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For 10 years this man has been having accurate visions of events seven days into the future. Last night he saw his own murder at the hands of a woman he doesn't know.
Haven't watched Minority Report in years but from memory the vision was the inciting incident an event that forced the MC to take action (and run...) sparking off act 2. But traditionally act 1 finishes when the MC knows or thinks they know what the solution to the problem is page 25-30ish. With theRead more
Haven’t watched Minority Report in years but from memory the vision was the inciting incident an event that forced the MC to take action (and run…) sparking off act 2.
But traditionally act 1 finishes when the MC knows or thinks they know what the solution to the problem is page 25-30ish. With the inciting incident occurring between pages 15 and 25. Giving back story, opening image and thematic declarations pages 1 to 15 on average.
None of this is set in stone of course and there are many examples of films that deviated form this. But best to try and stick to a structure that is known to work especially early on in ones career.
Point I’m making is there is less room in a logline for backstory and opening image than inciting incident, goal and other mission critical info for the logline to work well.
See lessFor 10 years this man has been having accurate visions of events seven days into the future. Last night he saw his own murder at the hands of a woman he doesn't know.
Haven't watched Minority Report in years but from memory the vision was the inciting incident an event that forced the MC to take action (and run...) sparking off act 2. But traditionally act 1 finishes when the MC knows or thinks they know what the solution to the problem is page 25-30ish. With theRead more
Haven’t watched Minority Report in years but from memory the vision was the inciting incident an event that forced the MC to take action (and run…) sparking off act 2.
But traditionally act 1 finishes when the MC knows or thinks they know what the solution to the problem is page 25-30ish. With the inciting incident occurring between pages 15 and 25. Giving back story, opening image and thematic declarations pages 1 to 15 on average.
None of this is set in stone of course and there are many examples of films that deviated form this. But best to try and stick to a structure that is known to work especially early on in ones career.
Point I’m making is there is less room in a logline for backstory and opening image than inciting incident, goal and other mission critical info for the logline to work well.
See lessFed up with stiff regulations preventing people from getting the organs they need, Dr. Andrea Sellers dives into the seedy world of the underground organ trade. (1 hour cable drama)
As Richieve demonstrated better to make this a personal battle for the Dr than pure principle and it could add a ticking time bomb element to the story. As it reads now the logline lacks a dramatic premise due to there being no clear goal for the protagonist to achieve. If she has to save her own chRead more
As Richieve demonstrated better to make this a personal battle for the Dr than pure principle and it could add a ticking time bomb element to the story.
As it reads now the logline lacks a dramatic premise due to there being no clear goal for the protagonist to achieve. If she has to save her own child and has limited time to do so and has to fight the dregs of the underworld crime syndicates to get a life saving organ the stakes are high the goal is clear and the fight is noble.
Otherwise you’re diluting the empathy the audience will develop and the impact of the story as a whole.
Hope this helps.
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