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A young American executive with strong family bonds seeks revenge for her sister's murder only to be confronted with the realization that the American Revolution never ended and her family secretly fights for the British side.
There are four separate and unrelated descriptions of the main character: "?young?" "?American?" "?executive?" "...with strong family bonds?" Just as in a script, every word in a logline is imbued with a meaning through a semiotic system of linguistic conventions. As a person reads each descriptionRead more
There are four separate and unrelated descriptions of the main character:
“?young?”
“?American?”
“?executive?”
“…with strong family bonds?”
Just as in a script, every word in a logline is imbued with a meaning through a semiotic system of linguistic conventions. As a person reads each description a new association is formed, in their mind, between the MC and a memory or understanding they have of the word used. As this character description is so lengthy and varied the end result is confusion as to the nature of the character. Best not to fragment the character’s devices, tendencies and urges in a logline rather condense them, into a singular meaning that contributes to a conclusion that puts them at risk of achieving the main external journey’s goal.
Secondly there appears to be no inciting incident, what is the starting point of the story? And why must she now weak revenge?
As a result of there being no clear starting point the time frame is not clear. Did the sister die a week prior to the start of the story? Or a year? Or many years?
For a main character “…to be confronted with the realisation that?” is not a strong enough action to fulfil the requirements of a cinematic medium. What is her objective outer journey goal (that results from the inciting incident) and how will she achieve it?
Lastly what period is the setting? Is this a few years after the American revolution or modern day? If this is modern day the fact that the American revolution is still on going in your story presents a huge plot hole that needs attending to. I for one would find it very hard to believe that any American would actually fight to return the USA to a British colony status in modern day America.
This is not a problem with probability rather plausibility that would prove a huge hurdle for most audience members to suspend their disbelief.
Hope this helps.
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Agreed with the above, also why now? What made him need to pay back his debt at this point in time? This feeds into previous comments, what is the inciting incident? You could use the inciting incident to create a ticking time bomb for the MC and add a sense of urgency. Additionally as previously meRead more
Agreed with the above, also why now? What made him need to pay back his debt at this point in time?
This feeds into previous comments, what is the inciting incident? You could use the inciting incident to create a ticking time bomb for the MC and add a sense of urgency.
Additionally as previously mentioned the MC needs a better character description and a good flaw to over come seeing as he is mostly un likeable to start off with. As DPG said he does’t have to be likeable so in the case of this story the inner journey is vital for audience empathy. But best to give him an inner goal that overcoming will be an obstacle to achieving the outer goal.
Hope this helps.
See lessTwo farmers in Iceland are framed by the Sheriff and sent to Denmark to slave in chains for the rest of their life. The younger one returns after 20 years to realize he has a son and wants revenge.
Good setting and great stakes but a few structural problems though. "His motivation is revenge and getting his farm back?" = two goals. "The bulk of the story is the suffering and surviving of the main character and then the embarrassment and the conviction of the accuser doing wrong?" = two act 2.Read more
Good setting and great stakes but a few structural problems though.
“His motivation is revenge and getting his farm back?” = two goals.
“The bulk of the story is the suffering and surviving of the main character and then the embarrassment and the conviction of the accuser doing wrong?” = two act 2.
As there is an insistence on doubling up on the goals and main actions the MC will take in act 2, this reads to me more like a series than a film.
The forward motion drive that comes from a singularity is more powerful than that of a double goal in a film (did any one say legalist??). Most producers would be attracted to the power of such a pitch for a film.
However in a series you can have multiple goals and justify this by allowing the motivations to compound each other and subsequently grow as each goal is clarified over a longer period of screen time.
I suggest you re consider the format and structure this concept into a series it would have a greater likelihood of being picked up.
Hope this helps.
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