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The true story of how a motley group of investors defied conventional wisdom and made billions of dollars in the stock market crash of 2008.
henb:You make a good point about? "The true story of".? It can go, trimming the logline down to a leaner 21 words.The literal definition of the phrase "motley crew" is an apropo description of the investors.? The band Motley Crue came? to my mind when I was writing the logline; I deem that associatiRead more
henb:
You make a good point about? “The true story of”.? It can go, trimming the logline down to a leaner 21 words.
The literal definition of the phrase “motley crew” is an apropo description of the investors.? The band Motley Crue came? to my mind when I was writing the logline; I deem that association to be a feature, not a bug –? word play like that can enhance a logline.
A logline is not intended to be a plot summary.? ?First and foremost, it’s a marketing tool.? IMHO, it’s more effective for a logline to pitch the sizzle than to describe the steak.
The steak of “The Big Short” is this:? The investors unconventional strategy was to go short on mortgage backed securities while everyone else was going long.
And, of course, everyone knows the difference between going short and going long.? And everyone knows what a mortgage backed security is.? No explanation or clarification is needed.
As if!
Which is why I? focused on the sizzle.? You wanna to know more details about the steak?? Watch the movie.
See lessPicked up by social services after years of living off the grid, a veteran suffering from PTSD and his teenage daughter struggle to integrate into society.
Karel:Yes,? I have a logline for "Winter's Bone ".? It's a personal favorite,? and I agree that it's more conventional structure makes it easier to logline.>>> That?s why her unconscious action leads to them being discovered.Hmm. I see it differently. It's established that they are squattinRead more
Karel:
Yes,? I have a logline for “Winter’s Bone “.? It’s a personal favorite,? and I agree that it’s more conventional structure makes it easier to logline.
>>> That?s why her unconscious action leads to them being discovered.
Hmm. I see it differently. It’s established that they are squatting in public parkland frequented by visitors and patrolled by park personnel.? So there is an ongoing risk of their being discovered.? Which is why the father does hiding drills. The story sets up the plausibility and probability of being inadvertently discovered.? And? as it turns out, they are both sniffed out by a tracking dog when they try to hide from? the rangers.
By “struggles to live a normal life with a father who cannot.” I meant to say that getting picked up precipitates a crisis in their relationship, a growing tension between her desire? to live a normal life and his inability to do so.? So how to convey that in a one concise sentence?
Whatever, my? m.o. has evolved such that I believe it’s more important for a logline to sell the sizzle than describe the steak.? The sizzle in this story is that it’s about a daughter and father who have been living off the grid for years.
See lessWhen a troubled journalist returns to her birthplace to investigate the mysterious death of her childhood friend, she finds herself fighting for survival against the satanic cult now secretly controlling the town.
A logline should portray the protagonist as proactive .? Which this one starts out doing "returns ... to investigate the mysterious death".But then it regresses to a rather passive "finds herself fighting for her life".? Well, isn't that the nature of the genre that the protagonist always "finds herRead more
A logline should portray the protagonist as proactive .? Which this one starts out doing “returns … to investigate the mysterious death”.
But then it regresses to a rather passive “finds herself fighting for her life”.? Well, isn’t that the nature of the genre that the protagonist always “finds herself” fighting for survival?? ?Isn’t that always what the stakes become?? So what is different, unique about her struggle for survival that hasn’t already been dramatized in a 1,001 other horror stories?
When she discovers that a? satanic cult is running the town and (I presume) implicated in her friend’s death what MUST she do about it?? What becomes her proactive? m.o to defeat the cult, liberate the town?
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