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When during a famine a loving Eskimo grandmother is abandoned by her migrating family, she reflects on her past life and faces inevitable death.
As Richiev said. ?What's the plot that arises from this situation? ?Not just a string of pearls, a series of random recollections in the form of flashbacks, but a causally concatenated sequence of events with rising tension that builds to a crisis, climax and resolution.
As Richiev said. ?What’s the plot that arises from this situation? ?Not just a string of pearls, a series of random recollections in the form of flashbacks, but a causally concatenated sequence of events with rising tension that builds to a crisis, climax and resolution.
See lessWhen Western men suspiciously die in an peaceful Asian country the US counts as a key ally, an inexperienced American Embassy security official ruffles diplomatic feathers by claiming the country’s first serial killer has emerged and is probably an American.
And then what? ?As a result of suspecting the murderer is an American, what does the security official do? ?What becomes his objective goal? ?Who opposes him? And as Richiev said, it's better to name the country; it's a must-know factor in getting the script read.
And then what? ?As a result of suspecting the murderer is an American, what does the security official do? ?What becomes his objective goal? ?Who opposes him?
And as Richiev said, it’s better to name the country; it’s a must-know factor in getting the script read.
See lessWhen a spaceship transporting colonists on a 90 year journey to a distant planet malfunctions causing a passenger to awaken from hibernation early, he must find a way to resume hibernation or die of old age.
CraigDGriffiths:The fact that we see different "A" stories in the plot is what makes this an interesting movie to discuss in terms of writing a logline. ?Because for most films, I venture ?we would concur as to what is the "A" story and what is the "B" story. ?The "A" story line is obvious, indisputRead more
CraigDGriffiths:
The fact that we see different “A” stories in the plot is what makes this an interesting movie to discuss in terms of writing a logline. ?Because for most films, I venture ?we would concur as to what is the “A” story and what is the “B” story. ?The “A” story line is obvious, indisputable. We would differ only as to how to word the description in a logline.
If the relationship is the “A” story, then the film would be an exception to the conventional rule that loglines should be about a singular protagonist struggling for an objective goal — not about a relationship between 2 characters. I think there ?can be valid exceptions to that rule, particularly for stories belonging to the romantic genre.
I’m not sure this film is an exception. ?I’m sticking to my interpretation because about 3/4 of the way through the 2nd Act, the technical problem comes roaring back (literally) to the forefront of the story and ?it — not the relationship — creates the ultimate crisis, the worst case scenario, ?that drives the story to its conclusion. ?The guy (and gal) MUST fix the technical problem NOW or perish along with 5,300 ?stakeholders (the crew and passengers still in hibernation).
Whatever, ?I don’t think the relationship story succeeds. A movie can get away with cheating on the facts and the plot (and this movie certainly does cheat on that score) but it can’t get away with cheating on the emotional truth. ?And I felt that the resolution of the relationship story was a cheat.
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