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?After a car accident leaves him in a coma, a lazy Amish logline writer finds himself trapped in an elevator with Hell?s best producer. He now has six floors to pitch and sell an idea to save his physical body and awake.?
I'm not sure about the accuracy of the cultural and theological details and how big a part they would play on selling an idea but regarding the logline on a structural level the inciting incident is weak. A good inciting incident should change the world of the MC dramatically enough to motivate himRead more
I’m not sure about the accuracy of the cultural and theological details and how big a part they would play on selling an idea but regarding the logline on a structural level the inciting incident is weak.
A good inciting incident should change the world of the MC dramatically enough to motivate him or her to take drastic enough (therefore interesting) action to fix things. “…finds himself…” is not a significant enough an action and is not done to the MC rather done by himself.
Also if you are taking a religious angle with the sensibilities of the MC use that to accentuate the gravity of the inciting incident.
How about making the MC a devout christian, Mormon or Amish facing the devil? For them this would be a bigger deal than for others.
e.g:
After an aspiring Amish writer is abducted by the devil he has one elevator ride to pitch and sell and idea to avoid eternal damnation.
May work as a short film but not sure about it as a feature though.
Hope this helps.
See lessA man comes across a YOUTUBE video of his abducted daughter, now he must use the clues in the video to find her.
Great sounding premise but painfully similar to the Taken franchise. Best to make the inciting incident an event that happens to the MC not by his own doing. What if (as Richiev suggested) the abductors send him the you tube video and from that moment on he must pursue them instead of by chance stumRead more
Great sounding premise but painfully similar to the Taken franchise.
Best to make the inciting incident an event that happens to the MC not by his own doing. What if (as Richiev suggested) the abductors send him the you tube video and from that moment on he must pursue them instead of by chance stumbling over it.
But even then this is Taken all over again you would have to specify that the MC is not an ex special forces guy or secret agent to make it different and increase the obstacles he will face. If anything to distance it from Taken.
What if the daughter faked the abduction to get insurance money instead of legitimately being abducted?
Hope this helps.
See lessA man comes across a YOUTUBE video of his abducted daughter, now he must use the clues in the video to find her.
Great sounding premise but painfully similar to the Taken franchise. Best to make the inciting incident an event that happens to the MC not by his own doing. What if (as Richiev suggested) the abductors send him the you tube video and from that moment on he must pursue them instead of by chance stumRead more
Great sounding premise but painfully similar to the Taken franchise.
Best to make the inciting incident an event that happens to the MC not by his own doing. What if (as Richiev suggested) the abductors send him the you tube video and from that moment on he must pursue them instead of by chance stumbling over it.
But even then this is Taken all over again you would have to specify that the MC is not an ex special forces guy or secret agent to make it different and increase the obstacles he will face. If anything to distance it from Taken.
What if the daughter faked the abduction to get insurance money instead of legitimately being abducted?
Hope this helps.
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