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When faced with life as a sharecropper, a young girl decides to run away and pursue her dream of becoming a musician.
Hollyweird has a fondness for rags-to-riches, farm-to-fame stories, but as Richiev noted, so many have already been done that in order to get attention this logline needs to ?pitch a story that has a new angle, a ?unique twist. ?A plus factor would be if it's a biopic.
Hollyweird has a fondness for rags-to-riches, farm-to-fame stories, but as Richiev noted, so many have already been done that in order to get attention this logline needs to ?pitch a story that has a new angle, a ?unique twist. ?A plus factor would be if it’s a biopic.
See lessA disillusioned crusader returns home to find wife in danger of losing her soul.
>>>in danger of losing her soul.Film is a visual medium. ?Which means that every element in a logline should invoke a visual image in the mind's eye of a logline reader. What's the visual for "in danger of losing her soul"? ?What is the image that dramatizes to the audience, that shows herRead more
>>>in danger of losing her soul.
Film is a visual medium. ?Which means that every element in a logline should invoke a visual image in the mind’s eye of a logline reader. What’s the visual for “in danger of losing her soul”? ?What is the image that dramatizes to the audience, that shows her soul in immortal peril?
And how does his being disillusioned relate to her dramatic problem?
And as a consequence of her predicament, what becomes his objective goal? ?What must he specifically do?
See lessWhen opinionated teenager, Mary Wollstonecraft sees her mother suffer in an abusive marriage, Mary decides to create a different pathway for women through education. Set against Georgian England, she struggles against her family, the church and the law in a desperate bid for acceptance before she is shunned by society.
Biodramas are an exception to the rule that a logline should not include proper names. ?And in this case, the actual ?historical character?is the story hook. ?So I think using her name in the logline is warranted.But, yes, please check out the guidelines under "Formula". ? The film and the logline nRead more
Biodramas are an exception to the rule that a logline should not include proper names. ?And in this case, the actual ?historical character?is the story hook. ?So I think using her name in the logline is warranted.
But, yes, please check out the guidelines under “Formula”. ? The film and the logline need to be molded within the framework of the conventional requirement of a plot; that is, a character who must overcome a obstacles and/or defeat an antagonist to achieve a specific objective goal.
In Wollstonecraft’s case, I suggest framing the logline in terms of a character who was a proto-feminist, ?radically ahead of her time in both her lifestyle and her ideas about the role of women in society. ?Which, of course, she was. ?I suggest framing the plot (and logline) around her struggle to earn recognition and make a living as an author — an outrageous career choice for women in those days. ?(In that context, struggling to get a good education is a means to the general objective of liberating herself from the social and economic constraints of her era — and paving the way for other women to do the same by her example and writings.)
For example:
The true story of the struggle of the pioneering feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft, to liberate herself from every social convention of 18th century England and become a writer.
(I suggest that the italiziced words are key concepts to incorporate into the logline to make her story appealing to and relevant to modern movie makers and viewers.)
Most men haven’t heard of Ms. Wollstonecraft. ?But in the film business there are plenty of ?women writers, directors and ?producers who have. ?Who look to her as a model and inspiration for their own struggle to break through the glass ceiling of show business, to overcome the conventions and biases that continue to oppress them. ?That is the market to target for the logline and the script.
Best wishes with your writing. ?She’s a character worth dramatizing; she has a story that needs to be told.
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