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After an experiment-gone-wrong leaves a scientist broken and hurt, the scientist looks for a new place and a new life where he can belong.
This could be the premise of every Spiderman villain's backstory. I agree. Make it specific!
This could be the premise of every Spiderman villain’s backstory.
I agree. Make it specific!
See lessA payday loan banker?s estranged mother is kidnapped by a disgruntled customer but, when they refuse to pay the ransom a dangerous game of wits unfolds.
Rutheless People works because Danny DeVito's character (the husband, who is to pay the ransom) is actually a funny villain, while the audience empathises with the wife and the kidnappers. It wouldn't have worked if DeVito were the protagonist; how can one refuse to pay ransom for one's wife? It wouRead more
Rutheless People works because Danny DeVito’s character (the husband, who is to pay the ransom) is actually a funny villain, while the audience empathises with the wife and the kidnappers. It wouldn’t have worked if DeVito were the protagonist; how can one refuse to pay ransom for one’s wife? It would take great writing skills to pull that one off.
See lessKidnapped and caged, ten people are going to be killed one at a time until they identify the two traitors in their group, which will secure their release.
Let's check the 3 ingredients:1. Event?Kidnapped and caged...So this is the event: The protagonist has been kidnapped and caged, along with 9 other people. Clear and cool.2. Character?... ten people...There is no main character in the logline. There is a group, but I doubt that this is a plural-protRead more
Let’s check the 3 ingredients:
1. Event
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So this is the event: The protagonist has been kidnapped and caged, along with 9 other people. Clear and cool.
2. Character
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There is no main character in the logline. There is a group, but I doubt that this is a plural-protagonist movie. I suggest you pick one of the group to be the main character.
Then comes AlHarper84’s 3rd question, which is very important: What kind of group is it? Keeping it as “people” and “group” is a generic approach that fails to create a vivid mental image.
Instead of saying ten “people,” use a more specific word:
The word you choose defines the film’s tone. For some reason, game designers brings a horror-comedy (or comedy-horror) to mind; soldiers sounds straight “And then there were none” kind of horror; nuclear scientists and UN officers is grimmer -it sounds as if it concerns the whole planet, giving the horror some political undertone.
3. Action
They must identify the traitor. This is cool. Some detective work involved. Some backstories revealed. I like it.
Two caveats, though:
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