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[EDIT] A sheltered American teen, kidnapped by a Bangkok crime lord, is groomed first as his protégé, then as his bride — but when she discovers he was her late mother’s secret lover, she uses his methods to destroy him and seize his empire.
This version of your logline is stronger, but read the methodology of this site again (the "Formula" section above) and use "When" to open with the major event, to clearly signal the story's structure. While the em dash before "but when" is okay, some may see it as a sign of AI-generated text. You cRead more
This version of your logline is stronger, but read the methodology of this site again (the “Formula” section above) and use “When” to open with the major event, to clearly signal the story’s structure.
While the em dash before “but when” is okay, some may see it as a sign of AI-generated text. You could replace it with a semicolon or a full stop.
The MC is passive in the first half. “Is groomed first as his protégé, then as his bride” tells us what happens to her, not what she does.
Here’s an attempt to make her more active:
“When a sheltered American teen is kidnapped and groomed as his protégée by a Bangkok crime lord, she must study his methods to escape; but when he takes her as his bride and she discovers he was her late mother’s secret lover, she must use what she’s learned to destroy him and seize his empire.”
It’s not a perfect logline, but I hope it shows my thinking in terms of reflecting the story structure in the sentence.
Does this help?
(BTW – you can review other loglines by just clicking on them; it should open a window with a “Post a review” option)
See lessAfter stealing millions from a ruthless Las Vegas casino empire, two estranged biracial twin brothers flee back to New York hoping to rebuild their lives, only to discover their parents are dead, their childhood home is gone, and the violent syndicate they betrayed is hunting them through a city that no longer has a place for them.
This is a situation; not a story. You have the first sequence of an 8-sequence feature. How will they cope with the situation? What is/are the goal/s that will drive this film? And how do the twins differ in character? Otherwise there would be no reason for a dual-protagonist film. The setup is stroRead more
This is a situation; not a story. You have the first sequence of an 8-sequence feature.
See lessHow will they cope with the situation? What is/are the goal/s that will drive this film?
And how do the twins differ in character? Otherwise there would be no reason for a dual-protagonist film.
The setup is strong, with classic heist-and-flight bones and a clear setback structure: the brothers steal, they flee, they discover loss waiting for them.
The two-protagonist choice may work dramatically if the estrangement gives them an internal arc to play against the external hunt.
Where the logline gets uncertain: we know what’s happened to them, but not what they DO about it. “Hoping to rebuild their lives” is internal, and after the triple discovery the brothers become targets rather than agents.
“A city that no longer has a place for them” is the kind of theme line that sounds good but tells us little and “biracial” is doing work only if the brothers’ mixed heritage is central to the syndicate’s hunt or to the New York they’re returning to; if it’s flavour, replace it with a word that names a psychology.
After stealing millions from a ruthless Las Vegas casino empire, two estranged biracial twin brothers flee back to New York hoping to rebuild their lives, only to discover their parents are dead, their childhood home is gone, and the violent syndicate they betrayed is hunting them through a city that no longer has a place for them.
This is a situation; not a story. You have the first sequence of an 8-sequence feature. How will they cope with the situation? What is the goal that will drive this film? And how do the twins differ in character? Otherwise there would be no reason for a dual-protagonist film. The setup is strong, wiRead more
This is a situation; not a story. You have the first sequence of an 8-sequence feature.
How will they cope with the situation? What is the goal that will drive this film?
And how do the twins differ in character? Otherwise there would be no reason for a dual-protagonist film.
The setup is strong, with classic heist-and-flight bones and a clear setback structure: the brothers steal, they flee, they discover loss waiting for them.
The two-protagonist choice may work dramatically if the estrangement gives them an internal arc to play against the external hunt.
Where the logline gets uncertain: we know what’s happened to them, but not what they DO about it. “Hoping to rebuild their lives” is internal, and after the triple discovery the brothers become targets rather than agents.
“A city that no longer has a place for them” is the kind of theme line that sounds good but tells us little and “biracial” is doing work only if the brothers’ mixed heritage is central to the syndicate’s hunt or to the New York they’re returning to; if it’s flavour, replace it with a word that names a psychology.
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