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After Rome’s greatest general is betrayed by the Emperor’s corrupt son and forced to become a gladiator, he must fight his way to Rome to avenge the death of his family.
Agreed about the personal goal, it does indeed take priority when considering the emotional drive of the story and the audience empathy. However, I argue that the original goal - reunite?with his family, remains the same throughout. The emperor is killed before he finds out about his family's murderRead more
Agreed about the personal goal, it does indeed take priority when considering the emotional drive of the story and the audience empathy. However, I argue that the original goal – reunite?with his family, remains the same throughout. The emperor is killed before he finds out about his family’s murder, Commodus’ act of usurping the throne?was the inciting incident of the story – it set in motion all that follows.
As a result of the inciting incident Commodus interviews Maximus to find out where he stands, then orders his soldiers to kill Maximus,?and subsequently Maximus’ family. Yet?before any of this happens, Maximus’ goal to reunite with?his family was clearly established. I would wage that the reason Ridley Scott initially found it hard to nail the story, is because there were essentially two intertwining, yet separate, plots ?vying for dominants.
On a technical level the A plot is Maximus trying to stop Commodus, this means he wants to get him off the throne to?restore the republic – his disenchantment with the empire was clear. The B plot is him wanting to reunite?with his family, and the C plot is him exacting revenge on Commodus. Naturally the A plot and C plot require the same objective – kill Commodus, but the inciting incidents, and subsequently the motivations, of both were different.
This is not an easy film to logline (good choice by the way). A logline could be written about the personal goal of revenge to attract audience and investor’s attentions, but at the same time a logline could be written to describe the A plot about stopping Commodus for structural and development purposes.
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Agreed with the above. This is too long for a logline. Best you review the Training tab up top to understand what the critical components are of a logline. Here is, in short, the key points: Who is the main character? - clear MC description What does he or she want? - a goal. What is preventing themRead more
Agreed with the above.
This is too long for a logline. Best you review the Training tab up top to understand what the critical components are of a logline.
Here is, in short, the key points:
Who is the main character? – clear MC description
What does he or she want? – a goal.
What is preventing them from getting what they want? – an obstacle.
Answer ONLY the above questions in a single sentence, and we will be able to help you construct a logline from that.
See lessAfter Rome’s greatest general is betrayed by the Emperor’s corrupt son and forced to become a gladiator, he must fight his way to Rome to avenge the death of his family.
I don't know... Me thinks that Gladiator has a little more to it than only a revenge plot. I'll use your draft as a basis: After Rome?s greatest general is betrayed by the Emperor?s son, who kills his father, and forced to become a gladiator, he must fight his way to Rome to free the empire from theRead more
I don’t know…
Me thinks that Gladiator has a little more to it than only a revenge plot. I’ll use your draft as a basis:
After Rome?s greatest general is betrayed by the Emperor?s son, who kills his father, and forced to become a gladiator, he must fight his way to Rome to free the empire from the psychotic usurper.
Sure his family was his greatest motivator, but ultimately the goal he achieves is for the greater good.
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