1. Posted: March 30, 2017In:

    Thanks to a translator biochip, nobody has to speak the same language anymore. When the young CTO of the company responsible for this groundbreaking technology discovers their imminent firmware release has been hacked, she is against the clock to save everyone from bio warfare.

    Adam Bernstr?m Samurai

    I don't know if this is the kind of movie you have in?mind, but I just saw this in my mind's eye: The hack risks causing numerous international incidents next time world leaders meet ? and the international incidents could lead to WWIII ? because the hack turns this Universal Translator Chip into anRead more

    I don’t know if this is the kind of movie you have in?mind, but I just saw this in my mind’s eye:

    The hack risks causing numerous international incidents next time world leaders meet ? and the international incidents could lead to WWIII ? because the hack turns this Universal Translator Chip into an equivalent of the Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook. (Monty Python sketch.)
    That’s a movie I would love to watch.
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  2. Posted: March 19, 2017In:

    Caldwell Studios’ hotshot producer signs off on his most successful but self-destructive movie director to film his most ambitious film yet. The director is hellbent to drive his actress-wife and everyone around him insane onset of the troubled film production. I know this is wrong— I need help. I’m not good writing loglines. Can somebody help construct a logline with these elements? There’s a love triangle in this film between these characters.

    Adam Bernstr?m Samurai

    Your logline did bring The Shining to mind, but not so much the movie itself as the behind the scenes documentary, how Stanley Kubrick abused Shelley Duvall, turning her into a nervous wreck. You also remind me of The Stunt Man, from 1980, where Peter O'Toole plays a very overbearing director. It coRead more

    Your logline did bring The Shining to mind, but not so much the movie itself as the behind the scenes documentary, how Stanley Kubrick abused Shelley Duvall, turning her into a nervous wreck.

    You also remind me of The Stunt Man, from 1980, where Peter O’Toole plays a very overbearing director.
    It could be worth watching both of those unless you’ve already done that.
    I agree with what the others said, that you need a clear protagonist in the logline, a goal, who’s trying to stop him, or her, and what’s at stake.
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  3. Posted: October 30, 2016In:

    A rag-tag group of technologically challenged small towners try to thwart a one ship alien invasion.

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    Adam Bernstr?m Samurai

    As I see it, it's more than just a situation; it could easily be the entire second act. I'm not entirely sure exactly what technologically challenged means. Are they a bunch of people who don't know how to program their VCRs, or whatever the contemporary equivalent of that is? Senior citizens? NothiRead more

    As I see it, it’s more than just a situation; it could easily be the entire second act.

    I’m not entirely sure exactly what technologically challenged means. Are they a bunch of people who don’t know how to program their VCRs, or whatever the contemporary equivalent of that is? Senior citizens? Nothing wrong with that, since I get the feeling, this is a comedy, or at least have comedic elements.
    I agree that even when there’s a group of leading characters, there needs to be a clear protagonist, a leader. One character to focus on, even if he has a group of friends to help him.
    This protagonist needs a goal, but I suppose that is to stop the alien invasion. It’s always good to have a ticking clock, and also what’s at stake? What happens if he fails?
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