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A pompous Ivy League grad working on a schlock SCI-FI TV series does whatever it takes to become a producer, but ends up being his own worst enemy.
"A pompous Ivy League grad" -> creates image of young, athletic male, with wealthy parents, but also very naive to the world "working on a schlock SCI-FI TV series" -> this sounds like the inciting incident. However login might benefit from a little more cause & effect. Could be as simpleRead more
“A pompous Ivy League grad” -> creates image of young, athletic male, with wealthy parents, but also very naive to the world
“working on a schlock SCI-FI TV series” -> this sounds like the inciting incident. However login might benefit from a little more cause & effect. Could be as simple a refinement as setting character to film student.
“does whatever it takes to become a producer, but ends up being his own worst enemy.” -> lots of potential here for inner character conflict, maybe even a great character piece. Clearly character identifies as ambitious. Guessing it’s the character flaw of “pompous” that is most in conflict with the social climbing goal. Still, feel this logline may benefit from a clearer antagonist. A pompous, ambitious character usually learns to resolve their flaw through humility and respecting others (not just themselves) …
See lessA sleep technician finds that his patient is dead while sleeping. He suspects that his boss, with past in the Russian security services, has deliberately did it and he is trying to frame him. He has until daytime to find what killed him before his shift ends and the police will be notified.
'sleep technician' = occupation Am visualising white middle-aged male character in white lab coat ... Character traits? Most scientists are introvert types, hard working, determined - think Dr Frankenstein. 'finds patient is dead while sleeping' = inciting incident What might the main character's reRead more
‘sleep technician’ = occupation
Am visualising white middle-aged male character in white lab coat …
Character traits? Most scientists are introvert types, hard working, determined – think Dr Frankenstein.
‘finds patient is dead while sleeping’ = inciting incident
What might the main character’s relationship to the patient be?
If female patient, then maybe lover? If child, then maybe son/daughter?
Genre is promising drama, so lots of potential here for turning up the old archetypal emotions.
“suspects boss has deliberately done it” = villain
See lessTheme might be institutional corruption. Admittedly many successful stories obscure villain’s motivation – think Dark Knight (2008) . It for example never really explains why the Joker runs around causing so much chaos in Gotham City – he’s just crazy, right! However a boss, financially responsible to a research division, would benefit from some motivational explanation. Greed, lust, envy, … choose your vice 😉
An immortal alien race must come out of hiding on earth and reunite, when an ancient enemy threatens humanity.
Just for fun, practiced loglining on an upcoming film. Using IMDB, converted taglines into a single logline by reducing character to type, and emphasising inciting incident plus goal (garnished with some story stakes). @giannisggeorgiou - honorable samurai. Yes, "Examples" category, because, well, wRead more
Just for fun, practiced loglining on an upcoming film. Using IMDB, converted taglines into a single logline by reducing character to type, and emphasising inciting incident plus goal (garnished with some story stakes).
giannisggeorgiou – honorable samurai. Yes, “Examples” category, because, well, while I haven’t seen the film, nor has anyone else really (except perhaps producer/director), the movie does however exists, with the release date of ‘The Eternals’ (2021) now reschedule to February.
Apologies Andres_ . Yes, genre is technically Sci-Fi / Fantasy. Unfortunately forum system only supports one tag system.
Ok! Saving the best question til last. Thank you Richiev , excellent point. And might be answered with the question “Who is the protagonist in ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019)?”
(Please note Avengers: Endgame (2019) forms backstory to The Eternals (2021))
The Antagonist is very clear (answer = Thanos), but the protagonist here is a team, collectively grouped by a common goal.
What’s fun about playing with future release loglines is the potential to, well, change them. Feel I could have, but largely stayed true to pre-release marketing details.
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