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In 24 hours she is forced into increasingly degrading and dangerous situations to save her loser boyfriend from a situation of his making only to realise she is better off with a broken heart than with a loser she loves.
>>>I am never afraid of spoilers. I think they are needed.You raise some interesting questions.Let me clarify that by "spoiler" I am specifically referring to how the film ends, the final answer to the dramatic questions (objective and/or subjective). ?As distinct from "spoiler" as in a BigRead more
>>>I am never afraid of spoilers. I think they are needed.
You raise some interesting questions.
Let me clarify that by “spoiler” I am specifically referring to how the film ends, the final answer to the dramatic questions (objective and/or subjective). ?As distinct from “spoiler” as in a Big Reveal or Plot Twist that pivots the trajectory of the story in a different direction. [Big Reveals and Plot Twists are a distinguishing feature of the Midpoint Reversal (MPR) — and that’s certainly okay to have in a logline.]
Now then. I like to think I’ve matured enough to never say never, to realize that every rule has an exception.? However, I have yet to encounter a justifiable exception to the “never give away the ending in a logline” rule.
The purpose of a logline is to pitch the script, to induce movie makers to read it.? Perhaps, there is a case where the ending is so awesome, so unusual, so interesting, so one-of-a-kind that giving it away in the logline is justifiable.? It’s irresistible bait on the story hook: movie makers will want to read the script to see how that ending is worked out.
But the general? reason for not giving away the ending is because it is a tried-and true sales strategy: it piques reader curiosity.
Can you point to two or three movies where you think it would have been justifiable for the writer to spoil the ending in a logline? Where, in fact, the logline pitching the script did give away the ending?
Taking your logline at face value, what is so awesome, so unusual, so one-of-a-kind about her coming to her senses and dumping the dud of a dude? It seems to me that happens often enough in movies and all the time in real life.
Now, if the story has a unique, never-been-done twist to that particular character arc, great.
What is it?
And if there isn’t, then why expend precious logline space on that character arc, precious space that might better be spent highlighting more interesting features of the script.
Just saying.
See lessIn 24 hours she is forced into increasingly degrading and dangerous situations to save her loser boyfriend from a situation of his making only to realise she is better off with a broken heart than with a loser she loves.
What is the story about?? It is not unusual for plots to have "degrading and dangerous situations".? What is the story hook, what differentiates these situations from those of similar dramas? Nor have we any clue as to what the boyfriend's situation is or how it is of his making. What is the incitinRead more
What is the story about?? It is not unusual for plots to have “degrading and dangerous situations”.? What is the story hook, what differentiates these situations from those of similar dramas?
Nor have we any clue as to what the boyfriend’s situation is or how it is of his making.
What is the inciting incident that triggers the action through line of the plot?
Until the “only to realize” moment (MPR, end of 2nd Act?) the protagonist seems to be driven by plot (“is forced”) instead of driving the plot by her proactive dramatic choices.? “Only to realize” also seems to give away how the story is going to end — IOW, a spoiler.? Also, it seems to refer to her internal/subjective need rather than her external/objective want.
See lessIn a world where people are segregated and opposed depending on their birth month, men born in the month of January every few years are sent to an isolated island to fight to the death to provide live entertainment to millions of worldwide viewers.
Agree with mikepedley85.? It seems to be a clone of the "Hunger Games/Battle Royale" situation. What is new and different?? Other than the setup, what differentiates this story from those films?? (And unlike the other two, the setup seems rather capricious unmotivated.? There was a better motive inRead more
Agree with mikepedley85.? It seems to be a clone of the “Hunger Games/Battle Royale” situation. What is new and different?? Other than the setup, what differentiates this story from those films?? (And unlike the other two, the setup seems rather capricious unmotivated.? There was a better motive in the madness of the other two.)? And it only sets up a situation; it lacks a specific plot and a designated protagonist.? And what is there in the movie to appeal to the 1/2 of the movie audience that is female?
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