre. Now it makes more sense my Occidental mind. And I like nicholasandrewhalls logline. But I wonder: what's so magical about the recipe? What the magic in either/or both preparing and eating the food? That the recipe is secretive yes --Read more
andrewclau:
Thanks for clarifying your target audience and genre. Now it makes more sense my Occidental mind. And I like nicholasandrewhalls logline.
But I wonder: what’s so magical about the recipe? What the magic in either/or both preparing and eating the food? That the recipe is secretive yes — I can understand the monastery as the repository of a secret recipe, a legendary recipe. But magical?
And if it’s really a magical recipe then I suggest a working title along the lines of “Food of the Gods” as a more evocative and alluring title.
See lessWhen a cloning experiment by genetic scientist goes horribly wrong, the military sends their best man to clean up and avert an international crisis.
>>a cloning experiment Human, other animal, or plant? >> by a genetic scientist Superfluous. Who else would know how to do genetic cloning? >>>The military sends in... Why the military? Why not say, the NIH? >>> their best man Why not the best man... is a woman (for a cRead more
>>a cloning experiment
Human, other animal, or plant?
>> by a genetic scientist
Superfluous. Who else would know how to do genetic cloning?
>>>The military sends in…
Why the military? Why not say, the NIH?
>>> their best man
Why not the best man… is a woman (for a change)?
>>>clean up
With a dust pan and mop? How, what does that mean?
>>>an international crisis
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When the Imperial head chef is beheaded for serving uninventive dishes, the sous chef must obtain a magic cookbook in order to execute a dish pleasing to the Emperor before he and his staff are beheaded.
Andrewclau: One strength of your logline is that the stakes are clearly defined. It's a matter of life and death. But I'm unsure as to your genre and I get a mixed reading as to your target demographic: beheading is an R-rating scene (in the U.S.), but it seems to me that magic is more likely to appRead more
Andrewclau:
One strength of your logline is that the stakes are clearly defined. It’s a matter of life and death. But I’m unsure as to your genre and I get a mixed reading as to your target demographic: beheading is an R-rating scene (in the U.S.), but it seems to me that magic is more likely to appeal to the PG and PG-13 crowd. Could you please clarify?
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