>>?It was noted that loglines can actually be longer, so I thought it was okay.

Karel alluded to? a collection of loglines for films I have been building and analyzing for several years now . The? collection now exceeds 800 loglines.? Here is what I have found:

Over 1/2 of the loglines are 25 words or less in length.? (58.3% to be specific).? ? More than another 1/4 (27.9%) are between 26 and 30 in length.? So cumulatively, over 86% are 30 words or less in length.

Another 10% are between 30-35 words, and 3% are between 36-40 words in length.

None of the loglines exceed 40 words.

So, here are my personal guidelines for logline length:

Ideal length (and most common) — 25 words or less?
Acceptable length (but not common) — 26-30? words
Tolerable length (rare) – 31-35 words
Borderline length (very rare) –36-40 words

Any logline over 40 words is too long.? It must — and can — be pared down to under 40 words.??

(With loglnes less is almost always more.)

fwiw