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An orphaned young woman discovers she’s only half human when an Alien warrior is unleashed on earth to destroy the only weapon capable of stopping the forthcoming invasion, her.
I appreciate you've made a considerable investment -- emotion and time -- in your current ?version. ?But please put that all aside ?for a moment. ?Let's role play. Pretend I'm a producer or head of a studio. ?(I can dream too, can't I?) ? You're objective goal is to persuade me to invest ?millions oRead more
I appreciate you’ve made a considerable investment — emotion and time — in your current ?version. ?But please put that all aside ?for a moment. ?Let’s role play.
Pretend I’m a producer or head of a studio. ?(I can dream too, can’t I?) ? You’re objective goal is to persuade me to invest ?millions of dollars in your script. ?And ?I don’t care how hard you’ve worked on your current version. ?I care about the bottom line. ?And the bottom line for films of this genre and gender (based on other franchises with female protagonists, “The Hunger Games”, “Divergent”, “Twilight”) tell me that having the protagonist as a teenager/”young adult” is the sweet spot to create a new heroine around whom to build a new, profitable franchise.
What’s your pitch? ?What’s your logical argument that an older character (18-24) is going to sell more tickets than a younger one (say 16)?
See lessAn orphaned young woman discovers she’s only half human when an Alien warrior is unleashed on earth to destroy the only weapon capable of stopping the forthcoming invasion, her.
I appreciate the effort to turn the premise into a franchise and I think the premise has franchise potential, but, IMHO, the "origin story" -- as a logline -- is no where as interesting. ?It's only a setup for the 'real story', the adventures and character arc of the female protagonist. ?To sell a fRead more
I appreciate the effort to turn the premise into a franchise and I think the premise has franchise potential, but, IMHO, the “origin story” — as a logline — is no where as interesting. ?It’s only a setup for the ‘real story’, the adventures and character arc of the female protagonist. ?To sell a franchise, you gotta 1st havel one durable protagonist, one who can generate a story line over multiple films. ?And the ex-military specialist is not that kind of character. ?The hybrid female is.
So of the two, I think the 2nd is the more marketable, has the better chance of getting made, because it is similar to Star Wars: The New Hope, ?which as we all know booted up off that franchise. ? And how did it boot up the franchise? The story started in media res — with an ongoing conflict. ?The origin story only got told after the franchise had been thoroughly established by the adventures and character arc of Luke Skywalker. “Thoroughly established” meaning it made billions of dollars and 20th Century Fox wanted to make billions more.
So I suggest focusing on the story for this logline. ?If this movie is a box-office hit, the studio will be keenly interested in further episodes (more so in moving the story forward: ?what happens next, more than what happened before, however.)
You’ve described the character as a “young woman” which indicates to me that you still intend to introduce the character as woman in her 20’s. ?Once again, I strongly urge you to consider recasting her as a teenager and so describing her in the logline. ?IMHO, it will work better as a coming of age story AND it will greatly expand the target audience. ? Which means it will make the script more marketable.
Who is your prime target audience besides women? ?The teenage/young adult is a highly desirable and a proven profitable demographic. ?The 20-something demographic, not so much, particularly for women. ?Making movies is commerce ?as well as art. ?The studios aren’t running charities. ?They’re making movies to make money. ? I urge you to study the market for the genre and gender of your story.
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See lessA cyber security analyst must steal the government’s undercover handler list when a hacker threatens to remotely crash his wife’s plane.
I can't square the circle on all the variations ?and tweaks that have been done on the premise.Except to say that since 9/11, the mind set of the U.S. security agencies (and most others) is that it is no use giving into the demands of terrorists because they are so ?fanatical ?they will carry out thRead more
I can’t square the circle on all the variations ?and tweaks that have been done on the premise.
Except to say that since 9/11, the mind set of the U.S. security agencies (and most others) is that it is no use giving into the demands of terrorists because they are so ?fanatical ?they will carry out their lethal threats even if governments comply with their demands.
?Which in this situation is exactly what the villain can do without having to put any blood or skin into the game because he’s can crash the plane remotely, right? ?If the villain gets the information he wants, what’s the downside for him for going through with the threat anyway? ? ?It’ would seem to be a win-win proposition for him. ?And a win-win- win if he also kills the hacker. ?If the villain’s reach is so great that he can destroy a plane remotely, why can’t he also kill the analyst after he gets what he wants from him?
Ergo, it’s reasonable for the protagonist to conclude that his wife is doomed if he doesn’t comply — and she’s doomed if he does. ?So, it seems to me, the dramatic question is ?not whether he can steal the data, but can he foil the villain from carrying out his threat.
And why ?would the villain want the handlers? ?Wouldn’t he really want to have the list of who the handlers handle — their contacts, their informants?
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