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An arrogant, popular high school bully discovers ? but can?t control ? strengthening-yet-unpredictable powers and is branded an outcast which compels him to work with a coven of gay and lesbian teen witches to uncover a conspiracy that threatens their town.
Superpowers still isn't specific enough. ?Superman and Spiderman have superpowers -- but not the same superpowers. ?What makes your character's superpowers different from theirs?>>But if I spell out what it is in the logline, there?s no mystery to the audience. How can I address that concern?TRead more
Superpowers still isn’t specific enough. ?Superman and Spiderman have superpowers — but not the same superpowers. ?What makes your character’s superpowers different from theirs?
>>But if I spell out what it is in the logline, there?s no mystery to the audience. How can I address that concern?
The mystery lies in not what the conspiracy is about — what it aims to achieve — but who is ultimately behind it. ?Which can be ?the ?3rd Act Big ?Reveal.?Meanwhile, your challenge is to get movie makers to read the script to find out what the Big Reveal is.
A logline is a sales tool. ? You’re trying to persuade someone to invest millions of dollars and years of their lives in making your script into a film. ?In order to do that, you have to give them enough bait in the logline to bite — to read the script.. ?And in your story, the bait is the exact nature of the protagonists superpowers and the exact nature of the conspiracy.
?If you don’t put out the bait, they won’t bite.
Just saying.
See lessAn opera singer suffering from throat cancer lands in a gig with drug addict and very strict musician who would always push her to sing aloud.
And then what happens? ?The logline sets up a (partial) 1st Act situation with no 2nd Act ?plot.?What s the singer's 2nd ?(& 3rd) Act objective goal? What's the dramatic problem? ? She's?supposed to sing "aloud" -- that's what opera singers do. ?Or do you mean the musician pushes her to sing tooRead more
And then what happens? ?The logline sets up a (partial) 1st Act situation with no 2nd Act ?plot.?What s the singer’s 2nd ?(& 3rd) Act objective goal?
What’s the dramatic problem? ? She’s?supposed to sing “aloud” — that’s what opera singers do. ?Or do you mean the musician pushes her to sing too loud — strain her voice? ?Please clarify.
See lessA successful, careless and drug addict DJ falls in love with a female singer who is about to get married with one of club owner where DJ works.
And then what happens? ?The logline sets up a 1st Act situation but has no 2nd Act ?plot. As a result of falling in love for the singer, ?what becomes the DJ's objective goal? ?What's the dramatic problem? ? What difference does it make to the DJ how the relationship complication is resolved -- happRead more
And then what happens? ?The logline sets up a 1st Act situation but has no 2nd Act ?plot.
As a result of falling in love for the singer, ?what becomes the DJ’s objective goal? ?What’s the dramatic problem? ? What difference does it make to the DJ how the relationship complication is resolved — happily or not? ?Or to the audience ? why should they care or be interested in what happens? ?What?s at take?
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