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After a plane crash strands him on a remote island, a hard-driving Fedex executive, who never had time for a personal life, now has all the time in the world to merely survive.
deborah_b:Respectfully noted.?? We all respond differently.? I think the emotional and thematic "juice" exists in the Act 3, in the resolution of the "B"? (relationship) story.? But that is beyond the scope of a logline.In crafting loglines for movies based upon scripts by others, I am sometimes torRead more
deborah_b:
Respectfully noted.?? We all respond differently.? I think the emotional and thematic “juice” exists in the Act 3, in the resolution of the “B”? (relationship) story.? But that is beyond the scope of a logline.
In crafting loglines for movies based upon scripts by others, I am sometimes torn between a logline that reflects how I wish the plot had been framed and how I perceive the plot was actually framed.
Mike Pedley:
“Never makes time…” is an interesting word choice.? Ultimately, characters in reel life and real life have to own their choices.? And the Tom Hanks character is very proactive in his job, a gung-ho, high energy leader of others.? But it is often the case that initially characters cave into the expectations of others, or the demand of their jobs.? That’s the choice they make, but they rationalize that they had no choice.
See lessAfter a plane crash strands him on a remote island, a hard-driving Fedex executive, who never had time for a personal life, now has all the time in the world to merely survive.
>>> I don't respond to 'merely survive' as an intriguing goal FWIW: The movie was a pet project of Tom Hanks.? He wanted to make a movie that showed what it would really be like to be stranded on a remote island.? So Hanks hired screenwriter William Broyles Jr. to write a script then broughRead more
>>> I don’t respond to ‘merely survive’ as an intriguing goal
FWIW: The movie was a pet project of Tom Hanks.? He wanted to make a movie that showed what it would really be like to be stranded on a remote island.? So Hanks hired screenwriter William Broyles Jr. to write a script then brought the project to director Robert Zemeckis.
>>because surely he has no personal life as a castaway either?
True, but? before the crash he at least had the choice, the possibility of a personal life. He tried to juggle both his work and his personal life, but when the two were in conflict, work won out.? That’s how the story is set up.? His beeper goes off, calling him to the fateful flight,? while he’s sitting at Xmas dinner with his family and his fiancee.
See lessA teenager must confront the father she put in prison before he wreacks havoc on her life and ruins her first chance at love.
Agree with yqwertz.? If she is complicit in his crimes, even she was coerced, the consequences to her social life constitutes a lesser problem.? The bigger problem is the legal consequence.So it would seem to me she's trapped in the horns of a dilemma.? Confessing may be what she must finally do (thRead more
Agree with yqwertz.? If she is complicit in his crimes, even she was coerced, the consequences to her social life constitutes a lesser problem.? The bigger problem is the legal consequence.
So it would seem to me she’s trapped in the horns of a dilemma.? Confessing may be what she must finally do (the Act 3 Big Reveal), but it would be the last thing she does after all other options have been exhausted.
Being trapped on the horns of such a dilemma could make for a compelling story, but it is not clear to me that is the story you intend to tell.
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