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When he finds out who killed his father, a laid-back youngster must return to save everyone from his evil Uncle and become the rightful king
In terms of content, if you're deliberately writing a modern twist on Hamlet, more specific details of your setting are needed to help sell it - "laid back" doesn't really give a clear description of the protagonist. Is he a college student? Does he work a dead-end job? Is he in a band? And King ofRead more
In terms of content, if you’re deliberately writing a modern twist on Hamlet, more specific details of your setting are needed to help sell it – “laid back” doesn’t really give a clear description of the protagonist. Is he a college student? Does he work a dead-end job? Is he in a band? And King of what?
In terms of structure, there is a passiveness to your logline which makes it a bit dry. Perhaps?something like this would spruce it up? “After the murder of his father, a young prince must?return home to confront his power-hungry uncle?and?take his rightful place as king.” It still isn’t great but it is slightly less wordy with more immediate action.
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I can see this working very well as a tough, gritty, dark thriller.
I can see this working very well as a tough, gritty, dark thriller.
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The situation isn't overly unique so the logline will need to really sell us on the characters. We should know who we are going to be rooting for and an idea of what their goal is going to be. Also, maybe consider giving?us a geological or political starting point - US government? UK? Russian?
The situation isn’t overly unique so the logline will need to really sell us on the characters. We should know who we are going to be rooting for and an idea of what their goal is going to be. Also, maybe consider giving?us a geological or political starting point – US government? UK? Russian?
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